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In a weather update issued on Saturday in Abuja, the agency predicted morning thunderstorms on Sunday, with moderate rain expected in parts of Taraba and Adamawa in the northern region. “In the afternoon/evening hours, there are prospects of thunderstorms with rains over parts of Taraba, Adamawa, Katsina, Kano, Zamfara, Kaduna, Jigawa, Borno, Gombe, and Bauchi.”…

Aliyu Audu, Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Public Affairs, has tendered his resignation, effective immediately. In a letter dated June 8, Audu expressed gratitude to the President for the opportunity to serve and praised former presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale for recommending him for the role. Audu’s resignation letter, routed through the President’s…

The Coordinator for the 2025 Ojude Oba festival, Dr. Fassy Yusuff, has clarified the reason behind the absence of the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona, from the annual festival held on Sunday in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. According to Dr. Yusuff, the monarch was absent because he was recuperating at…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Thursday, June 12, 2025, a public holiday to commemorate this year’s Democracy Day celebration. This announcement comes on the heels of an already shortened work week, with Monday previously declared a public holiday in honor of the Eid-el-Kabir festival. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the announcement…

In a significant deportation move, the Republic of Ireland has sent back 35 Nigerian nationals, comprising 21 men, nine women, and five children, to Nigeria on a chartered flight. The flight departed from Dublin Airport on Wednesday night and landed in Nigeria on Thursday. Irish Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan, confirmed the deportation, stating that…

A potentially disastrous situation was averted when a fire broke out at the Imaratus Sanan Hotel in Mecca’s Sharamansur area, housing over 480 Nigerian pilgrims participating in the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage through private tour operators. Thankfully, no lives were lost, as the pilgrims were away in Mina for the symbolic stoning ritual at the time…

The President of  Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) Ogun State Chapter Comrade Adefesobi Adebayo extends his felicitations to all Muslim faithfuls in the Union on the occasion of the 2025 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. My dear Comrades, I am elated to greet you on the second Eid-el-Kabir celebrations since my assumption of office as the…

The Executive Chairman of Abeokuta South Local Government, Hon. Balogun Olaniyi Afeez, has extended warm congratulations to the Muslim faithful in Abeokuta South Local Government, Ogun State, and Nigeria at large on the occasion of Eid al-Adha Celebration. Hon. Balogun  alerted the Muslim faithful of the importance of faith, obedience, and compassion for one another,…

Traditional rulers have been charged to see themselves as fathers of all their subjects, symbols of unity, and epitomes of culture and tradition, to facilitate the realization of the yearnings and aspirations of the people. Making the charge was the Governor of Ogun State, His Excellency Prince Dapo Abiodun, CON, at the official installation and…

“Knowledge they say is power” this was the situation on Wednesday 4th June, 2025 at the Conference room at the Secretariat when the Hon. Odunnoiki led Administration in Ogun Waterside Local Government, Abigi in line with the directive of the State Government through the Ogun State Local Government Service Commission on the need to train…