Aiyedatiwa, Poroye – inaugurates, charges new board to address challenges confronting oil producing areas Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Monday, inaugurated the newly constituted Board of the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), with a strong charge to the members to deliver impactful development to oil-bearing communities in the state. At […]
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Dangote Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote has officially retired as the Chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery. His retirement which becomes effective on Monday 16th of June, 2025, was announced in a statement on Wednesday. This huge step brings his 20-year leadership in the company to an end. “In line with the principles of good corporate governance […]
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UK Plane 1 Britain is deploying fighter jets and other “assets” to the Middle East amid an escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday. “We are moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support,” Starmer told reporters travelling with him on his plane to […]
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Indian rescue workers and firemen gather around the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into a construction site, killing five people, in Mumbai on June 28, 2018. A small plane crashed into a construction site in a densely populated area of India’s financial capital Mumbai on June 28, killing five people, officials said. / […]
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The Joint House of Representatives Committees on Public Account and Public Assets have summoned the Minister of Finance, Chief Adebayo Olawale Edun over alleged non-compliance with the provisions of Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007. Also to appear before the lawmaker on Monday is the Governor of Central Bank of Nigerian, Dr Olayemi Cardoso who, alongside Edun […]
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Pupils writing the national common entrance examination. No fewer than 64,000 candidates from Nigeria, Benin Republic, and Togo have participated in the 2025 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for admission into Federal Government Colleges, conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO). Speaking after monitoring the exercise at Model Secondary School, Maitama, and Government Secondary School, […]
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Iran has fired missiles back at Israel after an onslaught targeted nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic The Federal Government has condemned Israel’s preemptive strike on Iran that led to an escalation of hostilities between both nations, marked by sustained missile and aerial exchanges across both territories. In a statement on Saturday, the spokesperson, Ministry […]
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By Martins Oloja While it is fitting to praise the effort of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in celebrating the courage of those he remembered on June 12, 2025 as ‘Heroes of Nigerian Democracy’, it is also important to bring to his notice that there are some other ‘heroes of democracy’ the chroniclers in the presidency […]
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About 120 pupils from Oyo State public basic schools showcased their budding talents on Friday, in a one-day competition in four sports. It was organised by the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB. Tagged Governor Seyi Makinde Basic Education School Sports competition, the competition is the second edition held at the Lekan Salami Stadium, […]
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Marine and Blue Economy minister, Gboyega Oyetola, has vowed to ensure that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, returns to power in Osun State. The minister governed the state between 2018 and 2022, when he was defeated by the incumbent, Governor Ademola Adeleke, The state’s next governorship election is billed to hold on August […]
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