archiveJuly 2021

...all adhoc committees too The State Executive Committee of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Oyo State chapter, has been dissolved. The dissolution also affects all adhoc committees set up by the dissolved executive Committee. Special Assistant on Youth and Sports to the Oyo State Governor, Mr. Kazeem Bolarinwa, made...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the upper chamber will tomorrow consider President Muhammadu Buhari’s N895.842 billion supplementary budget request. Lawan made the disclosure on Tuesday during plenary after the Senate received the report of the Committee on Appropriation on the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2021. The consideration...

The United Kingdom Parliament will tomorrow Wednesday commence debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. It would be recalled that the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), had, last week, revealed that Kanu was repatriated and subsequently arraigned him. However, Malami...

  The domestic equities market opened trading for the week on Monday with a marginal growth of 0.02 per cent.Speficially, the All-Share Index rose by 8.0 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 38,220.01 from 38,212.01 achieved on Friday. Thus, the All-Share Index traded flat at 38,220.01, with month-to-date...

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has condemned Monday’s kidnapping of an unspecified number of students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Chikun Local Government Area of the State. The condemnation is contained in a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on...

  By Kehinde David Folarin Millennials are thriving in the workforce today. They are the next generation to be leaders in the workplace and will be the generation that shapes the future of leadership. There are not many millennial role models that potential leaders can follow and emulate. Thus, we...

The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe says about 7000 students, with 500 staff members, have been trained on entrepreneurship, with mentors attached to them in the last three years. He said that the students were largely trained in the areas of Design Thinking Ready Set Work (RSW)...

Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has named Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi as his Chief of Staff. A letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, confirmed Ogunwuyi's appointment. The appointment takes immediate effect. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa,...

President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday evening met with the Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, over the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper. The meeting which started at 5:11pm lasted till...

  *Over 2m jobs saved, created as FG release 100% budget component of ESP funds *1. 3M jobs retained through Payroll Support *36 States received N50b *7 local airlines receive N2.84b *Over 6 million farmers enumerated to benefit from agric sectoral support *President approves fertilizer subsidy for over 1 million...