President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assigned portfolios to the ministerial nominees recently cleared for appointment by the Senate. Assigning the portfolios, Tinubu named a former commissioner of finance under his administration as governor of Lagos State, Wale Edun, who has a background in economics, international finance, merchant banking and corporate finance at the national and…
First Lady Oluremi Tinubu says Nigerians cannot wait for government to do everything. She said this yesterday while hosting the National Executive of the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) in her office at the State House, Abuja. “We cannot wait for government to do everything. We must lend a helping hand to everyone around…
…Task them on grassroot infrastructural development The Special Adviser on Public Health to the Executive Governor of Osun State, Dr Akindele Adekunle, has congratulated all the newly sworn-in local government caretaker chairmen and their exco members on their new elevated positions. Dr Akindele, in a congratulatory statement signed by him, admonished the newly appointed political…
Emefiele will be arraigned alongside a female CBN employee, Sa’adatu Yaro and her company, April1616 Investment Limited. The arraignment of suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja over N6.9 billion alleged procurement fraud has been stalled due to the absence of the first…
A leading Russian general, Colonel General Gennady Zhidko, 58, purged by Vladimir Putin has been found dead. Zhidko briefly led the Russian invasion of Ukraine before giving way to General Sergei ‘Armageddon’ Surovikin. Zhidko is a Hero of Russia. This is the country’s highest title. He held a string of top military positions. He was…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has released the list of portfolios for his ministerial appointees. The portfolios as released by the Presidency on Wednesday are as follows: Sources within the Presidency said no date has been fixed yet for the inauguration but that a ministerial retreat will commence very soon. Details later… Daily Post
Osun State Deputy Governor, Prince Kola Adewusi has declared the interest of the State government to turn Osun-Osogbo groove to a world class tourist site. He made this known during a courtesy visit by delegates of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, in his office, State Secretariat, Abere. Prince Adewusi, who spoke…
The Osun State Ministry of Works has revealed that the present administration under the leadership of Senator Ademola Adeleke has completed over 50km of roads across the nine federal constituencies of the state while about 40km are still ongoing. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Engr Bashir Bello, who was represented by the Director of…
Osun State Government has warned motorists, especially commercial minibus drivers popularly known as ‘Korope’ and motorcyclists against unlawful parking of vehicles and motorcycles by the road sides. The Commissioner for Transportation, Hon. Sesan Oyedele, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Oladapo Fashina gave the warning on Tuesday while responding to questions on a…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has said the recent monetary policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria has created difficulties in the payment of foreign scholarship tuition and stipends. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this at a one-day Stakeholders’ Engagement on Emerging Issues with the TETFund Intervention in Abuja on Wednesday. Echono…
