50 Golden Cheers, Your Excellency. Congratulations, Your Excellency on your 50th Birthday Anniversary.As you celebrate this day, I rejoice with you, your husband, children, grandchildren, family, friends and loved ones. Your life has been one of service, dedication and commitment to the wellbeing of your family and upliftment of not only your beloved State, Borno State, but Nigeria as a whole. Working with you has not only been pleasurable but complementary.I say thank you for being a worthy partner. I pray you celebrate many more years in divine health, peace, joy and happiness.Happy 50th Birthday Nana. Her ExcellencySenator Oluremi Tinubu,…
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Muhammed Babangida has officially accepted his appointment as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture (BOA), expressing deep gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the trust reposed in him. In a press statement released Monday, 21 July, 2025, Babangida dismissed as false and malicious the reports circulating online suggesting he had rejected the appointment. He described such claims as a deliberate attempt to mislead the public and tarnish the image of the Tinubu administration. “We wish to clarify that Muhammed gratefully accepts the appointment as Chairman of the Bank of Agriculture, as announced by the federal government, and extends his…
Former Lagos State Governor and ex-Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Resolve to Save Lives Nigeria (RTSL Nigeria), an international public health organization. The appointment was announced on Friday, 18 July, 2025, by RTSL Nigeria, a health-focused body working to prevent cardiovascular diseases and epidemics.
Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister and prominent political figure, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has taken a third wife. The ceremony, held recently marked the traditional marriage between FFK and a stunningly beautiful lady called Adaugo who he has dated for over two years. Adaugo, who is 29 years old, hails from Abia state and runs a thriving interior design business. She is a devout Pentecostal Christian, a graduate of one of the top private universities in the country and is described by those who know her as a kind, gentle and highly respectful soul that prefers to keeps a low profile and…
The Registrar of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, Mr. Ezekiel Imole Adeniran, has been assassinated in an incident that has plunged the institution and community into mourning. Mr. Adeniran, who assumed office as the university’s third substantive Registrar on January 6, 2025, was found d*ad in his Ondo town residence in the early hours of Thursday, July 17, 2025. A source within the university confirmed the tragic development, saying, “He was discovered lifeless in his home on Thursday morning. We hope the police will uncover what really happened.” In an official statement, the university’s Head of Media…
The Ondo State Government has congratulated renowned journalist, lawyer, and public intellectual, Dr. Festus Adedayo, on his conferment of a chieftaincy title by the Deji of Akure Kingdom. Dr. Adedayo, an indigene of Ilu-Abo in Akure North Local Government Area, will be honoured on Saturday as part of activities marking the 10th coronation anniversary of Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi (Odundun II), the Deji of Akure. In a statement issued on behalf of the Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, and the people of the state, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Idowu Emmanuel Ajanaku, described the recognition…
The Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has said that any meaningful constitutional amendment must reflect the values, aspirations, and socio-economic realities of the people, particularly through the adoption of true federalism and a restructured revenue-sharing formula. He made this assertion during the South-West Centre B Public Hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), held on Friday, July 18, 2025, at the International Centre for Culture and Events (The Dome), Akure, the Ondo State capital. While welcoming delegates and stakeholders from Ekiti, Osun, and across the South-West, Governor Aiyedatiwa…
We are compelled to respond to a publication by ThisDay Newspaper of July 17, 2025, and Arise TV suggesting that 25% of First Bank Holdings (First Holdco) shares were transferred to the Federal Government of Nigeria’s (FGN) trustee. The report is inaccurate, misleading, resentful and malicious. Neither the Federal Government of Nigeria nor the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice participated in acquiring the shares in question. The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice debunks this falsehood to prevent confusion or misconceptions about First Holdco’s ownership and governance. The circumstances surrounding…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, son of the former Military President, as Chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture. President Tinubu approved the appointment today, Friday, 18 July, 2025, along with eight others. Some of them will serve as chairmen or directors-general of Federal agencies. Muhammad Babangida, 53, is an alumnus of the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication. He later attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Program on Corporate Governance in 2002. Others appointed by the President are: Lydia…
President Bola Tinubu, in Abuja on Thursday, 17 July, 2025, led his cabinet ministers, the Secretary to the Government, two state governors, and the Head of Service in a solemn tribute to the late President Muhammadu Buhari. The ceremony at a special session of the Federal Executive Council honoured the eighth Nigerian leader—a civil war hero, a former military head of state, and an anti-corruption advocate —who passed away on July 13, leaving a legacy of discipline and patriotism. President Tinubu, who opened the floodgates of tributes in the presence of the departed leader’s children, renamed the 50-year-old University of…