Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke will on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the Osun State House of Assembly. This was made known in a statement issued by Olamide Tiamiyu, the Chief Press Secretary to the House Speaker, Adewale Egbedun, on Tuesday in Osogbo. The statement said the budget presentation is a significant move for Osun State’s fiscal future. The statement also revealed that the governor’s intention to unveil the budget was officially communicated in a letter addressed to the Speaker. The statement reads, “This presentation aligns with constitutional requirements, ensuring that the draft budget is…
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Pastor Christian Duru, the Secretary of Imo State Artisan Association, (ISARTA), is currently cooling off in the custody or the Department of State Security (DSS) for allegedly defrauding the state government of the sum of N30 million over an alleged shady land transaction involving 4.5 hectares said to belong to the association. His arrest was prompted by a petition written by the State Commissioner for Industry,Mines and Solid Minerals, Ernest Ibejiako, over the alleged fraudulent act. The commissioner, in his petition, stated that Imo State branch of the Artisan Association claimed that in 2017, it paid N40 million to the…
Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo on Tuesday promised not to betray the confidence the people reposed in him by electing him as the governor of the state. DAILY POST reports that the governor made the promise during his inauguration as the sixth elected governor of the state. He assured that the welfare of the citizens is the top priority of his administration’s ‘Five-point Agenda’. He said the five-point agenda is designed for robust economic growth and improvement in the lives of the people. The new governor listed the five-point agenda to include Security, Infrastructure and Road Development, Affordable Healthcare, Water…
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro has said there is no parallel State Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue State. He disclosed this during a chat with journalists after the expanded caucus meeting of the PDP in Makurdi. Moro said there is no other state EXCO of the party in the state other than the one led by Ezekiel Adaji . He said the party has rules and regulations guiding the conduct of state congresses and the rules were adequately adhered to by the national secretariat of the party. “The national secretariat sent electoral panels and electoral…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele on Tuesday said the opposition political parties can only unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 if they form a coalition. Ayodele made it known that if the major opposition parties, including Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party, LP, and New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, don’t unite, efforts to win the election would be futile. In a statement by his media aide, Oluwatosin Osho, the prophet noted that the opposition political parties need to come together and field a candidate that is rugged and has the capacity or else, it will…
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, SPDC, has urged the Federal Government to tackle crude oil theft and illegal refining to safeguard the nation’s resources and protect the environment. The Managing Director of Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, gave this advice at the opening of the 42nd Annual International Conference and Exhibition of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, NAPE, in Lagos. Represented by the SPDC’s Exploration Manager, Gogo Eneyok, he explained that for other efforts and investments to achieve the desired results, the government had to improve the regulatory environment with continuous improvement in the provisions…
The immediate past Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday said he is happy to have witnessed the swearing in of Monday Okpebholo as the governor of the state. Shaibu prayed that Okpebholo’s reign would usher in growth, development and prosperity in the state. Okpebholo, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, took over from Godwin Obaseki, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after emerging as the winner of the governorship election in the state. The APC candidate in the last election had defeated Asue Igghodalo of the PDP and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party to emerge governor.…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the reappointment of Prof. Samson Duna as the Director General of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) for another four years. This was contained in a statement by Deputy Director of Information, NBRRI, Mr. Peter Mashem, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to the statement, the reappointment was conveyed in a letter by Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume. Duna had been serving as the Director-General of the Institute since his initial appointment in 2020. “Duna is an erudite Professor of Civil Engineering from Billiri Local Government of Gombe State.…
The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang, on Tuesday debunked reports of an explosion in Jos, the state capital. There were reports that an explosion occurred in Jos on Tuesday. The alleged explosion was attributed to an Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted at the old Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) site, near Terminus Market in Jos North Local Government Area. It was also reported that three improvised explosives were discovered at the terminus area of Jos. But a statement issued by Gyang Bere, Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor, said the alarm was false and triggered by…
The Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, says the Federal Government will continue to work on ways to improve workers’ welfare. Fagbemi gave this assurance on Tuesday in Abuja during the opening session of a three-day training workshop for state counsel on ‘Proceedings in the National Industrial Court’, organized by the Federal Ministry of Justice. He said besides the measures already put in place, including wage increase, the Federal Government will continue to prioritise the welfare of the nation’s workforce. “Aside the provision of palliatives, wage awards, and recent increment of the national minimum…