By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS—THE Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, yesterday, assured residents that the waste backlog across the state will soon be a thing of the past. LAWMA’s Managing Director, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said this during the commissioning of the rehabilitated Road E and newly constructed disposal platforms at the Olusosun Disposal Facility, Ojota […]

…Ooni seeks peaceful, credible pollBy Shina Abubakar OSOGBO — NATIONAL Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, yesterday, described the Osun election as the most consequential off-cycle poll because it will serve as a mirror for the 2027 general elections. Prof. Amupitan was at the palace of the Ooni of […]

IBADAN— YORUBA Nation activist, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has narrated how he escaped from operatives of the Department of State Services during the controversial raid on his Ibadan residence in July 2021. Recall, the DSS invaded Igboho’s Soka residence in Ibadan, Oyo State, in the early hours of July 1, 2021, […]

…Allegations are baseless — Embattled Speaker By Dayo Johnson AKURE— THE crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly has deepened as 21 of 26 lawmakers, yesterday, alleged that only four plenary sessions were held in seven months under the embattled Speaker, Mr Olamide Oladiji. The aggrieved lawmakers have suspended legislative business and asked the […]

ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu yesterday, assured that the ongoing restructuring of security operations and institutions will deliver victory over terrorism, banditry and kidnappings across the country. Receiving the leadership of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, led by its President, Most Rev. Matthew Ndagoso, at the State House, President Tinubu emphasised that Nigeria’s […]