H.E Tamunominini Olufunke Makinde was born to the family of Songo Batubo of Buguma in Asari Touri Local Government Area of Rivers State. She is a graduate of Rivers State University of Science and Technology where she obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical/Petrochemical Engineering. Tamunominini…
The Debt Management Office (DMO) says Nigeria’s total public debt stock hit N121.67 trillion (91.46 billion dollars) in March. The Debt Management Office (DMO) in a statement yesterday evening said this figure encompasses the combined domestic and external debts of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the 36…
In its characteristic disdain for the truth, Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) irked the sensibilities of the good people of the state with a tissue of lies in a statement issued on Thursday, June 20, 2024, on Fasola Industrial Hub, food security in the state and the Sustainable Actions…
A Federal High Court in Kano has set aside the procedures taken by the Kano State government to repeal the Kano Emirate Council Repeal Law 2024. The law, recently passed by the Kano State House of Assembly on May 23, was immediately signed into law by Governor Abba Yusuf and was used to dethrone Emir Aminu Ado…
Oyo State government has debunked the insinuation that cholera outbreak has spread to the state. The State Epidemiologist from the ministry of Health, Dr Iyabo Kareem revealed this during a Current Affairs radio network programme, ‘ORO TO NLO’ on Oluyole 98.5FM. Dr Kareem added that the residents,…
The Federal Government has borrowed a total of $4.95bn in loans from the World Bank in the past 12 months, pushing the total public debt to N101tn amidst worries about the increasing costs of servicing external debt. The nation’s public debt was put at approximately N97tn as of December 2023, according to…
The South-West Governors, on Wednesday, agreed to strengthen farm security by creating specialised units within the Amotekun corps. This was part of the resolutions reached at the roundtable on food security hosted by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria Commission in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.…
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakuleyin as the 43rd Olubadan of lbadanland. The governor gave the approval in a memo signed on June 14, 2024, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 19 (Cap 28) Law of Oyo State 2000 as amended. According to a…
The Federal Government has announced plans to send the country’s first citizen to space. The Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Mathew Adepoju, made the announcement at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday. Adepoju disclosed that the Federal Government has…
Governor Seyi Makinde has approved the elevation of some top civil servants as General Managers and Executive Secretaries in the State Civil/Public Service. In a statement issued and signed by the Head of Service, Mrs Olubunmi Oni, mni, she said the appointment, which was approved by Governor Seyi Makinde, is based…