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ECOWAS at 50: Regional Voices Call for Stronger Constitutionalism and Democratic Resilience in West Africa

 Oriontimes International Desk| April 10, 2026 As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) marks its 50th anniversary, renewed calls have emerged for deeper commitment to constitutional governance and democratic stability across the West African sub-region. ECOWAS, the economic and political bloc comprising 15 West African countries, has played a pivotal role in regional integration, peacekeeping, and conflict resolution since its establishment. However, as the region faces evolving political challenges, stakeholders are emphasizing the urgent need to strengthen democratic institutions. A diplomatic news platform, Paradigm News, led by Ambassador Raymond Enoch, who also maintains professional ties with ECOWAS and the State of the African Diaspora engaged prominent opinion leaders and policy experts across the region to share insights on the theme: “ECOWAS and the Imperative of Strengthening Constitutionalism and Democratic Resilience in West Africa.” Among those consu...
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My Useful Life Is Probably Over, Says Bankman-Fried As He Bag 25-Year Imprisonment

   Founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried,who was convicted of stealing billions of dollars from his customers, was sentenced yesterday to 25 years in prison. His sentence was a fraction of the maximum penalty of 110 years he faced, but it still ranks as one of the longest imposed on a white-collar defendant in recent years, NYT reports. The sentencing signified the finale of a sweeping fraud case that exposed the rampant volatility and risk-taking across the loosely regulated world of cryptocurrencies. In November 2022, FTX imploded virtually overnight, erasing $8 billion in customer savings. At a trial last fall, Bankman-Fried was convicted of seven counts of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering. Bankman-Fried vowed to appeal his conviction, but in remarks after his sentencing he appeared to recognize that he would be in prison for some time. “My useful life is probably over now,” he said.
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Fake News: Insight Initiative welcomes Osun Committee, Advises Adeleke-led Govt

  The Insight Initiative for Community and Social Development, a nonprofit organization in Osogbo, welcomes the setting of Action Committee on cyber crimes and cyberbullying by the Osun State Government under the leadership of Senator Ademola Adeleke. We welcome the development as we believe that the media space in the state should be sanitised and made secure for all stakeholders in the state to feel safe. The need to halt the torrent of fake news circulated in the media space can not be more urgent than now.  However, we want to call on the government to ensure the committee is peopled with persons of impeccable character, integrity, and most importantly, understanding of the ethics and professional workings of the media. We advise that the panel should be a tripartite committee that will consist of Civil Society Organizations, media practitioners, and representatives of relevant agencies of the government (including security agencies).  We also urge the state governmen...
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Kelebe-Omu Land Owners Stage Protest Over Harassment, Intimidation By Nigerian Army

 The land owners under the aegis of the Kelebe-Omu land owners association in Osogbo have staged a peaceful protest calling on Osun state governor, Ademola Adeleke, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja to Intervene on constant Disobey of court orders by the Nigerian Army.  The protesters trooped out in their hundreds on Tuesday to demonstrate their grievances over harassment and intimation by the Nigerian Army on Kelebe-Omu land, describing the action as falling on contempt after court judgment in their favor which can cause crisis in osun state. The aggrieved people across 45 family compounds in Osogbo and Olorunda Local government of Osun state assembled from their various home at the Palace of Ataoja of Osogbo for Royal blessing. While speaking, the Ataoja of Osogbo, HRM Oba Jimoh Oyetunji Olanipekun Larooye ll condemned the flagrant disobedience of the Court order by the Nigerian Army, reaffirming the ownership of the said land withing his royal territo...
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Illiterates Are Great Business Builders

  No matter how level of our education, if we do not allow successful people in business to guide us in term of prerequisite knowledge needed to thrive, the probability of making it in life is very slim. Illiterates are making it in business because they are ready to listen and understand more than those bragging they have certificates. Scholar, people are watching how well you're doing with that your certificate, you need to build your own house, ride your dreamed car but please, allow those who know ahead of you guide you in any business, submit yourself totally and you will win. That you can speak good English, brilliant academically does not guarantee success, but when you can apply your brilliancy to dynamically succeed in business environment. Forget about who you are, your connection and little salary you're getting when you're not even free to attend to other important things in life, pursue your goal and yield positively. Erase the mentality of someone would pay yo...
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Amidst Opponents' Criticism, Great Things Are Happening Osun - Olawale Rasheed

 Let give it to the dancing-performing Governor, says Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to Senator (Dr) Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke. Public governance demands broad mind and readiness to experiment by the leadership. The urge to be innovative to fast track state building is essentially a rare attribute. You only find it here and there within the political space and the public sector. A state with such leadership is sure to experience unusual churning out of equally surprising policies and programmes. From January till date, readers should attempt a survey and review of subnational administrations and point out where new state decisions are taken that are out of the ordinary. From across the six geo-political zones, you may be confronted with mediocrity and docility covered with garb of civility. The likely result will be a preponderance of a unanimous show of uninspiring state actions. Mostly, critical state issues are approached with shockingly pedestrian solutions. Let me co...
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Ifon/Ilobu Conflict: Governor Adeleke Vows To Punish Sponsors

  Governor Ademola Adeleke has vowed to punish those behind the resurgence of violence around Ifon/Ilobu areas of the state. In a statement signed by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the State Governor, Adeleke said those who ignited the attacks again will be rounded up and arraigned for breaching peace in the area. “I hosted a virtual security meeting last night. A physical meeting is now ongoing. We will not spare sponsors of this dastardly act. “ Any traditional ruler found to be fanning embers of violence will be removed from office. Requisite intelligence is being gathered on the extent of culpability of prominent leaders from the two areas. “ Since yesterday, I have issued relevant directives which are being implemented to calm the situation.All through the night, security teams have commenced de-escalation operations. “We have dispatched security teams and further measures will soon be announced”, the Governor who is attending a national minimum wage meeting at the St...
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Governor Adeleke Commends TCN, Seeks Early Completion Of Ede Transmission Project

  Governor Ademola Adeleke has commended the Transmission Company of Nigeria for completing many abandoned transmission.project across the country , describing the TCN as the heartbeat of the Nigerian electricity system. The Governor was at the TCN headquarters to follow up on the preliminary work already done by his Chief of Staff, Hon Kazeem Akinleye and the House of Representative member representing Ede/Egbedore/Ejigbo federal Constituency , Hon Bamidele Sallam. Saluting the commitment of the TCN management to sustaining power transmission in Nigeria, Governor Adeleke affirmed that Osun which hosts Osogbo national transmission station is a key stakeholder in the nation’s electricity system. According to the Governor , Osogbo is a critical center for power transmission in Nigeria, describing Osun as “a good host to TCN and other stakeholders. “We are here to thank the Federal Government through your office for your support so far on the ongoing 132/33 KV Transmission station pr...
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PDP Calls For Release of Abducted Lagos Party Chairman, Others

…Tasks Tinubu on Security  The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands for the immediate release of its Lagos State Chapter Chairman, Hon. Philip Olabode Aivoji, who was abducted on his way to Lagos from Ibadan, Oyo State capital after a very important Party assignment. In a statement released by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary, read, "The PDP is seriously concerned about Hon. Aivoji's well-being and safety especially considering his age and health status. Our Party condemns the distressing spate of kidnap for ransom, mindless killings, marauding of communities and other acts of terrorism across the country under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s watch and calls for urgent action to ensure the release of all those held in kidnappers’ dens in various parts of the country. T he alarming situation is an agonizing confirmation that the security intelligence, command, operation and coordination structure under President Tinubu has collapsed....
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If You're In A Wrong Place, It's Impossible To Fulfil Destiny - Lawrence BornRoyal

BETHSIADA happened to be a place where people's miracles were swallowed up. Your own bethsaida is a place where God saves you from many dangers but you did not yield yourself to him. Where God healed you but you did not draw back to him. "Today, get out of that town where people sees you as a tree but not as a human being. You have spent many decades in a particular place and nothing changes about your life, for that reason you gave up on your dreams and living your life like mannequin. Get up and leave now. Progress they say, is impossible without change, that your comfort zone can ruin destiny. It had ruined many destinies, it was the same place where those who fought before you fell and never stood up. walk out where you're being tied down like goat and convey your cross of emancipation today. Never underestimate what the Lord can perform through your life. Be a kind of person that leaves people in shock about your progress. You have to keep running until you get to tha...
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U.S., Britain Shot Down Houthi Attack In Red Sea

U.S. and British warships intercepted 21 drones and missiles fired on Tuesday from areas of Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia, officials said.  The U.S. and its allies are now weighing how to shut down other attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea. The Houthi attacks, in solidarity with Hamas in its war against Israel, have forced the world’s largest shipping companies to reroute vessels away from the Red Sea, creating delays and extra costs felt worldwide through higher prices for oil and other imported goods. The Biden administration and a number of allies said last week that they would hold the Houthis responsible for the attacks, a warning that suggested the government may be considering retaliatory strikes on Houthi territory in Yemen, military officials said.  Rather than back off, the Houthis appear to have stepped up their attacks. So far, the U.S. has held back from hitting Houthi bases in Yemen, in large part to avoid undermining a fragile...
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Federal judges cast doubt on Trump’s claim of immunity

 Former President Of the United States of America, Donald Trump appeared At a hearing in Washington yesterday in front of an appeals court panel to argue that he is immune from prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election because they arose from actions he took as president.  The three judges on the panel seemed unconvinced, suggesting that they are unlikely to rule in the former president’s favor. “I think it’s paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed allows him to violate the criminal law,” said Judge Karen Henderson, the sole Republican appointee. The panel appeared particularly wary when Trump’s lawyer said during the hearing that a president could assassinate a political rival and still be shielded from prosecution unless the Senate first convicted him at an impeachment proceeding. However, the judges looked torn at times about how broadly they might rule; one suggested that a decision to deny im...
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