Author: Yetunde Ogunmola

  By: Ade Phillips Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has given approval for the payment of three months’ outstanding salary arrears to workers of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo. The arrears spanning three months were disbursed to the workers on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Mr. Adegun Simon Olorunwa, the Rector of the…

    By Miracle Ogunde   Foremost Nigeria’s company and cement manufacturer, Dangote Group has denied being responsible for hike in cement and price nationwide.   An Executive Director of the Dangote Group of Companies, Hajiya Fatima Aliko Dangote, stated this during an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC.  …

  Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in conjunction with a Joint Task Force comprising five teams from the Nigeria Police Force and three teams from the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 arrested 115 (One hundred and fifteen) suspected currency racketeers in Enugu State.  …

  By Miracle Ogunde   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed that Nigeria’s economy can only overcome long-standing developmental challenges that have hindered rapid progress across sectors through the implementation of right policies, partnerships and determination.   Tinubu also reaffirmed his commitment to creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive, highlighting that there is…

  By Miracle Ogunde   The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced the distribution of seized food items to vulnerable Nigerians across the country.   The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Wale Adeniyi, who flagged off the distribution at the Zone A Command of the Service in Lagos on Thursday stated that the items to…

By: Ade Phillips On Thursday, the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew in Imola, Owo, organized a Christian Wake to honor the late Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, who served as the Chancellor of the Church until his passing.     During the event, Most Rev. Simon Borokini, the Bishop of Akure Anglican Diocese and Archbishop of…

  By Miracle Ogunde   President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his commitment to advancing judicial reforms in West Africa with determined support.   Tinubu, who is also the Chairman of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, described the judiciary as the last hope of the common man, assuring that the regional bloc…

  By Yetunde Ogunmola   Ondo State Government has cancelled the February 2024 edition of environmental sanitation exercise in the state. A statement by the General Manager, Ondo State Waste Management Authority, Mr. Adefola Omowole, said the cancellation is as a result of the ongoing final burial ceremony of former Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi…

  The federal government of Nigeria has banned the exportation of cooking gas as part of efforts to beat down the price within the country and make the product available.   This was made known on Thursday by the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Ekperikpe Ekpo.   Speaking at a stakeholders workshop in Abuja with…