Senate President Swears In Lalong As Plateau South Senator Former Minister of Labour Employment and Productivity, Simon Lalong, has been sworn in as a member of the 10th Senate. Lalong was sworn in on Wednesday at a session presided over by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. He took the oath of office at about 11.57 am on the floor of the Senate. Akpabio immediately congratulated Lalong, a former governor of Plateau State, and the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress Campaigns during the 2023 presidential poll that produced President Bola Tinubu. Lalong will represent Plateau-South on the…
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President Tinubu Approves Free Train Ride For Nigerians During Yuletide President Tinubu approved free rides for commuters on all train services in Nigeria within the period.(21/12/23 – 04/01/2024. President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday approved a 50 per cent slash in price of interstate transport fare for Nigerians traveling during the yuletide from Thursday, December 21, 2023 to January 4, 2024. This is as the President approved free rides for commuters on all train services within the period. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, announced this to State House Correspondents at the Aso Rock Villa on Wednesday.
Neighboring Family Compounds Will Soon Be Envious Of Ogunsola’s Of Out Family – Harvard-Trained, Mogaji Ogunsola ..as olubadan installs Kayode Ogunsola as mogaji The newly installed Mogaji of Ogunsola family, Itabigbo, Oranyan, Ibadan, Kayode Ogunsola has disclosed that neighboring family Compounds in Ibadanland would soon be envious of many good things that will be coming to the Ogunsola’s compound. The Harvard-Trained Business Guru made this disclosure on Monday while speaking with journalist after he was installed by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Mahood Olalekan Balogun as the new Mogaji of Ogunsola’s compound. He explained that he accepted the offer to…
Rivers Crisis: Rivers Governor, Fubara To Re-Present 2024 Budget To Lawmakers Rivers State Governor, Siminayi Fubara has been directed to re-present the 2024 appropriation bill to the larger state house of assembly. The decision was taken at a meeting President Bola Tinubu held with Governor Siminalayi Fubara, a former governor of the state, Peter Odili, and the immediate past Governor, Nyesom Wike, and other stakeholders at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Fubara, who had earlier presented the 2024 Appropriation Bill of his state to four members of the Assembly “shall re-present the state budget to a properly constituted Rivers State…
Prominent Ogbomoso Traditional Rulers Absent As Makinde Presents Staff Of Office To Soun Of Ogbomoso The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday presented Staff of Office to the new Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Laoye Ghandi at Ogbomoso. Two prominent traditional rulers in Ogbomoso, Onpetu of Ijeruland, Oba Sunday Oladapo Oyediran, Lagbami Oseku 111 and Oba Francis Olusola Alao, Olugbon of Orile Igbon were not at the historic ceremony pointing to the fact that all may not be well among them. Oyo state Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde presented staff of office and certificate to the 21st Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba…
Abiodun Launches 2024 Armed Forces Remembrace Emblem, Donates N10m To Legionnaires
Hope Rebirth Sensitizes Students On Drug Abuse, Mental Health, Others * …urges them to shun social vices A Non-Governmental Organization, Hope Rebirth, has called on teenagers of adolescent stage to develop self-esteem and shun social vices capable of destroying their future. Dr. Victoria Iyanda, while speaking on Friday at the Children and Youth Outreach of the organization” Beyond Barrier Forum “organized for secondary school students at Loyola College, Ibadan, emphasized the need to give every child equal opportunity irrespective of gender. Dr.Iyanda who is the convener of the project, said that Hope Rebirth Mission is envisioned where every child and…
LG Poll: Group pledges support for Adeleke’s chairmanship in Ibarapa Central Sunday December 17, 2023 The chairmanship ambition of Mr Olusola Adeleke in the forthcoming Local Government election in Ibarapa Local Government of Oyo State has received a major boost as members of the PDP Patrotic Forum (PPF) pledged their support. Mr Marcus Adegoke, Leader of the group, made the pledge at an enlarge meeting of the group in the council area. The group comprises notable and respected personalities, among whom are retired principal, teachers, retired headmasters and headmistress in the council area. Adegoke said that the decision to support…
Iyaloja General: Authentic Mogaji’s Of Ibadanland Assures Folashade Abeo Of Support Saturday December 16, 2023 Members of the Ibadan Authentic Mogaji’s on Friday hosted the Iyaloja General of of Oyo State, Chief Folashade Abeo Nurudeen during it’s meeting held in Ibadan. Speaking while receiving the Iyaloja General, the Chairman, Authentic Mogaji’s of Ibadanland, Mogaji Musiliu Olaonumi Aperin. stated that the leadership of the group as well as it’s members believe in the ability of Iyaloja General to lead the entire market men and women in the state. He said the support given to Abeo was born out of her sterling…
President Tinubu Receives Ambassadors, Mandates Them To Focus On New Investment And Trade Expansion Saturday December 16, 2023 President Bola Tinubu has assured foreign investors of diligent and predictable fund repatriation, and the streamlining of the tax system, while imploring ambassadors to prioritize the exploration of new frontiers of trade relations that will be mutually beneficial as they carry out their duties in the country. The President received Letters of Credence from the Ambassador of Hungary, Lorand Endreffy; High Commissioner of Rwanda, Christophe Bazivamo, and Ambassador of Ukraine, Ivan Kholostenko, at the State House, on Friday. Speaking when he received…