The Osun State Government has approved Monday, August 21, 2023, as a public holiday in commemoration of the annual Isese Day. Isese Day is set aside for celebration by the traditional religious worshippers in the state. The government’s approval was in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi,…
A previous ECOWAS delegation led by Abubakar earlier this month tried and failed to meet Bazoum and the coup leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani. A delegation from the West African bloc ECOWAS arrived in Niger on Saturday for talks with the military officers who have seized power, sources close to the organisation and ousted President Mohamed…
Outside OPEC, the former presidential aide argued that Nigeria could reduce its selling price of crude but also increase exports to three million barells and above per day. Former presidential aide Doyin Okupe has suggested several economic interventions to President Bola Tinubu, including that Nigeria must quit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)….
Oyo State Government has advised civil servants in the State to beware of scammers. It advised the people of the State, especially civil servants and students, to ignore an online platform asking them to fill a purported application form to benefit from the State Government’s N10,000 support for them. Segun Ogunwuyi, Chief of Staff to…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has stated that the Osun Special Economic Zone( SEZ) when fully completed, will boost the economy and industrial growth of the State. The Special Economic Zone which sits on 250 hectares parcel of land located at Otagere, Ede will provide enabling environment for investments to thrive. This was disclosed…
A British nurse, Lucy Letby (33 years), who wrote a note stating “I am evil”, was on Friday, August 18, found guilty of murdering seven newborn babies and trying to kill another six in the neonatal unit of a hospital in northwest England where she worked. Reuters gathered that Letby was convicted of killing five…
The Osun state government has disclosed plans to distribute rice palliatives in order to ease fuel subsidy removal crisis. The government said that it will issue a template for the distribution of rice palliatives to cushion the effect of fuel Subsidy removal. According to Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed in an audio broadcast on Thursday noted…
The Country Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, has urged the Federal Government to apply relevant laws to prosecute bandits for their atrocities committed against humanity. Cristian made the call during a press briefing preparatory to the commemoration of World Humanitarian Day in Maiduguri on Friday. She noted that it…
Daniel Bwala, an aide to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the last general election, Atiku Abubakar, has said that some of the positions President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assigned to his ministers are mismatched. Tinubu had on Wednesday assigned 45 portfolios to ministers-designate who will be sworn in Monday. But Bwala,…
Governor Adeleke’s Spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has clarified the appointments of two Senior Special Assistants appointed for Goverment House Pool and Oranmiyan New Town. Olawale, in a statement he made available to newsmen on Friday, stated that the attention of Adeleke, has been drawn to a deliberate and mischievous misrepresentation and misinterpretation of these two appointments….
