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  Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, received three of his colleagues from the South-West Governors’ Forum, namely Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos, Prince Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, and Mr. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti, in his office, in Ibadan. The governors met with the Oyo State governor behind...

    Police Service Commission (PSC) has received 288,266 applications from Nigerian youths who have completed their online applications to be considered for recruitment into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force. The Police Service Commission made the development known Tuesday while noting that the recruitment portal www.apply.police recruitment.gov.ng...

  The Nigerian Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a $3.45 billion loan application from the World Bank to finance five projects in the power, renewable energy, states’ resource mobilisation, adolescent girls’ empowerment, and women’s empowerment sectors. The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, announced...

  The Managing Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Femi Olaleye has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his wife’s niece. The judge, Rahman Oshodi, of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos found the doctor guilty on Tuesday. In November 2022, Olaleye was arraigned by...

  President Bola Tinubu has applied to intervene and subsequently oppose a motion that would have all his records—criminal or otherwise—released by top U.S. security agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). According to Peoples Gazette’s report monitored by Business247 News on Monday evening,...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday endorsed the formation of a $5 million annual trust fund dedicated to humanitarian and poverty alleviation initiatives  in the country. President Bola Tinubu chaired the weekly FEC meeting and communicated the approval to the cabinet members present at the State House. Betta...

  Photo caption L-R: President,West Africa Specialty Coffee Association (WASCA), Larry Segun-Lean, Exhibitor, Alhaji Abubakar Abdul; Oyo State Chairman, National Coffee & Tea Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Salihu Imam, National Vice President,  Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), Segun Kuti-George; Vice President, Olufemi Omotoso and Executive Secretary, Tope Oluwaleye,...

Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan has adjourned till November 4, 2023, commencement of trial in a case of alleged stealing preferred against Obakin Emmanuel Ajibola. Ajibola is standing trial on four -count charges bordering on stealing to the tune of N251, 685, 000...

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said that the federal budget cannot be sustained by the Ways and Means advances from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The Minister made this statement on Monday when speaking at the National Economic Summit in Abuja. He...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has applauded the dismissal of the arbitrary $6.6billion judgment against Nigeria, won by the Process & Industry Development, P&ID Ltd, over a failed 2010 deal to develop a gas processing plant in the country. A United Kingdom, UK Judge, Robin Knowles of the...