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The Osun State House of Assembly has passed the Osun State Local Government Accounts Administration Bill, 2025, to regulate the opening, management, and operation of local government accounts. The Assembly said the passage of the bill marked a significant step toward strengthening financial governance and transparency across the state’s 30 local government areas and area councils. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Olamide Tiamiyu, and […]

The Senate, on Thursday, raised serious concerns over a rapidly escalating lead-poisoning crisis in Ogijo, a heavily populated community bordering Ikorodu in Lagos and the Ogun East Senatorial District, describing it as a grave environmental and public-health emergency threatening thousands of residents. The alarm followed a motion of urgent national importance jointly sponsored by Senators Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru (Lagos East) and Gbenga Daniel (Ogun East), brought pursuant to Orders 41 […]

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday declined to accept Prince Emmanuel Kanu’s appearance on behalf of his brother, Nnamdi Kanu, ruling that he is not a legal practitioner. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), who was recently convicted and handed a life sentence, had filed a new motion asking to be transferred to Sokoto prison. The application was brought before […]

The All progressive congress (APC) is set to reveal the outcome of its screening exercise for the nine aspirants seeking the party’s ticket for the December 13, Osun state governorship primary election. The announcement followed a two-day screening exercise conducted in Abuja by the seven-member Osun State Governorship Primary Election Screening Committee, chaired by Barrister Obinna Uzor.  The committee is expected to submit its report to the party’s National Working […]