Leaders of the Ipetumodu community in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State have formally broken their silence on the four-year jail term handed down to the town’s traditional ruler, Oba Joseph Olugbemiga Oloyede, by an American court for fraud. In an official reaction to the matter, the leaders appealed to the people to…
University lecturers across Nigeria on Tuesday staged peaceful protests, warning that the nation’s public universities may soon face another total shutdown if the Federal Government fails to meet their long-standing demands. At the University of Lagos, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) marched from the main gate to the Senate building, brandishing…
Primate Elijah Ayodele of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church (IESC) Worldwide has predicted tough times ahead for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi as the 2027 elections approach. In a recent Facebook video, Ayodele revealed that Obi would face greater political frustrations than he did in 2023, suggesting that his aspirations may be derailed before the…
Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Kenya, Chief Fidelis Tapgun, has said that the lessons he learned while serving as the Director General of the Obasanjo/Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation in 2003 convinced him to stay away from the coalition of opposition politicians in the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The former Plateau State governor dismissed the attempt to…
A traditional ruler in Osun State, the Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States. The Monarch, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian citizenship and resides in Medina, Ohio, was on August 26 handed 56 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Christopher…
The Osun State Government has filed a fresh suit at the Supreme Court against the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), over the alleged unlawful withholding of statutory allocations due to its 30 local government councils since March 2025. The fresh suit filed on Monday comes months after the state government filed an application…
– Tribune Online Leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom (UK), Kemi Badenoch, is once again in the news after revealing the personal attacks she endured from British racists since becoming the first black woman to head the party, describing the scale of the abuse as “hysterical.” Tribune Online reports that Badenoch, who…
By Olabode Opeseitan Every year, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (M.A.N.) releases figures that read like obituaries for the nation’s industrial spirit. In 2023, MAN reported that 767 manufacturing firms shut down, while 335 others became distressed due to multidimensional challenges ranging from forex volatility to infrastructure decay. In 2024, the association announced that over…
A billionaire businessman Femi Otedola has shared how he once sold diesel from door to door before he was able to build his oil and gas empire. He explained that the journey into the energy sector started with very humble beginnings, long before his company, Zenon Oil, became a dominant force in Nigeria’s diesel market….
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed disappointment over the conduct of some of his political appointees.The governor stated this on Friday when he was presented with the All Progressives Congress Governorship Nomination and Expression of Interest forms by the Ekiti State University Alumni Association at the Governor’s Office in Ado Ekiti, the state capital….
