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Global News
PHOTOS: Vatican Secretary hosts President Tinubu
The Secretary of State to The Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, hosted President Bola Tinubu to dinner a few hours after the Nigerian leader arrived in Rome on Saturday. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a post on x.com. The President is in Rome, Italy for the official inauguration of Pope Leo XIV,…
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Perspectives
JAMB’s fiasco is horrible, but it’s not unexampled–By Farooq A. Kperogi
The server glitch that led to unnaturally high failure rates in Lagos and southeast states in Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has alarmed the nation and provoked intense, impassioned debates about the integrity of computer-based standardized tests. There are also the predictably shallow, bigoted attacks on the ethnicity, religious affiliation, and field of scholarly specialization…
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Global News
Simon Ekpa charged with terrorism
Finland-based separatist campaigner and self-acclaimed prime minister of the Biafra Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa, has been charged with public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent and participation in a terrorist group. Ekpa, who has been in detention since November last year, has been the subject of Finnish and Nigerian police investigations for allegedly “disseminating separatist propaganda that…
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Politics
INTERVIEW: PDP not losing sleep over defections – Osun State Media Director
Mr Oladele Bamiji, popularly known as HOB, is the Senior Special Assistant to Osun Governor on Media and the Media Director of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun. In this exclusive interview with WESTERN POST‘s Deborah Oladejo, Bamiji addresses the wave of defections from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He evaluates the influence of political mobilisers,…
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Homeland News
Laide Bakare named Face of Osun Osogbo Festival 2025
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Renowned Nollywood actress and cultural icon Laide Bakare has been named the official face of the 2025 edition of the Osun Osogbo Festival. In a statement posted on the Osun State Government’s official X handle, @OsunGov, the festival’s marketing team unveiled a bold new campaign titled “I’m Laide. I’m Culture.” “The countdown has officially begun. The…
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Homeland News
Meet the Chairman, MD of the newly established South West Development Commission
President Bola Tinubu on May 8 named two-time senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi as chairman of the newly established South West Development Commission (SWDC) and Dr Charles Akinola as the managing director. Here are a few things to know about the two eminent persons. Senator Olubunmi Adetumbi – international development expert Born in Ido Ekiti on August 22, 1955, Adetumbi attended the…
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Lifestyle & Hot Gists
Who was Yemi Ogunyemi of NTA Ibadan ‘Ẹ Ń BÁ LÁYÀ’ fame who died?
People who do not know the antecedents of the late Baale Oluyole Estate, Ibadan, Chief Yemi Ogunyemi, who passed away recently, would see him as just a community leader. To many others, however, he would be remembered as one of the finest television presenters in the Yoruba language in the 70s and 80s, who pioneered the type of programme Frank…
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National News
Captivating! Photos from the Media Leaders’ Summit in Abeokuta
Dolapo Kuye Otegbayi – DKO Consulting Stakeholders in the Nigerian media industry met in Abeokuta, Ogun State, from May 5-6 to review the nation’s media ecosystem and devise new strategies to meet emerging challenges. Sam Omatsey – The Nation Editorial Board The convener and founder of the Journalism Clinic, veteran journalist and trainer Taiwo Obe, described the Nigerian Media Leaders’…
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Crime & City Diary
Pain, anguish as fire ravages popular Ilorin Phone Village
–Traders count losses By Oluwatoyin Hawal Momolosho Tragedy struck on the night of April 30 as a fire outbreak ravaged the popular Phone Village Market in the Challenge area of Ilorin, Kwara State, leaving several shops and kiosks in ruins. The fire which started around 9 p.m. caught many shop owners by surprise, with eyewitnesses reporting that the fire spread…
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Perspectives
On death row: Killing in the name of the law (Part 1) – By Richard Akinnola
I know this is a controversial subject. However, l have not changed my long-held position against the death penalty.Nothing can be more traumatic than keeping an appointment with death. As each day passess, you count your days; conjure the imagery of your neck in the loop or your body being swathed with ropes at the stakes. Even the most steel-hearted…
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