The Oyo state House of Assembly on Wednesday okayed the request of the state governor, Seyi Makinde to access another N2bn loan . The state governor had written the assembly through the speaker, Rt. Hon. Debo Ogundoyin, requesting approval for a new N2b loan In his request letter to the lawmakers , gov. Makinde said the loan if granted will be used to improve infrastructure in the state. According to Makinde’s letter, it was stated that the loan will be obtained from Fidelity Bank at the rate of 20.5 percent interest spread over 36 months.
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By Bayo Onanuga Some years ago, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man invited media leaders to a luncheon at then Protea Hotel in Ikeja to mark his 55th birthday. Some of his guests sat around him at the centre table. They chatted freely. Discussions about our country, the state of the economy soon veered into discussing the absurdity of our country, being a major crude exporter, and also a major importer of refined petroleum products. Our colleague from a major business paper said the local conditions were unfavourable to any investor who wanted to build a refinery. He then made a…
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has emerged as the new Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). He replaced Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State whose tenure of office would elapse on May 29. This was contained in a communiqué signed by Tambuwal at the end of the 7th emergency meeting of the state governors held on Tuesday night in Abuja. It was gathered that Governor Abdulrazaq emerged through consensus while Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde was chosen as vice chairman of the forum. “On the leadership of the Forum, the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, emerged…
Nigerian YouTuber, Emdee Tiamiyu, has tendered an apology to Nigerians after getting dragged to filth over his recent interview with BBC News. It was earlier reported that the UK-based Youtuber granted an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), where he claimed that Nigerians use MSc as a ploy to gain entry into the UK. According to him, his countrymen are not genuinely interested in education or the certificate, and only want to relocate to the UK with their families. “The student route is more like an answered prayer. It is a big bracket that’s able to take a lot…
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on Tuesday, arrived in Nigeria and is currently in talks with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. The president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu made this known on his Twitter page on Tuesday. He wrote, “I received former British Prime Minister and founder Tony Blair Institute for Good Governance, Mr Tony Blair, at the Defence House, Abuja, earlier today. “We discussed areas of mutual interests and how Nigeria can continue to benefit from the amazing work of the Institute.” Blair served as UK Prime Minister between 1997 and 2007.
The daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Hanan Buhari on Tuesday said that her father was a silent achiever. Hanan made this known on her Instagram story while sharing a photo of the President during the Fleet Review held at the Naval Dockyard Limited in Victoria Island, Lagos. She wrote, “My Father ❤️… The Silent Achiever.” Buhari had on Monday reviewed the Presidential Fleet.
The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, consolidated the three different petitions that are seeking to nullify the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. A five-member panel of the court led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, in a unanimous decision, dismissed objections the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, raised against the merger of the petitions. The court held that Justice of the cases demanded that they should be consolidated and dealt with as one petition since they all relate to the same election. Consequently, it slated May 30 for candidate of…
Dr. Rashidat Akande of the Department of Economics and Development Studies, Kwara State University has won a $24,000 CAD International Scholarship Grant of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship – Advanced Scholars – West Africa (QES-AS-WA) scheme. Dr. Akande won the QES-AS-WA scholarship award under the year 2022 with the theme “Wurin ta na yin rubutu – Her own room to write”. Dr. Akande’s participation in the programme is for 2 months and is aimed at supporting women Ph.D.s and early career researchers to expand the frontiers of their research and create lasting impact both in Nigeria and Canada.
Nigerian veteran singer, Lanre Dabiri popularly known as ElDee, has claimed that his father was the first person to introduce the internet to Nigeria. He said this in an interview with media personality, JOI, which went viral on Tuesday. According to the singer, his father was responsible for all internet connections in the country, and despite studying architecture, he developed himself in IT and helped train people in that career. Speaking during the interview, he said, “My dad was the person that brought the internet, the very first person that brought the internet to Nigeria. So, he set up pretty…
By Mustapha Abdulrafiu Olamilekan The general statement about police brutality have flied over the air, so it no more a news. The point must be duly corrected and the anti social behaviour by the police must be duly addressed. Till today nothing possible have tangibly done so far to rectify the course of the action nor the action itself. The police brutality just keep growing like a tumour. To quickly dive into the purpose of this write-up. People clamouring over the police frequent action seems to have blindfolded people sight about uncountable inappropriate manners, deeds, conduct and behaviour that people…