Mr Taiwo Oyedele and President Bola Tinubu. Photo: State House President Bola Tinubu has nominated the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Dr. Taiwo Oyedele, as the Minister of State for Finance. Oyedele replaces Dr. Doris Anite-Uzoka, who has been redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Me Bayo Onanuga, said that Uzoka-Anite will now move to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, as the Minister of State, her third portfolio in the administration. According […]
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There was a mild drama at a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday when a lawyer, Abubakar Mohammed, who was hired to observe proceedings, stood up and told Justice Samira Bature that the case before her was being delayed. Mohammed was hired by Asabe Waziri, who had alleged that she […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo In compliance with a nationwide directive by the new Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, instructing Commissioners of Police in the 36 states to tighten the nation’s security architecture, Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, has ordered a massive deployment of personnel to border communities and other identified flashpoints across the […]
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Newly elected APC Chairman in Ondo State, Hon Kolawole Babatunde Aiyedatiwa urges discipline, internal democracy The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday elected a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Kolawole Babatunde, as its new Chairman in Ondo State. He and 35 other members of the party’s State Working Committee emerged through consensus […]
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Credit: Debbie Funmilayo, Ondo State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Ondo State Government has confirmed that gold deposits in large quantity abound in Ose Local Government Area of the state. In fact, it disclosed that geological indications suggest the possibility of more substantial deposits beneath the surface of the council area. The commissioner for […]
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Ondo State Government has directed security agencies in the state to crackdown on kidnappers. A statement on Tuesday by the Information and Orientation Commissioner, Mr Idowu Ajanaku, said: “The Ondo State Government has expressed deep concern over the recent kidnapping incidents in the state which has been discovered that it was orchestrated by some locals […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State is reportedly facing internal uncertainty following conditions allegedly set by former National Secretary of the party, Iyiola Omisore, for supporting its governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji. According to party sources, the matter came to the fore after members of the APC Elder Caucus (Igbimo […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and APC South West National Vice Chairman, Dr Isaac Kekemeke, at the party’s stakeholders meeting in Akure, on Tuesday says congress to hold Tuesday, officers’ll emerge by consensus No official court order stopping us – Kekemeke The All Progressives Congress, APC, seemed set to go ahead with its Ondo State […]
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The Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has stopped the state Congress of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. It stopped the congress, scheduled to hold on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, via its granting of an application filed by aggrieved members of the party. The court, presided over by Justice Toyin […]
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