Exactly 18 days to the Osun governorship election, no fewer than 10,000 members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State, on Tuesday, dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The ex-PDP members ascribed their defection to the APC to what they described as outstanding...
Another case of Coronavirus has been recorded in the State of Osun, the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu revealed in a statement on Saturday. This brings the number of active cases in the State to three.
The statement noted that the new case sneaked in from Kano State...
Attorney-General Abubakar Malami has married Nana Hadiza, daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The marriage ceremony held at the Presidential Villa mosque on Friday and was attended by both families. Nana Hadiza, 41, married the attorney-general as his third wife.
It will be Hadiza's second marriage as she was said to have...
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has congratulated Professor Ibrahim Gambari (CFR) on his appointment as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
In his congratulatory message, Senator Omo-Agege expressed optimism that Professor Gambari’s intellectual achievements and decades of international experience will have positive impact on the...
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday visited the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje attacked by terrorists, spending about 30 minutes there.
Soon after he arrived, he was briefed about the attack by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Mohammad Lamido Belgore and the Controller General of Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru...
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has described the appointment of Prof Ibrahim Gambari as Chief of Staff to President Buhari as a great asset to Nigeria and Africa ''in a broader sense.''
In a letter of congratulations addressed to Prof Gambari, dated May 18, 2020, the former UN Secretary-General wrote:
''I...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, has urged the people of Osun State to vote for him once again, so that he can finish all that he started since he took over as governor.
Oyetola made this call on Sunday during his opening remarks at the Osun Governorship Debate 2022.
“Four years is not...
The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, on Sunday, relaxed the existing curfew imposed on the state in respect of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic to between 8.p.m. and 5 a.m.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, confirmed that the decision was reached at...
says 61,000 Boko Haram Suspects Held in the North East
Officers and men of the Nigeria security forces and paramilitary agencies in the country have been advised to remain vigilant and continually remain on the watch to be able to defeat criminal elements terrorising the country.
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives to request for the approval of fresh external borrowings totalling $5.513bn.
Buhari, in the letter read by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the plenary on Thursday, said the funds were for 2020 budget deficit, financing of...
