Gov Adeleke reads the riot act GREED, AVARICE AND get rich quick syndrome has practically turned Ijesa land, Osun State into death traps with rivers running through several towns have turned muddy due to the evil work of illegal gold miners. Investigations by The Telescope Nigeria showed that the illegalContinue Reading
MIX REACTIONS HAVE continued to trail the new policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to change the face of the Naira as the effective date creeps in. Though the reactions are varied in their reasons, all point to the support of the new policy. Seun Adekile, said “forContinue Reading
AN INVESTIGATION INTO a far-right terrorist group that was allegedly plotting to overthrow the German government is set to be at the centre of discussions in parliament on Monday, and potentially the rest of the week. In news made available to The Telescope Nigeria by Germany Today, the legal affairsContinue Reading
“The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.” – Henry KissingerContinue Reading
NIGERIANS HAVE THROWN their weights behind the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC over the issue of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS. It could recollect that All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu had faulted the issue of the BVAS immediately after the Osun Gubernatorial Election thatContinue Reading
AS THE 2023 General Elections loom, the race for the Senator that will represent Osun Central Constituency has been narrowed to three contestants. These are the incumbent, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, otherwise known as SRJ of the All Progressives Congress, APC and challengers from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ajagunla FadeyiContinue Reading
THE TENSION WAS palpable! The threat seems real! Even the discerning held their breaths. What would happen, the state waited in expectation. That was the situation engendered by the out gone governor Isiaka Adegboyega Oyetola. Oyetola had refused to convoke a transition committee to work with the Governor-Elect, Ademola NurudeenContinue Reading
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” — Henry FordContinue Reading
From Cyril Mbah, Abuja The National Rescue Movement, NRM,has strongly defended its decision to replace its erstwhile Presidential Candidate, Mazi Okwudili Nwa-Anyajike, with Reverend (Amb.) Felix Johnson Osakwe, even though the former flag-bearer emerged victorious at a congress that was duly witnessed by INEC officials. According to party officials, the former candidateContinue Reading
THE FEDERAL INLAND Revenue Service has granted a full waiver on accumulated penalties and interests for outstanding tax liabilities. Chairman of the service, Zacch Adedeji, disclosed this in a notice personally signed by him and made available on Sunday in the agency’s X handle @FIRSNigeria. The agency imposes penalties and
THIEVES HAVE SEVERELY damaged a monumental lead sculpture by the German artist Anselm Kiefer, who lives in France, and stolen parts of it from a warehouse near Paris. The damage was estimated by the 78-year-old Kiefer at more than €1 million ($1.09 million), according to media reports from the public
GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF Scholz has called for a tripling of global renewable energy capacities by 2030 at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai. “The expansion of renewable energies is progressing, but not at the pace that is necessary,” Scholz told journalists in Dubai on Saturday. Expansion had already been
THE CENTRE FOR Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has called on the Federal Government to immediately commence the probe of alleged corrupt cases made against some of the Chief Executive Officers of the Federal Health Institutions, FHIs. In a release issued by CACOL and signed by Tola Oresanwo, the anti-corruption
