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  Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, on Monday, said the apology tendered by the embattled deputy governor of the State, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, would not hinder the ongoing impeachment process against deputy governor. Oladiji who stated this while speaking in Akure, said the...

The Ekiti State Government has directed hospitals and medical facilities in the state to save the lives of gunshot victims by treating them even without police report. A statement made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Oyebanji Filani, explained that the directive...

  Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter, have joined other workers of state Houses of Assembly nationwide to embark on an indefinite strike to press home their demand for the implementation of financial autonomy for the state legislatures. The Chairman of the Ogun Chapter,  Ojediran...

The Federal Government on Monday approved a N2.18 trillion supplementary budget for the 2023 fiscal year to cover additional spending in defence, works as well as welfare packages such as wage awards and conditional cash transfers agreed with the Organised Labour. Unveiling the details to State House correspondents at the...

  A foremost lawyer and pioneer Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead. The family, in a statement by Eni Nwabueze, said the Senior Advocate of Nigeria passed on Sunday at the age of 94. He said burial arrangements would be announced in due course. “With...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Supreme Court of legalising illegality, forgery and identity theft. Abubakar said this in at a press conference on Monday, October 30, in Abuja. He spoke for the first time after the...

  Three companies, out of 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission’s inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition, shared the N30 million prize money equally. Nine other shortlisted companies went home with N500,000 consolation prizes each. Solaris GreenTech Hub, Knownow Africa Limited and Specxs Care Limited, came bright...

  scoops 'Best MSME Bank Of The Year' prize also Polaris Bank shone brightest over the weekend as its bespoke home-grown digital bank, VULTe won for the third time, Nigeria's 'Best Digital Bank of the Year' prize at the prestigious BusinessDAY’s Banks And Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards. Polaris Bank...

  The contractor handling the Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo road, Peculiar Ultimate Concerns Limited, has assured the people of Oyo State, especially users of the road, that all hands are on deck to finish the reconstruction of Olodo bridge on schedule. The company’s Executive Director, Engr Abel Adeleke, stated this at the weekend...

The Isale Eko Descendants’ Union has extended warm congratulations to the esteemed Lagos community and beyond on the occasion of the 80th birthday of His Royal Majesty, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos. In a press statement signed by its Chairman, Adeniji Kazeem, SAN, the IDU...