Category: Breaking News

President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office with immediate effect. A statement by Tinubu’s media aide, Ajuri Ngelale on Monday, said the suspension was in line with his avowed commitment to uphold the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and… Continue reading

The wife of former aide to late Alhaja Kudirat MKO Abiola, Comrade Akinola Orisagbemi , Mrs Omowunmi Felicia Orisagbemi is dead The deceased, aged 50, passed on around 10pm yesterday December 31, 2023 after a two – day illness at a private clinic in Agbado /Oke – Aro area of… Continue reading

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is dead. According to reports, Akeredolu died in Lagos on Wednesday. The Ondo governor died at the age of 67. It was learnt that he was managed by State House doctors up to his death because they could not fly him abroad. “Akeredolu is… Continue reading

A former Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Na’Abba is dead. Na’Abba died in Abuja Wednesday morning, after a brief illness. Ghali Na’Abba, a Kano-born maverick politician succeeded ousted Speaker Salisu Buhari, who was removed as Speaker of House of Representatives in the wake of the Fourth… Continue reading

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday, signed the 2024 Appropriation Bill of four hundred and thirty-eight billion, four hundred and forty-seven million, eight hundred and seventy-eight thousand, five hundred forty-eight naira, thirty-nine kobo (N438,447,878,548.39) into law. The budget signing took place at the Governor’s Executive chamber, Agodi, Secretariat, Ibadan…. Continue reading

It was a black Tuesday for the families of victims of an auto crash on the popular Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as 10 passengers were killed when two vehicles crashed around 5am. The accident occurred around the Kara Turning, towards the Interchange area of the highway. Seven other persons were injured, said… Continue reading

Popular yoruba broadcaster and social critic, Olanrewaju Adepoju is dead. It was reliably gathered that Olanrewaju Adepoju died in Ibadan, Oyo state around 7 pm last night. Details later Continue reading

The National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, has recommended the compulsory retirement of Hon. Justice S. O. Falola of Osun State High Court from the Bench, Osun Defender has learnt. The decision was taken at its 104th Meeting of 6 & 7 December 2023…. Continue reading

Tragedy struck on Friday in Ogbomoso as three traditional rulers in the Orire local government area of the zone in Oyo State lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident at Arinkinkin area Ogbomoso while going to the funeral party of the mother of a brother to a traditional ruler,… Continue reading