Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has appointed a Nigerian, Uduak-Joe Ntuk, as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, responsible for managing the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). DOGGR uses science and sound engineering practices to regulate the drilling, operation and permanent closure of energy resource wells. The division prioritises protecting the public […]
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The Presidency said President Muhammad Buhari’s frequent trips abroad is not for “sightseeing” but a benefit to the country’s economy. “The President’s trips are not sightseeing trips, they are justified by outcomes,” Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. “In each of the trips, we try to let Nigerians know what the […]
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Osun State government has promised to renovate facilities at the Osogbo Township Stadium to make it more suitable for all sporting activities. Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon Yemi Lawal gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen during an inspection tour of the structure and facilities at the Osogbo township stadium. Lawal, who was warmly […]
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Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has scored the journalists high in the reportage of the state, describing it as balanced, fair, and in line with the ethics of the profession. Speaking at the Dinner/Award Night of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council, held at Leisure Spring Hotel, Osogbo, he said that journalists, […]
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Disturbed by the crisis brewing up in some Local Government Council areas, All Progressives Congress chairmen and councilors in Osun State have been urged to embrace peace in the overall interest of the people and the party. Party’s State Chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun in a statement signed by his Media Consultant, Kola Olabisi, in Osogbo, […]
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Various security checkpoints mounted by the army and police on the dilapidated old Enugu/Onitsha expressway are compounding the woes of travelers who spend several hours on the Ugwuoba/Enugu axis and Amansea/Anambra borders to other parts of the country. According to checks, commuters now spend two to three hours on the Oji River/Ugwuoba and Amansea/Anambra borders, […]
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Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has debunked the rumour that it had reached a conclusion on which part of the country its next presidential candidate would come from. It alleged that politicians in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, who had become jittery of its rising political fortunes were at work in planting seeds of disunity […]
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Osun State residents have been urged to change their attitude to indiscriminate dumping of refuse defacing the beauty of the state and causing health hazard to the general populace. The Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Mr Sola Oladepo stated this while addressing Private Sector Partners (PSP) service providers on refuse collection and waste management in […]
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Ekiti State Government, parleying the European Union, EU, has bought equipment worth N320 million to rehabilitate Egbe Dam in Gbonyin local government area of the state. The Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) , according to the Commissioner for Public Utilities, Mr. Bamidele Faparusi, would make the dam function at optimal capacity for water supply to about […]
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Ondo State Local Government Staff Training School, Itaogbolu has started running programme leading to the award of the Higher National Diploma, HND, It is running the programme in conjunction with Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO, through the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the state owned institution early this year. These were disclosed by the […]
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