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The victims were suspected to have been killed by bandits while travelling on the road. The Spokesperson for the Niger Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, told the newsmen on Wednesday in Minna that a team of police and military was dispatched and evacuated the bodies after information was received on Tuesday. He said clearance operations…
The command’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Minna. According to the spokesperson, following a complaint, police operatives attached to the Tudun-Wada Division arrested Elijah Ahmed of Tunga, Abdulsalam Motor Park area. Abiodun said that during investigation, five of the refrigerators were recovered from the suspect,…
Nigerian Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, is set to perform at the Crystal Palace Bowl in London on Friday. The singer will headline the ”Davido & Friends” concert, organised as part of the Palace Bowl Presents summer festival series in the United Kingdom. Davido announced the event earlier through his social media…
The family of Yoruba Nollywood actress and producer, Tope Osoba, has provided an account of the circumstances surrounding her death, saying she had been battling emotional distress, unmanaged worries and health challenges before her death. PREMIUM TIMES reported that her colleagues announced her death on Instagram on 5 August, following her prolonged battle with breast…
With 13 political parties fielding candidates for Saturday’s governorship election, the race for the Osun State Government House has entered its decisive phase. Across the state’s 30 local government areas, the candidates are criss-crossing communities, selling their records, programmes and political promises to voters ahead of the poll. Although 14 candidates were initially on the…
THE presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi has declared that now is the time for Nigerians to take a stance and determine where the country is headed to democratically. Peter Obi made the declaration on Tuesday in a goodwill remarks at the 2026 Goodluck Jonathan Foundation Democracy Dialogue held at the…
Former Vice Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University • Born in London on April 4, 1946. • He attended secondary school at Kings College, Lagos. He obtained a BSc and his medical degree at the University of Ibadan. He then undertook his postgraduate training at the University of Edinburgh. In 1981, he was elected as a Fellow…
Amnesty International on Tuesday called on security agencies and the Nigerian government at all levels to be neutral and protect the rights of the Osun State people to vote freely in Saturday’s governorship election, amid escalating violence in the lead-up to the poll. In a statement it shared on its official X page, the group…
Nigerian singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has defended his decision to call the attention of United States President Donald Trump to the forthcoming Osun State governorship election. Davido’s response on X on Tuesday followed a reaction from a user, @ifedayo_johnson, to his appeal to Trump over concerns surrounding the August 15 election. The…
As preparations gather momentum for the 2026 governorship election in Osun State, attention is gradually shifting to the state, which will host the final off-cycle governorship poll before the 2027 general elections, following the successful conduct of the Ekiti governorship election on June 20. The people of Osun State will on Saturday determine their fate…
