Adeleke woos diplomats, seeks support for Osun’s agricultural sector

Osun govt representatives with Ambassadors in Abuja on Tuesday Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has called on foreign diplomats to encourage investors from their respective countries to explore opportunities in the state’s agricultural sector. Speaking at a meeting with ambassadors in Abuja on Tuesday, he assured them that Osun had significantly addressed its infrastructure deficits […]

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Tinubu directs ministers to brief Nigerians on activities, policies

The Federal Government has announced that ministers will commence periodic press briefings next week to provide Nigerians with updates on government policies and activities. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, stating that President Bola Tinubu had mandated all ministers to engage with the public regularly to […]

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Let Aiyedatiwa focus on governance, APC chieftain, Niran-Oladunni warns detractors

decries wrangling, attack against Finance commissioner asks detractors to find job outside politics A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Mr. Moyosola Niran-Oladunni has called for decorum, warning against distracting Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa from governance; especially the fulfilment of his campaign promises to the people of the state. In a statement on […]

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Budget padding: Ondo APC lashes PDP over allegation

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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PDP dismisses Wabara’s suspension as illegal

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 implements 50% tariff hike, raises data prices

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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Elizade University, Medical Laboratory Science Council honour 1st class graduate at first induction

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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Amotekun raises alarm over influx of strangers in forest reserves

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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Nigeria improves ranking in 2024 global corruption index

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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NLC slams governors for abandoning states to live in Abuja

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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