●Oba Adetona represents ancestral heritage of the Ijebu people-Abiodun President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, conferred on the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, the second highest national honour of the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON) to mark the monarch’s 90th birthday celebration. President Tinubu made the announcement at the Olabisi Onabanjo…
He was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust while being the Registrar of Upper Sharia Court 1 Gusau, Zamfara State. Count one reads “That you Abubakar Garba Dandare Male Adult while being the Registrar Upper Sharia Court 1, Gusau Zamfara State, on or about the 4th day of December 2010,…
The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 9, 2024 arraigned a former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika and three others: Fatima Hadi Sirika, Jalal Sule Hamma and Al Buraq Global Investment Limited before Justice S.C Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Chukwuemeka Woke as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday in Abuja. Ngelale said that the appointee is a seasoned…
The United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms. Beatrice Eyong, said that security challenges arising from armed conflict, insurgency, banditry, and kidnappings across the country had exacerbated the prevalence of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria. Eyong, in her welcome address in Abuja on Thursday at the…
The National Fire Academy will come alive on May 28 as President Bola Tinubu performs the groundbreaking of several projects in the school. The event is part of activities lined up for the one year anniversary of the present administration. Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, after inspecting some…
Ogun State Head of Service (HoS), Mr. Kehinde Onasanya said the state government would continue to put in place policies that would strengthen the institution of Obaship. This, according to him, was because the institution represented the custom, tradition, and beliefs of a people and must be given pride of place. Onasanya spoke when he…
A Coalition of Civil Society Group under the auspice of Action Group for the Protection of Civic Actors and a human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore on Thursday in Abuja staged a protest at the Force Headquarters to demand for the release of Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), who has been…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), as the Co-Chairman of the NCDMB Governing Council. The NCDMB, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), is charged with increasing local content for more job creation, boosting the domestic private sector, facilitating technology transfer and building…
