The Federal Government has so far saved about N400bn as a result of the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, since May 31, 2023, when the initiative was officially implemented, oil marketers stated on Thursday. Also, the oil dealers stated that there was a high possibility for the cost of petrol…
According to Irabor, the debts the country owe to men and women who serve in the armed forces cannot be paid fully. The immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, says that providing security for a diverse country like Nigeria is not an easy task, but insists it is not an impossible one…
The management of the Lekki Deep Seaport has announced that Rimbaud has become the first transshipment vessel to berth at the port. Making this known in a series of tweets on Friday, the port management said the ship operated by CMA CGM, has a Length Overall of 270m, a breadth of 42.8m and 6,900 Taus…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has felicitated with the Speaker of the State’s House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun on the occasion of this 38th birthday, describing him as a honest leader with great deal of patriotism. Governor Adeleke in a press statement signed by his spokesperson Olawale Rasheed, extolled…
The Governor of Osun State Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has described the wife of the Deputy Governor of the state Princess Olusola Adewusi as an industrious wife, who has deployed her enduring strength in support of her husband and by extension, the government of Osun State. Governor Ademola in a congratulatory message signed by…
In this interview by SADE OGUNTOLA, Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr Gambo Aliyu, speaks on efforts at ending AIDS in Nigeria by 2030 and the challenges. What is the situation of HIV prevalence in Nigeria? Nigeria has made tremendous progress on HIV control, particularly over the last four…
The President, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, said he invoked the spirit of freedom during his electioneering in Ogun State. He said during the campaign season, some of his popular statements that resonated with Nigerians and his supporters were used to invoke the spirit. The former Lagos State governor said the hardship that accompanied the Central…
Former Governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadan, has expressed disinterest in the upcoming elevation of his status from a chief to a beaded-crown-wearing Oba, insisting that he wants to be the Olubadan and not an elevated Oba. Ladoja disclosed this during an interview with journalists in his Ondo Street, Bodija,…
The Chief of Staff (COS) to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that no ordinary human being can carry Nigeria’s weight except with God’s help. Gbajabiamila, who spoke on Wednesday, June 28, after observing the Eid al-Adha prayer in Lagos, asked Nigerians to always pray for President Tinubu. The former speaker of the…
The former Caretaker Chairman of PDP in Osun, Dr Akindele Adekunle has reacted to the unruly behaviour and lack of regard for constituted authority exhibited by the former defeated Senator of Osun Central, Bashiru Ajibola at the Osogbo Eid praying ground today. Ajibola Bashiru had constituted a sort of nuisance in a flagrant disregard to…
