Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, will present the 2024 Appropriation Bill to the state House of Assembly on Tuesday, 5th December, 2023.The governor is expected to present the budget proposal before the 32-member House of Assembly, accompanied by top government functionaries.It would be recalled that the state government held stakeholders’… Continue reading
…recurrent expenditure to gulp N9.92trn, capital expenditure N8.7trn, deficit projected at N9.18trn President Bola Tinubu has said Nigeria’s national defence and internal security, local job creation, macro-economic stability, investment environment optimisation, human capital development, poverty reduction, and social security were some of the top priorities of the proposed 2024 budget…. Continue reading
The Coalition of Pro-Democracy Groups For A Better Nigeria has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Chief Pius Akinyelure as the new Chairman of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Astatement signed by it’s National Coordinator, Comrade Awa Bamiji on Tuesday, described the appointment as ” a round peg in… Continue reading
The Oyo State Government has organized a one-day sensitization meeting with the commercial tricycle and motorcycle operators in the state. Declaring open the sensitization exercise in Ibadan, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade harped on the need for a proper registration of motorcycles, tricycles. The meeting… Continue reading
Bode Akinbode The coronation of the Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, Orumogege III, will commence, on Thursday, December 14 till Tuesday, December 19, 2023. The Chairman of Central Planning Committeefor the official coronation, Professor Adesola Adepoju, made this announcement in a statement in Ogbomoso, on Tuesday. Professor Adepoju… Continue reading
The Coalition of Pro-Democracy Groups For A Better Nigeria has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Chief Pius Akinyelure as the new Chairman of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). In a statement issued to Oodua News and signed by it’s National Coordinator, Comrade Awa Bamiji on Tuesday, the groups… Continue reading
…says he’s a round peg in round hole The Coalition of Pro-Democracy Groups for A Better Nigeria has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Chief Pius Akinyelure as the new Chairman of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). In a statement issued to Oodua News and signed by it’s National… Continue reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has alerted the public over a new method of financial fraud that involves ATM card swapping. A statement released by Dele Oyewale, spokesperson of the commission on Monday, November 27, says the modus operandi of fraudsters involved in this nefarious practice involves keeping… Continue reading
The Coalition of Pro-democracy Group for a Better Nigeria has commended President Bola Tinubu for appointing Chief Pius Akinyelure as the new Chairman of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). In a statement signed by it’s National Coordinator, Comrade Awa Bamiji and made available to Oodua News on Tuesday, the… Continue reading
An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State has affirmed the election of Siminalayi Fubara as the governor of Rivers State. The court dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and… Continue reading
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