The Oyo State Government mourns the tragic loss of lives at a children’s carnival in Ibadan. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, a stampede occurred at the private children’s fun fair held at Basorun Islamic High School, leading to loss of…
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, presented a total budget of N49.7tn to the joint session of the National Assembly. The budget tagged, “Restoration budget, securing peace and building prosperity.” Tinubu noted that the budget seeks to restore macroeconomic growth and build the economy. He commended the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set a daily withdrawal limit on point-of-sale (PoS) terminals to N100,000 per customer. In a circular to all deposit money banks (DMBs), microfinance Banks, mobile money operators and super-agents, titled ‘Cash-out limits for agent banking transactions,’ CBN said the…
TRAVELLING from Ibadan to Saki in the Oke Ogun area of Oyo State has always been hell—no thanks to the perennially bad state of the almost 84-kilometre Iseyin-Saki Road—a federal road—that links that area to the state capital. This agony will soon be in the past. The ongoing rehabilitation of the…