The PUNCH had reported that the governor recently signed the Chieftaincy Amendment Bill into law seeking to grant him autonomy to present beaded crowns and coronets to chiefs in the state, following its passage by the state House of Assembly. The High Chiefs are Balogun of Ibadanland, Owolabi Olakulehin; Otun…
Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa, yesterday, disclosed that the Federal Government has approved the re-opening of the Seme border for the importation of vehicles. Speaking at the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, meeting, organised between officials of…
Oyo State Government has urged residents and other stakeholders to disregard a fake new salary structure currently circulating on the social media, saying it has no iota of truth. This was contained in a statement by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju on Wednesday. It reads: “It…
Oyo State Government has granted approval to the request of New Age Tomatoes to train and subsequently employ 3,300 indigenes. The shortlisted Nasarawa state-trained indigenes will be trained on 3,300 hectares of land to produce tomatoes’ raw materials to feed the factory on 100% capacity utilisation. The…
CURRENT AFFAIRS The following table presents a list of Nigeria‘s state governors. Governors are elected for a term of four years (maximum of two terms). LIST OF PRESENT GOVERNORS, DEPUTIES, THEIR STATES, WHEN THEY CAME INTO POWER AND WHEN THEIR TERM WILL END S/N STATE GOVERNOR DEPUTY. GOVERNOR…
Oyo state House of Assembly on Tuesday has announced principal officers of the 10th Assembly. Recall that the assembly had earlier elected the Speaker and Deputy Speaker during the inauguration of the 10th House of Assembly. The principal officers as announced by the speaker on Tuesday are: Speaker – Rt Hon…
This was contained in a statement on Monday by the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. President Bola Tinubu has removed all service chiefs in the country. See statement below: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION PRESS & PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT June 19,…
Wife of the former Governor of Oyo State, Dr Florence Ajimobi has denied any offer of commissioner slots from the present OYO state government led by Governor Seyi Makinde. In a statement reacting to an online publication on behalf of Mrs Ajimobi, former Special Adviser, Communication and Strategy, Bolaji…
Business mogul Aliko Dangote has been displaced as African richest man after his net worth dropped by 20.7 per cent amid the naira devaluation implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a latest Forbes Billionaire Ranking, Dangote now ranks the second on the continent after South African…
Oyo State Government has made clarification on the status of commissions, boards and agencies, saying all except the statutory ones stand dissolved. The government, in a circular dated 15th of June, 2023 and signed by Honourable Segun Ogunwuyi, Chief of Staff to the State Governor, exempted the board of the…