The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the seven new ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The new ministers confirmed during plenary are Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, (Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction), Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi (Labour and Employment), Bianca Odinaka Odumegu – Ojukwu (Foreign Affairs – State). Others are Dr Jumoke Oduwole (Industry, Trade…
Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede, who was appointed as the acting Chief of Army Staff on Wednesday, was the coursemate of the indisposed substantive COAS, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, announced Oluyede’s appointment on Wednesday, saying he will act in the position pending the…
President Bola Tinubu has named Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as acting Chief of Army Staff. The development comes amid the prolonged absence of General Tahoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff, who has been away from the country for a while. Lagbaja is said to be battling an undisclosed ailment in the United States of…
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, was on Wednesday, docked before an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Kuje for allegedly assaulting a bolt driver at his Abuja residence. The lawmaker, who is representing Aba North and South federal constituency of Abia State, pleaded not guilty to a First Information…
The Appeal Court sitting in Akure, on Tuesday, adjourned for judgment, a case in the murder of a post-graduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Timothy Adegoke at the Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Osun. The three-man jury, headed by Justice Olufemi Akeju, held that the date for judgment would be communicated to the two…
The Ondo State security outfit, Amotekun, has detained a 20-year-old, Akinmade Friday, who allegedly killed a 65-year-old woman over a sum of N3,000. The suspect reportedly attacked the elderly woman with a wooden plank after accusing her of entering his room and stealing the money. In a statement to the police, Friday claimed, “I took…
● Oyetola got N3.5b; spent N2b The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke did not receive any Eight Billion Naira as LAUTECH refund from the Oyo State government. A Statement by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Wednesday, disclosed that contrary to the fake news being circulated, the Oyetola administration actually got a payment…
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria from further releasing monthly financial allocations to Rivers State Government. The presiding judge held that the presentation of the 2024 budget by Governor Siminalayi Fubara before a four -member Rivers House of Assembly was an affront to…
Ahead of the upcoming US presidential election, ballot drop boxes have been set ablaze in separate incidents in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. Hundreds of ballots were destroyed in the incidents. The incidents, which involved incendiary devices, are being investigated by local authorities, who suspect the attacks may have been coordinated. Police reported similar vehicles…
The 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris highlighted a memorable night for Spain, with Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí crowned as the best male and female footballers in the world. Rodri’s stellar performances for both club and country secured him the men’s Ballon d’Or, while Bonmatí retained the Ballon d’Or Féminin after leading Barcelona to an…
