One Year Anniversary of Achievements,Bellyaching,Support THIS WEEK MARKS the First Anniversary of ascendancy to the number one position in Osun State by Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke. He was sworn in on November 27, 2022. As it i the practice The Telescope Nigeria went to town to gauge the moodContinue Reading
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
THE PLOT to remove Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired) from office via impeachment processes thickens over the weekend. Last week, lawmakers of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, extraction had staged a walkout from the hallow chambers when the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan blocked the move toContinue Reading
“A wise man makes his own decisions. An ignorant man follows public opinion.” — Chinese ProverbContinue Reading
WE TAKE a departure from writing opinion this week and instead take the opinions of voters at the just concluded Osun Gubernatorial Election. Voters I spoke to were unison in their response, giving kudos to the umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, but with varied complaints that can aidContinue Reading
THE LAST one month to the 2022 Gubernatorial Election has seen more activities from Governor Adegboyega Oyetola than his three and a half years of governance put together. Within the month, he announced the recruitment of rested Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme, OYES where about 20,000 unemployed residents of the stateContinue Reading
– Remembering Kola Animashaun (July 5 1939 – May 30, 2019) IF A COLLATION is made of misused and misunderstood words; death would take a pride of place. It is misused as it is feared and dreaded, yet it is inevitable! Part of its misunderstood reference is the finality attachedContinue Reading
GALES OF warnings have pervaded the social media space in the entire South West, even as some elders are calling for more caution. Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba, Gani Adams disclosed that his South West Security Group, SWSG had warned about invasion of Owo five weeks earlier. One of theContinue Reading
THE PDP primaries will go into history as one of the most keenly contested. It was rumoured that it was characterised by high spending by contestants. But what decided the game does not portend any good news for the unity of country. Though horse trading is not new in politicsContinue 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
