Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of the immediate past Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Abiodun Oni, as the Director-General of the Mineral Development Agency of Oyo State and Executive Chairman of the Pacesetter Mineral Development Company. This was just as the Governor approved the appointments of four more media aides. The Governor, through a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, indicated that Mr. Olorundare Olamide Wilson has been appointed as Senior Special Assistant on New Media, while Oluwadare Daniel Aleshinloye, has been reappointed as Special Assistant on Photography. The duo…
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The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reappointed Mr. Gboyega Akosile, as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS). The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Monday, 3 July, 2023 by the state Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola. The appointment according to the Head of Service takes immediate effect. Before his reappointment, Akosile had served as the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Sanwo-Olu during his first term. He was also the Media Adviser to the Governor since the inception of the second term of Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration on May 29, 2023. ReplyForward
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Popular singer, Simisola Kosoko, simply known as Simi, has disclosed that her husband, singer Adekunle Gold’s persistence and niceness made her consider dating him during the early days of their careers. Simi , who disclosed this in an interview with The Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos, said AG, as he is fondly called, has been messaging her via Facebook for a long time but she didn’t notice until they started dating. According to Simi, they eventually met at one of her concerts and how Gold’s “niceness” made her accept dating him months later. Simi said they dated for five…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, 3 July, 2023, disclosed that the E-mobility and Gas Mobility Programme of the state will take off in the first week of August. The Governor also said that his administration would take advantage of the newly signed electricity bill that regulates the power sector by establishing a company that would generate and distribute power supply in the Gateway State. Prince Abiodun spoke when he received participants of the Senior Executive Course 45, Group 1, of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, who came on a courtesy call…
The Ag. Head, Department of Microbiology in the Faculty of Science of the Lagos State University (LASU), Dr. AbdulAzeez Anjorin, who is currently on a short course in the United States of America has done himself and the Lagos State University proud by winning the Global Virology Network (GVN) 2023 Training Scholarship/Award for a short course in Basic and Translational Virology at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health Baltimore, USA. The award-winning researcher has also been selected among the Bacterial and Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center (BV-BRC) 2023 Trainee at the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn has disclosed that the British-Nigerian boxer will earn staggering N45.5bn in his clash with Deontay Wilder in Saudi Arabia this December. When Skills Challenge Promotions first disclosed their interest in staging Joshua vs Wilder over in Saudi Arabia they promised that all parties involved would receive a ‘premium price’ for their services. For Joshua that ‘premium price’ will be £47.3 million (N45.5 billion), according to his promoter and Matchroom Boxing CEO Hearn. Hearn dropped the figure in an interview with Froch on Fighting while discussing the ongoing negotiations for Joshua’s rematch with Dillian…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Manchester City are close to a deal for Chelsea target, Josko Gvardiol from German Bundesliga side, RB Leipzig over a huge £86 million deal. Pep Guardiola is said to be a strong admirer of the young defender and the Cityzens are in advanced talks to bring him to Etihad Stadium That sum of money would be a world record transfer for a defender. Those in charge at Leipzig have already admitted that the Croatia international wants to join the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League winners. The club’s sporting director, Max Eberl told German outlet LVZ:…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Farmers in Gombe Central Senatorial District were in a happy mood on Sunday, 2 July, 2023 as the Senator representing the District, Muhammad Danjuma Goje, flagged off the distribution of 7, 800 bags of NPK fertiliser. Goje flagged off the distribution of the commodity worth over N200 million at his Gombe residence, free of charge to people of his Senatorial District. The Senator explained that the beneficiaries include stakeholders at zonal, local governments, wards, 869 political units, religious leaders, women and youths’ groups, as well as farmers from across Akko and Yamaltu/Deba local government areas of the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Head of the Nigerian medical team for the 2023 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr Usman Galadima, has disclosed that 13 Nigerian pilgrims died during the hajj exercise just as 41,632 others were treated for one sickness or the other. Galadima, who made this known late on the night of Sunday, 2 July, 2023 in Makkah during post-Arafat review session, added that his team made consultations for 25,772 pilgrims during the Muna-Arafat period in addition to the 15,680 treated in Madinah and Makkah during the pre-Arafat period. Galadima recalled that seven pilgrims had died during the…
Sometimes in May, we alerted the nation, through a press statement, to the plan by a continental multi-lateral institution to discredit the 2023 general elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The main target was the presidential election, clearly and fairly won by the then candidate of All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While we did not mention the name of the organisation in the said statement, we made it abundantly clear to Nigerians how this foreign institution had been unrelenting in its assault on the credibility of the electoral process, the sovereignty of our country and on our…