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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has paid an intimate tribute to his wife, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu. He declared that if given another chance to begin life afresh, he would still choose the path that brought them together. In a personal message marking the First Lady’s 66th birthday today, the President…
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The Accord Party in Osun State has accused the factional National Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, and some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of plotting a violent takeover of motor parks in the state. The party…
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The All Progressives Congress candidate for Osun Central Senatorial District, Kunle Adegoke, SAN, has said the emergence of legislative candidates in the party’s recent primaries was a product of internal democracy and not imposition by the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola, or any individual. Adegoke stated…
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The Osun State Police Command has warned against a planned protest allegedly being organised by a group identified as the “Congress of Cultists,” linked to the Neo-Black Movement, popularly known as Black Axe. The warning was contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi,…
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President Bola Tinubu has urged state governments to ensure that savings from cheaper CNG-powered transportation translate into lower fares for Nigerians ahead of October 1. Tinubu gave the charge in a statement on Saturday, updating Nigerians on the National Affordable CNG Transit Programme, which was established following his August 27…
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The Osun State University, Osogbo, is set to graduate 4,357 students, including its first set of 90 medical doctors during its 16th convocation ceremony. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Clement Adebooye, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the institution’s main campus in Osogbo on Saturday to formally flag off…
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Operatives of the Osun State Amotekun Corps have arrested two suspected cult members with a locally made pistol and ammunition in Ilesa. According to the agency, the suspects, Miracle Ifunaya, 19, an indigene of Imo State, and Taiwo Ogunsola, 30, an indigene of Kwara State, were arrested at about 2:00…
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The Osun State chapter of the Allied Peoples Movement party has unveiled Ibraheem Adekunle as its candidate for Osun Central Senatorial District in the 2027 general elections. The party also expressed readiness to shock other parties fielding candidates in the poll. At the unveiling held in Osogbo, Osun State, the…
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The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, has criticised former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for repeatedly referring to the President as “Bola”, describing the address as “the height of insolence”. Dare made the remark in a statement on Saturday while reacting to comments by…
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Governor Ademola Adeleke has felicitated with the Owa Obokun Adimula and Paramount Ruler of Ijesaland, His Imperial Majesty, Owa Clement Adesuyi Haastrup, Ajimoko III, on his birthday. The governor, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, described the monarch’s journey to the throne as one marked by years…
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