32-year-old Adebo Ogundoyin emerges Oyo Assembly Speaker

A 32-year-old member representing Ibarapa East State constituency in the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr. Adebo Ogundoyin, has emerged Speaker of the House. Ogundoyin, a second term lawmaker, emerged as the Speaker shortly after the Governor, Mr. Seyi Makinde inaugurated the Assembly on Monday morning. Ogundoyin came to the …

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Nigeria arrive in Egypt for Afcon and pre-tournament preparations

The three-time African champions have landed in the city of Ismailia to commence the second phase of their training Nigeria have arrived in Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations and their pre-tournament preparations. Pictures of our arrival in Egypt.The second phase of our #TotalAFCON2019 camping/training begins in Ismailia this evening. #SoarSuperEagles #Team9jaStrong pic.twitter.com/5qZSWMlu8w — …

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Nigeria declares June 12 public holiday

The Federal Government on Monday declared Wednesday, June 12, as a public holiday, to commemorate the nation’s National Democracy Day. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Georgina Ehuriah, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by Mohammed Manga, Director Press & Public Relations, of …

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N231bn lost under Buhari to delays in refinery repairs

Federal Government-owned refineries, located in Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Warri, lost over N231bn in the last four years as the proposed rehabilitation of the plants suffered a setback. The Port Harcourt Refining Company has two refineries, while the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company …

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Coutinho to leave Barcelona for another club

Barcelona attacking midfielder, Philippe Coutinho, has finally decided to leave the club in this summer’s transfer window. According to Cadena SER, the Brazilian is unhappy at Nou Camp and his representatives have already told Barcelona about his decision to leave the club this summer. The Spanish newspaper is also reporting …

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