Government

Governor of Osun State, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola has approved Monday 22nd August, 2022, a public holiday in commemoration of this year’s “ISESE Day”. This is contained in a release issued and signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr Olalekan Badmus who is also the Supervising Commissioner for the …

Following his meeting with All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has declared him as the one who will win the 2023 election. Speaking further about the candidacy of Tinubu, Fani-Kayode said great things would happen to Nigerians under his leadership. The former Minister met …

The Orji Kalu Campaign Organisation has stated that the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor-Kalu, never had any encounter with gunmen during his ward-to-ward tour in Ohafia Local Government Area. This was contained in a statement released on Friday by the spokesperson of the campaign organisation, Mr Sunny Idika. He …

A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo has resigned his membership of the leading opposition party.   52-year-old Ozigbo was the PDP candidate in the 2021 Anambra governorship election. In a statement on Friday, the ex-President of Transcorp has pledged to work for …

Zamfara State government has said that in its efforts to address the teething insecurity situation ravaging the State, it has established an emergency call centre for the general public. This was contained in a press statement issued to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, by the Commissioner for information, Hon. …

Dr Cosmos Ilechukwu, the General Secretary, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has stated that same-faith ticket, either Christian-Christian or Muslim-Muslim, will not augur well for the unity and future of Nigeria. The position of the group was made known by Ilechukwu at a press conference on the state of the nation, …

Mr. Kanmi Ajibola, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ilesa Branch has filed a contempt charge against the chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Segun Oladitan; and all members of the electoral body. He also joined in the suit is the Speaker of the state …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained that its meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee, last Tuesday, came to a halt because the committee presented “award of a Recommended Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS), prepared by the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission” to it. ASUU …

The federal government has declared that the striking public university lecturers will not be paid salaries for the five months they have been on strike to serve as deterrent to other government workers. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to newsmen Thursday at the weekly ministerial press …

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, arrived Borno State to commission some projects and flagged off the 2022 World Humanitarian Day celebration in Maiduguri. The President was received by the state governor, Babagana Zulum, and vice presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, among other dignitaries. He commissioned newly …