Tuggar Leaves Office Amid Harsh Criticism Over Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Direction
Verdict From Abroad A UAE-based erstwhile diplomat and foreign policy consultant, Farouq Bin Momoud, has delivered a scathing assessment of the tenure of former Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, describing him as a “serial underachiever” whose stewardship weakened Nigeria’s regional influence and produced little lasting diplomatic legacy. In an opinion article titled “Yusuf…
The painful history of how APC treated Osun workers and why the people are defending the Adeleke Administration
By Gbemi Olufiade, ACarb. You cannot convince a monkey that honey is sweeter than banana because it is deeply attracted to what its nature desires. In the same manner, you can hardly convince a wicked person that good character is greater than arrogance, hatred, envy, and bad attitude. A corrupt mind often rejects wisdom, just…
Imole Grassroots Movement Calls on Osun APC to Account for 2018 Promises
The Imole Grassroots Movement has called on the All Progressives Congress in Osun State to account for its 2018 campaign promises before presenting new pledges ahead of the next election. In a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Damilola Okandeji, the group expressed concern over what it described as renewed political propaganda and promises…
BILLBOARD VANDALISATION: Osun APC Cannot Run Away From Its Crime – Osun Accord
Osun Accord has condemned in the strongest possible terms the deliberate vandalisation of its candidate’s billboards, vowing that the Osun APC must be held accountable for its unprovoked, premeditated criminal acts. In a statement issued at Osogbo by the state chairman of the party, Pastor Victor Akande said the Osun APC cannot deny or run…
Agenda for Positive Change Blasts ‘Malicious Propaganda’ Against Bala Wunti, Says No Senate Probe Linked Him to ₦210tn Claims
A civic advocacy group, Agenda for Positive Change, led by Titus Danladi-Biu, has dismissed recent attempts to link former Chief Investment Officer of the NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS), Dr. Bala Wunti, to the widely circulated “₦210 trillion Senate probe” controversy, describing the claims as fabricated falsehood deliberately designed to cast public aspersions on…
UK-Nigeria Trade & Investment Partnership: NEPZA in the mix
Martins Odeh, Ph.D. The Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, along with several Chief Executives of agencies under her oversight, including Dr. Olufemi Ogunyemi of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), strategically utilised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to the United Kingdom to promote flexible trade and investment facilitation strategies. It…
Governor Adeleke Condoles With Esa-Oke Over Passage Of Owamiran, Oba Adeyemi Akanbi Adediran
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has condoled with the people of Esa-Oke in Obokun Local Government Area over the passage of the Owamiran of Esa-Oke, His Royal Majesty, Oba Adeyemi Akanbi Adediran. The revered monarch was reported to have joined his ancestors in the early hours of Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Governor Adeleke described…
Gov. Adeleke Introduces Imole SSCE Scholarship, Charge Residents to Resist Election Corruption
Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke today launched the Imole SSCE Scholarship Award as he charged Osun people to shun proceeds of crime being distributed by the opposition ahead of August 15th election. Speaking at the maiden edition of the scholarship programme held at the Osun State University, the governor said the scholarship is designed…
Adeleke Condoles Former Osun SSG Over Wife’s Death
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has commiserated with a former Secretary to the State Government, Elder John Olufemi Adelowokan (rtd), over the death of his wife, Deaconess Eunice Aderemi Adelowokan. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the governor described the loss as painful and difficult to comprehend, noting that the deceased…
Baseless Petition by OYIGG – Osun State Gov’t reject spurious, defamatory, malicious allegations
The Osun State Government has noted with utter dismay the laughable, hollow and intellectually bankrupt petition reportedly authored by a faceless and spineless group styling itself as the Osun Youths Initiative for Good Governance (OYIGG), and purportedly signed by one Dr. Adeyemi Akande, wherein a cocktail of falsehood, conjecture, malice and reckless innuendo was assembled…
