SOME stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have commended President Bola Tinubu’s pronouncement on removal of fuel subsidy. They made the commendations in seperate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos on Monday after Tinubu’s inaugural speech as Nigeria’s President. Mr Mike Osatuyi, the National Operations …
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GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, announced first set of aides to work with him. The appointment is coming few hours after the governor took oath of office for another term. Makinde announced Segun Ogunwuyi as his Chief of Staff. He also named Sulaiman Olanrewaju, as his Chief …
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Unknown gunmen have reportedly shot dead a man identified as Kinikanwo Ojindah, popularly called Agala, in Ogbakiri community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Ojindah, an indigene of Rumuokani village in Ogbakiri community, was reportedly shot on Sunday night in his apartment by men who introduced themselves as “government”. …
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has made his first set of appointments as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the appointments, he named Ambassador Kunle Adeleke as the State Chief of Protocol (SCOP) to the President. He also appointed former Lagos State Commissioner of Information, Dele …
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UN- Habitat (https://UNHabitat.org/) will on Friday 2nd June announce the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly which is scheduled to be held in Nairobi between 5 – 9 June, 2023. The Assembly’s theme is “A sustainable urban future through inclusive and effective multilateralism: achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in times of …
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GOVERNOR Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has ordered all government bank accounts frozen. Alia made the declaration in his inaugural speech shortly after taking the oath of office as Governor of Benue State at the IBB Square on Monday. The governor said a ‘Post No Debit’ instruction shall remain in …
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law a controversial anti-gay bill, his office and the country’s parliament said, introducing draconian measures against homosexuality that have been described as among the world’s harshest. Museveni “has assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023. It now becomes the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023,” a …
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The Chairman Emeritus, Daar Communications, owners of AIT and Raypower FM, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi is dead. His death was announced in a statement signed by his son, Raymond Dokpesi (Jnr), on Monday. Details about circumstances surrounding his death were not revealed, but the family promised to make further remarks …
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Former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has reacted to the removal of the fuel subsidy regime by President Bola Tinubu. Reports gathered that the newly sworn-in president had, during his inaugural speech, said the subsidy is no longer sustainable in the country, stressing that it is gone. Reacting, Sani, …
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Shortly after his inauguration, Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, hit the ground running by signing three Executive Orders for the effective governance of the state. The others are: Order 001 of 2023, which is an Executive Order for the Development of Citizens’ Charter; Executive Order 002 of 2023, which …
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