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Residents of Afaake in the Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State have cried out over a prolonged blackout that has left the community in darkness for more than seven months. Speaking to PUNCH Metro on Friday, the residents stated that the outage began after the community’s only transformer malfunctioned…
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The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, has led a delegation from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to the Netherlands for a two-day bilateral working visit aimed at strengthening cooperation on trade facilitation, port efficiency, and border management between the two countries. The visit, held between 29 and 31 October 2025,…
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The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Rabiu Kwankwaso, says the United States of America (USA) should assist Nigeria with “cutting-edge technologies” to fight insecurity. “The United States should assist the Nigerian authorities with better cutting-edge technology to tackle these problems, rather than…
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The leadership and members of Omoluabi Progressives have resolved to pick its aspirant for the December 12 primary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), ahead of the 2026 governorship election in Osun State from the West Senatorial District. The tendency also agreed to present a consensus aspirant ahead of the…
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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said the crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party at the national level may eventually lead to the collapse of the party. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Kola Olabisi, and obtained in Osogbo, on Sunday, the APC urged…
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Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that recent developments within the Peoples Democratic Party indicate that there is no hope of the party returning to power for now. Fayose, who on Saturday backed the suspension of the PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagum, by a faction of the…
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The Peoples Democratic Party has been plunged into a fresh round of turmoil as a fierce leadership tussle within its National Working Committee split the opposition party into two warring factions. On Saturday, each faction announced the suspension of the other in an escalation of internal hostilities. The latest crisis,…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The lawmaker representing Osun East, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has called on Nigerians to support President Bola Tinubu’s reforms, noting that the positive results of the reforms will soon be felt by everyone. Fadahunsi, who noted that the country had been suffering for years of mismanagement from previous…
Read moreBy Tunde Olamilekan The Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Owa Clement Adesuyi Haastrup, has prohibited the activities of ‘miscreants’ posing as ‘Omo Onile’ in Ijesaland. The monarch directed the arrest of anyone posing as ‘Omo Onile’ and disturbing the peace of the community. According to a Facebook post by a media…
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By Tunde Olamilekan The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has stated that the country’s economy is collapsing under the All Progressives Congress. The Osun PDP said the APC represents everything backward and chaotic. Osun PDP Director of Media & Publicity, Oladele Bamiji, stated this in a statement…
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