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By Our Correspondent  Lai Oso, a Nigerian communication scholar and professor at the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies (FCMS), Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, is dead. Though the authorities at LASU are yet to confirm what many have described as an unfortunate development, some of Prof. Oso’s colleagues on the campus confirmed the news in separate interviews with Our Correspondent. The newspaper gathered that the don died in a ghastly auto accident Saturday evening on his way back to Lagos from Delta State University (DELSU), Abaraka, where he reportedly went to serve as an external examiner. Confirmation One of Prof. Oso’s colleagues and a senior lecturer at the faculty, Omolade Atofojomo, confirmed that the unfortunate incident happened Saturday night and that “the dean just informed the faculty.” “From God we came to him we will return but this is so painful,” Mrs Atofojomo said. Another lecturer in the faculty, Tunde Akanni, said he just received the news from anot...

By Our Correspondent The Lamidi Apapa led National Working Committee, (NWC)of Labour Party, has congratulated the former National Chairman of the Party, Barrister Julius Abure as he clocks 52 years on Saturday. The Party in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Abayomi Arabambi said the Party is happy to note that the former National Chairman, has turned 52 in good health and wishes him God's sustenance in the same.  The Party also enjoined all party supporters and members of the public to join in the prayer for the good health of the former National Chairman. The statement added that though as a Party, the Apapa-led Executive had no personal grudge against Barrister Julius Abure, the quest to instil discipline and fairness in the running of the affairs of the Party led to the face-off going on in the Party. Read the full statement  below LABOUR PARTY WISHES JULIUS ABURE GOOD HEALTH TO SUSTAIN HIS LIFE AFTER SENTENCING TO PRISON IF F...

By Our Correspondent A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State who also doubles as convener for Dapo Abiodun Continuity Agenda (DACA) Mr Armstrong ‘Tope Akintunde has sent his felicitations to all members of the newly inaugurated Ogun 10th House of Assembly held on Tuesday. Akintunde particularly congratulated Rt. Hon Olakunle Oluomo for his re-election as the Speaker of the House as well as Hon. Bolanle Ajayi, the first female to be elected the Deputy Speaker. The property merchant in his congratulatory message urged the lawmakers to be more united and support  Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration in its determined bid to make life much more comfortable for the residents of the state. The Iperu Remo-born political juggernaut specifically appealed to all members in the state assembly to key into the 'Iseya Agenda' of Prince Abiodun's led administration all of which are aimed at delivering greater dividends of democracy and taking the state to an env...

By Kunle Adebakin  The BANTUN of Egbaland and Odofin Itoku township in Abeokuta South Local Government, Chief Kehinde Sofenwa has been arrested and detained at Oke Itoku Police Division over his alleged involvement in a land sales deal. The Chief was alleged to have, in collaboration with some Itoku Chiefs, sold a vast expanse of land belonging to Itoku township in their homesteads located at Afo village via Kobape in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area for a whooping sum of Thirty-Five Million Naira (N35,000,000).  Investigation revealed that the land involved measured about 25 acres which Chief Sofenwa and other Chiefs sold at N1.4m per acre.  Following a report made by the Baale in Afo Itoku Village to the Nigeria Police in Owode Egba, Chief Kehinde Sofenwa, it was learnt was invited by the Police for interrogation.  It was also learnt that he was released having been bailed by Chief Wole Odekunle, the Bada Asoju Oba Egba but refused to report at the same station ...

By Ifeoluwa Theophilus Following the arrest of the former National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure on Friday by the police over alleged attempted kidnapping and criminal assault, the police have resolved to arraign him in court on Monday. Salient Times gathered that Abure who was whisked away after leaving the Presidential Election Tribunal on Friday was unable to meet his bail condition and was still with the police at the time of this report. It was gathered that he was arrested over his failure to honour police invitation on various allegations levelled against him. "But when the police that was detailed to arrest him on Friday accosted him, he assaulted them and tore their uniforms. "Despite all invitations extended to him, he failed to honour them which was why he was arrested after leaving the Presidential Elections Tribunal yesterday. Salient Times gathered that he was unable to meet the bail condition on Friday and had to sleep overnight. "On...

Party commends police The Lamidi Apapa-led Labour Party has reacted to the Friday arrest of the embattled former National Chairman of the Party, Barrister Julius Abure. In a statement signed by Dr Abayomi Arabambi, the National Publicity Secretary of the Party, and copy of which was sent to Our Correspondent, the Party commended the Nigeria Police for upholding truth and professionalism "Today marks the beginning of a new chapter to purge the Labour Party of all manner of corruption among some of its former national officers led by suspended National Chairman, Barr Julius Abure and his gang of documents forgers. "You must be aware of the arrest of Julius Abure this afternoon by the Police in FCT few minutes he left the Court of Appeal with Peter Obi. You must also be familiar with a case of forgery already on Abure's neck and another of Contempt of court and course a few others that would shock even Peter Obi and the Labour Party family in the next few days even as Abure ...

By Our Correspondent  The House of Representatives aspirant for Obafemi Owode/ Odeda/ Abeokuta North Federal constituency under the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Honourable Oluwafemi Samuel Abiodun-Oni has joined other well-meaning Nigerians to commiserate with the people of Gbagura community in Abeokuta over the sudden passage of its monarch, Oba Babajide Bakre, Agura of Gbaguraland. Abiodun-Oni who also extends his condolences to the immediate family of the monarch prays for the repose of the soul of the well-respected late king in Egbaland. According to a media release by the media team of the Abiodun-oni campaign group, he described the late monarch as an amiable, intelligent and endowed community leader who always prioritises the welfare of his subjects. He further noted that not only the entire Gbaguraland benefited from the development agenda of the late monarch despite his short reign but also many other people who came across him while alive. He therefore encourage the ...

By Kunle Adeboye A Professor of Economics and Director of Academic Planning, at Caleb University Imota, Lagos, Prof. Olumuyiwa Owolabi Olamade, will on Thursday 15th June 2023, present the Institution's 5th Inaugural Lecture Series, titled 'Manufacturing Prosperity and Services of the Future: Re-igniting Nigeria's Engine of Growth'. According to the Vice Chancellor, Professor Nosa Owens-Ibie, who Chairs the event, "With a growing number of distinguished professors emerging from the unique Caleb University crucible, we are commencing with Prof Olumuyiwa Olamade's deep and stylishly introduced Inaugural Lecture, a series of impactful lectures which would be speaking to the nuances of the Nigerian and global knowledge industry". In a statement signed by Olawale Adekoya, Information, Media and Publication Specialist, said, Prof Olamade, the Inaugural Lecturer, who doubles as the Institution's Dean of Students, is a chartered member of the Chartered Institu...

By Our Correspondent Armed police officers on June 3rd, 2023 invaded the residence of a septuagenarian, Alhaja Somoye Adebimpe Monsurat, assaulting her and her grandson, Somoye Oluwatosin Khalid; leaving them in shock and  varying degrees of injury. Alhaja Somoye is the mother of embattled Hon. Somoye Sheu Adedolapo, a politician  from Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. Our Correspondent gathered that during the attack, the armed police officers ransacked the whole house and vandalized many properties within it. The latest in the installment of unending attacks on Hon. Somoye Sheu Adedolapo's family took place at about 8pm, at one Mrs. Ogunsola Ololade's house in Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State. The house, located at 19, Ijagun road, Ijebu Ode,  was said to belong to Hon. Somoye Sheu's sister. Investigation by our reporter indicated that the police officers believed Hon.Somoye Sheu Adedolapo was in the building, a presumption that made them ransa...