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Osun Amotekun records milestone in one year of strategic leadership
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo It was a quiet morning at Gbonga, Osun State, on May 13, 2025, when a criminal gang attempted to hijack a trailer loaded with iron rods valued at over ₦50 million. What the criminals didn’t anticipate was the swift response of the Osun Amotekun Corps, whose timely intervention foiled the attack and saved both the goods…
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Tinubu urges just energy transition
• Says a climate-resilient future is a necessity As the push for cleaner energy grows stronger, President Bola Tinubu has urged a fair energy transition that will not jeopardise developing economies. Discussing the theme of the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation, “New ECO Vision for a Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Future,” which commenced in Khankhendi, Azerbaijan on Thursday, Tinubu…
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The two “most unresponsive” airlines in Nigeria, according to NCAA
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has named Max Air and Air Côte d’Ivoire as the two airlines notorious for ignoring passenger complaints on the domestic and international routes, respectively. Michael Achimugu, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection for NCAA, made the disclosure on Thursday in a post on his X handle. Michael Achimugu, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer…
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Trump says he’ll consider deporting Elon Musk
–We might have to put DOGE on Elon,” the president said on Tuesday. President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday his administration will “have to take a look” at deporting Elon Musk after the billionaire reignited the feud with the president over his spending bill. Musk, a South African national and a naturalized U.S. citizen, made several weekend X posts slamming…
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EXCLUSIVE: Details of Wike, Fubara truce emerge
–Suspended Rivers governor to serve just one term By Olaolu Bilau in Abuja Details of the truce brokered in Abuja between suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged political godfather and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike have finally emerged. WESTERN POST can reveal today that under the agreement, Fubara will only serve one term in office.…
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Oluwo confronts Ogun judge over kingship burial rites remarks
The Oluwo of Iwoland, His Imperial Majesty Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi Telu 1, has expressed displeasure with the recent remarks by a judge of the Ogun State High Court, Justice Phillips Akinside, on kingship and traditional rites in Yorubaland. Justice Akinside at the 5th Chief Kehinde Sofola Memorial Bar Lecture had argued that in life or death, traditional rulers remain…
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AI’s threat to journalism, scholarship, and self-expression – By Farooq A. Kperogi
On June 16, the final day of my three-week visit to Nigeria, I met with my dear friend Malam Ali M. Ali, Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Malam Ali, who was my editor at Kano State Government’s Sunday Triumph in the late 1990s and with whom I had related since my first year at Bayero University…
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Zacch Adedeji: The technocrat who makes the system work – By Arabinrin Aderonke
We do not talk enough about institutions or agencies in Nigeria. The conversation is often about who holds office, who left, who is performing, and who is not. But if we are serious about building a country that works, we must change that focus. Great nations like the United States, Germany, and Japan were built not only by people but…
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No truth in rumours of Akume’s removal as SGF – Presidency
Kunle Sanni The Presidency has debunked rumours circulating about the removal of Senator George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), affirming that there has been no change in his status. In an official statement on Saturday night, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, described the reports as false and deliberately…
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REVEALED! Billionaire Aminu Dantata’s death wish
The late business tycoon Alhaji Aminu Dantata, who passed away in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, had a most cherished final wish in his lifetime – to be buried in Saudi Arabia, particularly in Madinah, the city of the Prophet Mohammed. A member of the Dantata Dynasty, Sanusi Dantata made the revelation on Saturday in a post on his…
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