The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has congratulated the founder and Chairman of Pacific Holdings Limited, Dr Adedeji Tajudeen Adeleke, on bagging the ‘2024 Vanguard Personality Of The Year’ Award, describing the award as a recognition of his in-depth contribution to Nigeria’s business environment and humanity as a whole. The Governor who…
•Refinery slashes loading cost to N865 after Naira-for-crude deal, fuel depot prices to fall Twenty-two days after suspending the sale of petroleum products in naira, the Dangote Refinery has resumed sales of its refined petroleum products to its partners and marketers in the local currency, The PUNCH exclusively gathered on Thursday. The 650,000 barrels facility…
Edo State Diaspora Agency on Thursday said it is determined to ensure that the potential of Edo indigenes in the Diaspora is harnessed to boost the economic, social and cultural development of the state. The Director General of the Agency, Loretta Ogboro-Okor who stated this during her maiden press conference in Benin, Edo State, also…
Ahead of the rainy season, states have commenced measures to arrest the flooding expected to inundate no fewer than 1,249 communities in 176 local governments across 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The measures include public enlightenment campaigns, dredging water channels, and relocating communities on river banks and floodplains. On Thursday, the Federal…
Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has condemned the recent decision by the National Broadcasting Commission to ban Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem’s new protest song, Tell Your Papa, labelling the move a “clear violation” of the right to freedom of expression and access to information. In a press statement issued on Thursday, Amnesty International described the…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has commiserated with the family of the National Director of Administration of the All Progressives Congress APC (APC), Dr Rauf Adekunle Adeniji (Congo) who recently passed away. Governor Adeleke who expressed his deep pain over the void that his loss represents for the state and Nigeria…
