The Ogun State Government said it is already working on the rehabilitation of Agbado-Oke Aro-Akute Road. The government was reacting to a video that captured 500 pastors urging Governor Dapo Abiodun to rehabilitate the road in fulfillment of his re-election pledge. In a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ade […]

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Ahead of the International Day of Forests on Thursday, March 21, the Director General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), Professor Zachariah Buba Yaduma, has encouraged state governments to recruit more personnel who can be trained as forest guards to secure the nation’s biodiversity inside the forests. He made the remark as the […]

Gunmen have abducted the chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Philip Aivoji, and some other party chieftains. They were said to have been abducted at the Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. Philip was reportedly kidnapped alongside other party members who were with him while returning from the […]

Motorists and residents in Epe/Ibeju-Lekki LGA of Lagos State have appealed to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to speedily complete the phase two of Lekki/Epe Expressway project.  They made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Epe.  NAN reports that phase one of the project, about 18.75km spanning Eleko […]

Since the advent of the Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication founded in 1991 but reached the Nigerian market in August 2001, the account of its 22-year-old services in the country has never been as glowing as they are in climes where things work including some developing countries of Africa. Yes, GSM radically transformed not […]

On this day in history, April 17, Osun Defender travels back to April 17, 2020 when death took away Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Abba Kyari was a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari from August 2015 until his death on […]
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As candidates gear up for the upcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) kicking off on April 19, the Joint Admissions
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The Taraba State Police Command on Monday confirmed the electrocution of a family of four around Dinyavo area of Jalingo, the state capital. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Abdullahi Usman, confirmed the incident in a statement in Jalingo. According to him, the incident happened around 11:00 a.m. on Monday. “We suspect it resulted from […]