The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola will today the 23rd of July, 2021, commission the newly built Osun State Command headquarter complex of the Nigeria Correctional Service. The new office complex situated beside the federal high court along Gbongan-Ibadan road, Osogbo will be commissioned by the Minister by 1 pm.Read More
The Osun State Government has reopened Inisa Central Mosque in the Odo-Otin local government area of the state after nearly three months under lock and key. The state government ordered the mosque to be closed after several people were killed in a dispute over who would become the town’s new Chief Imam. However, according to […]Read More
The All Progressives Congress (APC) national leadership has given the party’s youth wing permission to form zonal strategic lobby committees at the State and Ward levels ahead of the 2023 general elections. In a statement released on Thursday in Abuja, Ismaeel Ahmed, the APC National Youth Representative on the party’s Caretaker and ExtraOrdinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said as much. He praised the party’s leadership for&Read More
…warns against compromising Covid 19 safety precautions Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, observed the Eid-el-Kabir prayers in Osogbo, the State capital, on Tuesday morning. The prayer was held at the Central Praying Ground in Osogbo. Residents of Osogbo flocked out in great numbers to greet the Governor, creating an atmosphere that was […]Read More
The Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, has stated that if Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has been detained, he should be given the right to defend himself. The outburst followed reports that the popular Yoruba freedom warrior had been apprehended by security forces in Cotonou, West Africa. Igboho was reportedly apprehended Monday night […]Read More
Semiu Oyewo, 38, was remanded in custody by an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Thursday for allegedly possessing a human skull. Mr Olusola Aluko, the Magistrate who denied the defendant’s oral bail application, instructed the Defense Counsel, Mr Leke Dada, to submit a written application for consideration. The defendant was detained in the Ile-Ife Correctional Service pending the hearing on his bail application, according to Aluko. He set a date for the case to be heard on July 29. A two-count accusation of possession of a human skull and indecent interference with a deceased human corpse has been filed against [&Read More
The House of Representatives reaffirmed Monday that the electoral bill’s ratification will not prevent the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), from implementing electronic voting and transmitting election results in 2023. It went on to say that it had granted the electoral umpire appropriate discretionary powers over whether or not to transmit election results electronically in […]Read More
…adopt 3% for host communities The House of Representatives on Friday adopted the Conference Committee Report on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), voting 3 per cent for host communities in the oil-producing areas. The deliberation was stepped down on Thursday by the House following a rowdy session. However, as soon as members of the Minority […]Read More
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has raised concerns over the proposed ownership structure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), as defined in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The governors, who said they support the unbundling and commercialisation of the NNPC, faulted the part of the legislation that places its ownership on the federal government. The […]Read More
The Senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has ordered the institution’s management to ask all students to vacate hostels “with immediate effect.” A member of the Senate, who was part of the meeting but does not want to be quoted, claiming not to be authorised to do so, told the PREMIUM TIMES that the decision […]Read More
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