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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has declared Tuesday, July 28, 2026, a work-free day for all public servants to enable them collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the August 15 governorship election.The directive, announced in a statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, and conveyed through a circular signed by the Head of Service, Elder Ayanleye Aina, covers state civil servants, local government employees, and workers in tertiary institutions.According to the state government, the holiday is intended to give eligible voters enough time to fulfill their civic responsibility before the election.However, workers providing essential services, including healthcare and security personnel, were advised to make internal arrangements to ensure unint...

The House of Representatives committee investigating the activities of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) has ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, to produce the organisation’s self-proclaimed Director-General, Adeniyi Adeyemi, before it within 48 hours.The directive was issued on Monday during the committee’s resumed investigative hearing at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. The lawmakers asked the police to ensure Adeyemi appears before the committee by 12 noon on Wednesday.Representing the Inspector-General of Police at the hearing, Assistant Commissioner of Police Bashir Abdullahi, was instructed to facilitate Adeyemi’s appearance.The committee is probing how PFIPC allegedly secured office space at the Phase ...

The Anambra State Government has introduced stricter quality control measures for road construction, including an immediate ban on asphalt laying during the rainy season, as part of efforts to improve the durability of roads across the state.The directive, issued through the Anambra State Ministry of Works, follows concerns over the effect of heavy rainfall on newly paved roads and forms part of the government's push to enforce higher engineering standards on ongoing and future infrastructure projects.The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Okey Ezeobi, announced the new measures during a meeting with contractors handling road projects across the state. He directed contractors to suspend asphalt paving whenever weather conditions are unsuitable, warning that any road constru...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record, with more than 1,400 people reported dead and over 3,200 confirmed cases since the outbreak was declared on May 15. According to government figures released on July 6, the death toll has reached 1,405, while confirmed infections have surpassed 3,200.Health officials say the outbreak is spreading more rapidly than any previous Ebola epidemic. During the 2013-2016 West Africa outbreak, which claimed more than 11,000 lives from over 28,000 confirmed cases, it took around eight months for the death toll to reach 1,000. In the current outbreak, that milestone was reached in just under 10 weeks.The outbreak is the 17th recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo but only the third caused by ...

Arise Television presenter Rufai Oseni has criticised the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, for failing to clearly explain how he intends to tackle Nigeria's pressing challenges.Speaking on Monday after Obi's appearance on Channels Television, Oseni said the former Anambra State governor focused more on promises than concrete policy plans, stressing that Nigerians deserve detailed explanations of how candidates intend to implement their agendas.According to him, with the general election drawing closer, presidential hopefuls should have already unveiled comprehensive manifestos and practical policy frameworks rather than relying on broad campaign promises.Oseni argued that voters should assess the feasibility of candidates' ideas instea...

North Sea oil billionaire and Wood Group founder Sir Ian Wood had di£d gThe billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, who led the Wood Group firm headquartered in Aberdeen, di£d peacefully at his home at the age of 84. Sir Ian amassed his wealth in the North Sea oil sector where he developed the engineering and consultancy enterprise. PThe business began as a family fishing operation before Sir Ian assumed control in 1967. Throughout the following decades, he established a distinct engineering firm serving the rapidly expanding North Sea oil sector. At its peak, the Wood Group was worth over £5 billion, undertaking projects in the energy sector across the globe. Sir Ian, who stepped down as chairman of the group in 2012, received his knighthood in 1994 for contributions to the oil and g...