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President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele and the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr. Mele Kyari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This was the first official assignment by the President …

Following the approval of the appointment of the Deputy Comptroller General of Immigration, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola as the acting Comptroller General of Immigration by the federal government. Her appointment was approved by the Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, which oversees the Federal Fire Service, Nigeria Security and …

The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi and his running mate in the February 25 poll, Datti Baba-Ahmed, attended the Presidential Election Petitions court hearing in Abuja on Tuesday, May 30. Though Obi had attended a number of proceedings in the past few weeks, Datti-Ahmed attended court proceedings …

A judge has ordered a Swedish businesswoman worth about £250 million to pay her estranged husband more than £6.5 million following the breakdown of their six-year marriage. Louise Backstrom and Martin Wennberg, who are both in their 30s, had been embroiled in a dispute over money in a London private …

Osun State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Ojo has sentenced Dr Rahman Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife to death by hanging. Earlier, Justice Ojo declared that Adedoyin, owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, where Timothy Adegoke, an OAU postgraduate student was allegedly killed was culpable of murder. Justice Ojo in her …

The Oyo State Police Command has raided the apartment of the sacked chairman of Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary. It was reported Tuesday morning that the police stormed his Ibadan residence recovering weapons and ammunition. It was reported that though Auxiliary escaped, some of his loyalists …

The Osun State Government has on Tuesday threatened to seal off filling stations in the state hoarding petrol. This was contained in a statement signed by the state’s governor spokesman, Olawale Rasheed. The removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Tinubu during his inaugural speech at Eagle Square on Monday, …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday, shared photos from the inauguration ceremony, describing it as his proudest day. He shared the photos on his Twitter handle. Tinubu, who was sworn in as the president at Eagle Square in Abuja on Monday, added that the day belonged to Nigerians. He wrote, “This …

15 airports across the country have been renamed after former President, Muhammadu Buhari, late Obafemi Awolowo, Samuel Ladoke Akintola and twelve other prominent Nigerians.The approval for the renaming was given by Buhari on Friday.  He explained that the renaming was in recognition of the contribution of the prominent Nigerians to …

The Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has ordered the dissolution of the Disciplinary Committee, Park Management System (PMS) headed by Alhaji Mukaila Auxiliary. The newly appointed Chief of Staff to the Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, May 29, 2023, said the dissolution was …