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Gunfire tore through the centre of Osogbo on Wednesday afternoon shortly after Governor Ademola Adeleke left the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, leaving one man dead and exposing sharp differences between the state government and the police over what actually happened and how many people were harmed. The Osun State Police Command confirmed…
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday summoned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to the State House to settle a question that has trailed Nigeria’s anti-corruption drive for years: what happens to a mansion, an estate or a hotel once a court has stripped a former public…
Vessels calling at Nigerian ports before sailing to the United States will, from this week, no longer face the extra layer of security scrutiny that has trailed Nigerian shipping for over a decade, after the United States Coast Guard (USCG) lifted the Condition of Entry (CoE) imposed on the country in 2014. The Minister…
Human rights activist and publisher Omoyele Sowore has criticised the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for destroying two cannabis plantations in Edo State, arguing that Nigeria should legalise and regulate the crop rather than continue burning what he described as economically valuable produce. In a post on X on Tuesday, Sowore, a former…
The All Progressives Congress has formally rejected the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Governor Ademola Adeleke as winner of the Osun State governorship election, setting up a potential legal contest over a poll the ruling Accord Party had claimed with a comfortable margin. The Director-General of the APC governorship campaign in Osun State,…
Nigeria’s monthly Federation Account allocations have climbed past N2 trillion, a level the Federal Government says was unthinkable before 2023, when states routinely struggled to meet salary obligations on allocations averaging between N300 billion and N600 billion. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Prof Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed the figures on Monday…
The re-election of Governor Ademola Adeleke in Saturday’s Osun State governorship poll has become the latest flashpoint in a growing conversation about what Nigeria’s 2027 general elections should look like, with a prominent aide to the Ooni of Ife urging President Bola Tinubu to replicate what he called the Osun standard nationwide. The Independent…
Afrobeats star David Adeleke, known as Davido, has described Nigerian politics as evil and declared he wants no part of it, in a pointed response to the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Youth Leader, Dayo Israel, over comments made after his uncle’s re-election as Osun State governor. In a post on his verified X handle…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has described his re-election as a triumph for democracy and a validation of his administration’s performance across key sectors, shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission formally declared him winner of Saturday’s governorship election. Speaking in a video address posted on Sunday morning, the governor thanked God and…
Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, says Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State is fighting Saturday’s governorship election largely on his own, as senior leaders of the All Progressives Congress converged on the state while comparable opposition figures stayed away. Sani made the observation on his X handle as voting continued on August 15,…
