… calls for bridge of 10-year age-gap for Osun Judicial Officers. Osun State House of Assembly has confirmed the nomination of Mr Amodu Taiwo and Mr Oyekanmi Laide as the Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of Ede-North Local Government Caretaker Committee. This was done during the plenary, after careful private screening of the candidates by the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling party in Osun State has again lashed out at the factional chairman of the opposition APC in the State over its criticism of newly commissioned projects in the state, warning the opposition leadership to purge itself of persistent idle talks, if it must be taken with any pinch…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Adewale Adeniyi as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service. Director Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Willie Bassey, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. According to the statement, the President tasks Adeniyi with bringing his…
A not-for-profit organisation, Global Rights has called for the probe and accountability into the alleged killing of over 246 Nigerians, murdered during the #EndSARS protests in 2020. The group said it was disheartening that few states made efforts to implement the recommendations of the Panel of Inquiries set up to investigate the alleged rights abuses…
A global communications platform, Truecaller, has appointed Ogochukwu Onwuzurike as Country Manager in Nigeria. Onwuzurike’s appointment was disclosed in a statement on Friday in Lagos State. She would be responsible for leading the company’s go-to-market function and managing the end-to-end operations of Truecaller’s expansion in Nigeria. The organisation added that Onwuzurike would be saddled with…
Nigeria and the European Union, on Thursday, signed finance agreements worth over €900m for development projects. The agreements were signed at the EU-Nigeria Strategic Dialogue in Abuja. It formed a central part of the EU-Nigeria cooperation to advance the country’s green, resilient, digitally inclusive transition under Government Priorities and Global Gateway. Developed jointly between the…
The House of Representatives on Thursday called on Federal and Subnational Governments to ensure outright ban of all educational materials relating to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) across the country. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion titled: ‘Ban on inappropriate educational materials in nursery and pre-primary schools in Nigeria,’…
Bamalli, who was appointed by Muhammadu Buhari last year, was also the Magajin Garin Zazzau and biological younger brother to the Emir of Zazzau, in Kaduna. A statement by the Media and Publicity officer of the Zazzau emirate council said Mansur Nuhu Bamalli died at a private Hospital in Lagos while on transit to Morocco….
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has congratulated Mr. Olufemi Oladapo Soneye over his appointment as Chief Corporate Communications Officer (CCCO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The association also congratulates its pioneer president, Dr. Malachy Agbo, who was recently sworn in by the Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Peter Mbah as…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has extended heartfelt condolences to the Commissioner for Commissioner for Science and Technology, Hon. Morruf Dele Ayofe over the death of his beloved father, Alhaji Waheed Ayofe. Adeleke, in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, expresses the devastating impact of Baba’s loss, noting that as someone who has watched him…
