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Kidnapped JCI president regains freedom in Oyo
By Adejayan Gbenga – The president of Junior Chamber International (JCI), Ibukunoluwa Otesile, has regained her freedom days after being abducted in Ibadan. Otesile, who also serves as the deputy coordinator of the Child Protection Network (CPN) in Oyo State, was taken last Thursday outside her father’s residence in the General Gas area of Ibadan. Security sources confirmed her release…
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Reimagining VIP protection in Nigeria: a balanced path to reform, by Femifoluwa Ladehl
The longstanding practice of attaching police officers to VIPs politicians, business titans, traditional rulers, and other high-profile individuals has become so entrenched that it demands urgent national reflection. While abruptly dismantling this system without a thoughtful transition would create a dangerous security vacuum and potentially fuel a surge in high-profile kidnappings and assassinations, the status quo is equally untenable. Thousands…
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Oyo govt approves ₦18bn Saki–Ogboro–Igboho road
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Oyo State Government has approved a fresh wave of infrastructural projects as part of its continued drive to complete key developments before the end of Governor Seyi Makinde’s second term. Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, disclosed the decisions in a statement issued after the State Executive Council meeting held on Tuesday in Ibadan. Oyelade…
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The pains and agony of Christmas fare hikes, by Aderemi Ogunpitan
Every year, like clockwork, airlines raise their fares the moment Christmas approaches. It has become an almost predictable form of exploitation. Families trying to reunite, parents travelling to see their children, and people simply wanting to go home for the holidays suddenly find themselves priced out. The season that should draw people together becomes a time when many are forced…
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Oyo APC blames Governor Makinde for PDP’s internal crises
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu is behind the internal crises within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Instead, it accused Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and other PDP figures of causing the turmoil through “naivety, pride, and insincerity.” In a statement issued on Wednesday by…
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Congo rebels enter strategic town as peace deal crumbles
Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered the eastern Congo town of Uvira, near the Burundian border, in the biggest escalation in months of the long-running war, sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Uvira, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, has served as the headquarters of the Kinshasa-appointed government in South Kivu province and its regional military base since the provincial capital, Bukavu,…
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Intensive work continuing on Ukraine plan, European leaders say after Trump call
European leaders have said “intensive work” will continue in the coming days on a US-led plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, after a joint phone call with President Donald Trump. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they “agreed that this was a critical moment – for Ukraine, its people and…
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Osun 2026: Omisore backs APC consensus candidate for governorship election
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo –Former Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governorship aspirant in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has declared his full support for the party’s adoption of a consensus candidate ahead of the 2026 Osun governorship election.He emphasised that loyalty to President Bola Tinubu and the party structure must supersede personal ambition.Speaking on TVC’s…
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Fashola in court: A lesson he taught in 2007, and lived in 2025, by Akinropo Akinola
The image of former Lagos Governor and former Federal Minister, Babatunde Fashola, as seen recently, not on a podium or in a political convoy, but at the bar of a Court, decked in his lawyer’s robe, defending a client was striking. Many think this is “humbling.” But because of my personal experience of his person, I call it the ultimate…
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Donald Trump: the contradiction at the heart of divided America, by Kayode Adebiyi
Few figures in modern American history embody contradiction as vividly and publicly as Donald J. Trump. To some, he is a liberator, an unapologetic disruptor who says out loud what many only whispers, a figure who challenges institutions long seen as untouchable. To others, he is a destabilizing force whose rhetoric, behaviour, and governing style undermine the very norms America…
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