Rep Makinde, Owo group defend Governor, Finance commissioner The ruling party in Ondo State, the All progressives Congress, APC, has lashed the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for demanding the sack of the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Omowumi Isaac, for allegedly padding the 2025 budget. In a statement on Monday by its state’s spokesman, Hon […]
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The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the purported suspension of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara, describing it as illegal. The party, in a statement on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, faulted the suspension, stating that it violated the PDP Constitution (as amended […]
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MTN-new-logo-e1663465256894 Nigeria’s largest telecom operator, MTN, has commenced the gradual implementation of a 50 per cent tariff increase approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission in January. The adjustment, which is evident in the updated prices of data plans, leaves call and SMS rates unaffected for the time being. A senior executive from MTN, who doesn’t […]
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A first-class graduate of Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, Miss Praise Ogundare with a CGPA of 4.84 has been jointly honoured by the University and the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria for her brilliant performance. The university’s spokesman, Mr. Williams Olufunmi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. At the first medical laboratory […]
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Governor Seyi Makinde inaugurating 480 Amotekun Forest Rangers, promising to give priority attention to the security of residents of Oyo State The Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, has revealed that the influx of unknown persons into the state has contributed to the recent increase of insecurity in some parts of the […]
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Nigeria on Tuesday recorded an improved ranking in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), moving from 145th to 140th among 180 countries assessed. Nigeria gained one point in Transparency International‘s latest rankings. The CPI, which ranks 180 countries based on perceived levels of public sector corruption, uses a scale from 0 (highly […]
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Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero, has accused some state governors of neglecting their responsibilities to live in Abuja. Speaking at a town hall meeting with workers in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, Ajaero expressed concern that governance was being compromised as many governors now “live permanently in Abuja.” “We have visited about five […]
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Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has alleged that some political forces are attempting to force him into self-imposed exile through intimidation and threats of arrest. He said this in reaction to claims by a Twitter user that there were plans to arrest him upon his return to Nigeria on “concocted allegations.” A member of […]
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Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Dr Olubukola Adesina (left); Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof. Abiodun Otegbayo; Director of Administration, Kolawole Oyeyemi; Managing Director, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Francis Agoha, and Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, during the minister’s working visit to UCH over the electricity crisis in the hospital in Ibadan, […]
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Former Vice President (1999-2007) and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (2023), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Monday met behind closed doors with his former boss and President (1999-2007), Chief Olusegun Obasanjo at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The Waziri Adamawa was accompanied by former Governor of Sokoto State, Sen. […]
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