South West governors move to ensure food sufficiency

L-R: Ogun State Head of Service (HoS), Kehinde Onasanya; Aragbiji of Iragbiji and Chairman/Pro-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Ayorinde Olabomi; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; the Vice Chancellor, FUNAB, Prof. Olusola Babatunde Kehinde, and the Secretary to the Ogun State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, during a visit by the […]

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Reps slash salaries by 50% over economic hardship

The House of Representatives has cut members’ salaries by 50 percent for six months to support the Federal Government in assisting the citizenry with the current hardship in the country. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Ibrahim Isiaka (APC-Ogun) during plenary in Abuja on Thursday, July 18. In an amendment […]

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Local Govt today and tomorrow

By Abdu Rafiu The news of the Supreme Court pronouncement on the financial relationship between state governments and local governments hit everyone like a thunderbolt—the various tiers of government and public affairs enthusiasts, those who preoccupy themselves with public affairs. Private citizens who occasionally reflect on matters of this nature only in their closets because […]

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Olatunji Dare at 80: The man of letters as a repairer

By Wale Adebanwi As the intellectual class contested, overtly and covertly, the attempt by the military to dismiss or destroy the collective will of Nigerians, the social and cultural ferment that defined the second half of the 1980s and 1990s Nigeria represented the last chapter of a country that once existed: a country in which […]

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Appeal Court upholds ex-Oyo deputy Gov, Rauf Olaniyan’s sack

An Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday dismissed the appeal filed by the former Oyo State Deputy Governor, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, challenging his impeachment on July 18, 2022. Olaniyan was removed from office over allegations of gross misconduct and financial impropriety. The seven-member panel, led by Justice Christopher Kayode, upheld the impeachment, finding Olaniyan […]

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Recapitalisation: GTCO launches offer to raise N400.5bn

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO) has announced the opening of its offer for subscription of 9,000,000,000 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N44.50 per ordinary share (the Offer). This followed the clearance of the offer prospectus and registration of the offer shares by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria (SEC Nigeria). GTCO, in […]

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Mismanage, steal public funds, go to jail, Adeleke warns political appointees

Signs MoU with ICPC Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has vowed to punish any political officeholder found to have mismanaged or stolen public funds in the state. He said his administration is committed to transparency and accountability in managing public funds. He said he would sack and hand over any political appointees or officials of […]

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