A group of senior military officers has gone on national television in Gabon saying they have seized power because elections held over the weekend were not credible. The officers, appearing on Gabon24 in the early hours of Wednesday morning, said they had cancelled the elections, dissolved all state institutions and closed the country’s borders. They…
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has charged agency heads to speed up the process of application and collection of Nigerian passports. “Nigerians should not have to queue endlessly to get passports. No, this must stop,” Tunji-Ojo was quoted as saying in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Minister of Interior, Alao…
Osun State Government will on Wednesday begin the distribution of the first batch of rice palliatives totalling 6,300 bags on a local government basis. According to a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, the committee reached the conclusion at its meeting held on Tuesday at the State Secretariat….
Like his predecessors, the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Tuesday vowed that the 17-year-old abandoned National Library will be completed and inaugurated by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The minister made the vow during a tour of the edifice in the company with the National Librarian and some senior directors of the…
In a shift reaction, the Kano state chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Hashimu Dunguruwa has described the suspension of the presidential candidate of the party as fake news. Speaking with NIGERIAN TRIBUNE on phone from Abuja, Dungurwa said he is at a party executive meeting saying no such move was made. “I…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the administration has concluded plans to reintroduce monthly sanitation as part of strategies to keep the… (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the administration has concluded plans to reintroduce monthly sanitation as part of strategies to keep the city clean. The Minister stated this in Abuja after a…
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has commended President Bola Tinubu for his courage to end fuel subsidy. Soludo, who spoke on Tuesday during the 9th (7th Quadrennial) Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Anambra State wing, described the removal of subsidy as necessary. Soludo stated that the removal had the potential…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has warned land grabbers, popularly known as Omo onile to desist from their nefarious activities or face the full consequences of their illegal actions. This warning was disclosed in a release signed by Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed,on Tuesday. The statement reads: “Responding to a series of…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has warned land grabbers, popularly known as Omo onile to desist from their nefarious activities or face the full consequences of their illegal actions. Responding to a series of petitions that had flooded his office over harassment and molestation of artisans and contractors on building sites…
The first State Executive Council meeting of the newly inaugurated Osun State Executive Cabinet is set to held tomorrow by 12pm. Governor Ademola Adeleke issued the directive in a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed. “The first Osun State cabinet meeting is to be held by 12 noon tomorrow to kickstart the new…
