Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has disclosed that Thor Explorations Limited had produced a written certificate of the state shares in the Segilola Gold Project. The governor said this on Monday in a statement by his spokesperson,Mallam Olawale Rasheed. Osun Defender reports ...

The Media Office of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to wade into the ongoing tussle between its principal and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. This was as Bello’s media office accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has declined assent to the Presumptive Tax Bill passed by the state House of Assembly, citing the current plight of the people. Makinde said the bill of signed, would impose additional burdens on the poor, stating that the people were already struggling due to ...

The Federal Government has again approved an upward review of the fees for the Nigerian Passport effective from 1st September 2024. This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), DCI Kenneth Udo, in a statement on Wednesday. OSUN DEFENDER reports ...

After playing a prominent role in the Osun Osogbo festival for 12 years, the votary maid (Arugba Osun), Osuntomi Ewatomilola Omolara, is now married. Rumour had swelled before this year’s festival that this year’s would be the last that would be performing the duty as the votary ...

The Supreme Court of Nigeria in its judgment on local government autonomy has ordered tha tlocal government chairmen across the country should also use four years in office like the president and governors. This is contained in the Certified True Copy (CTC) of a judgement ...

Military men on Monday barricaded the Keffi-Abuja expressway to conduct a stop-and-search operation on vehicles entering the nation’s capital. The situation, according to DailyTrust, left commuters plying the highway stranded. The report noted that the soldiers mounted a ...

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has indicated his willingness to give up ownership of the multibillion-dollar Dangote refinery to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Osun Defender reports that there is a brawl between the Dangote Group and regulatory authorities in the ...

All transition committee chairmen across the 21 local government areas of Anambra State have been sacked by the state Governor, Chukwuma Soludo. This was contained in a letter titled ‘Expiration of tenure and handover to Heads of Local Government Administrations (HLGAs)’. The ...

One of the founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress. Oyedokun in his letter of resignation address to the National Chairman of the party said the ideals of the founding fathers of the ...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has blamed the government for contributing to the galloping food inflation in the country. Cardoso noted that the huge purchase of foodstuffs by the government as palliatives is contributing to inflation. He ...

Four persons have been arraigned by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for alleged obstruction of lawful duty and assault against officers of the Commission. They were arraigned before Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, ...