Author: Samson Adeyanju Uwala
The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed the 2025 Appropriation Bill of ₦1,054,542,020,147 into law. The legislative approval came during a plenary session held on Tuesday at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, presided over by Speaker Oludaisi Elemide. The Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Hon. Musefiu Lamidi, presented the committee’s report before moving the motion for its adoption. The motion was seconded by the committee’s deputy chairman, Hon. Wahab Haruna, and unanimously supported by all members of the Assembly. Governor Dapo Abiodun had initially presented the budget proposal to the Assembly 20 days earlier. The…
An Islamic group under the aegis of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, the Oyo State chapter has indefinitely postponed the inauguration of the Sharia court earlier scheduled to be held on January 11, 2025. The group made this disclosure in a statement signed by the Khadimul Muslimeen of Oyo Kingdom, Imam Daud Igi Ogun, on Tuesday. The statement read, “On behalf of the Oyo Muslim indigenes, this is to inform the general public that the inauguration ceremony of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (Oyo branch) previously scheduled for January 11th, 2025, at the Muslim Community Islamic…
The issue of epileptic power supply to Nigerians households, may appear not to have any improvement in 2025, as the Federal Government has made a provision of N1,989,579,379 to fuel State House generators during the course of the year. This amount budgeted is higher than the same item in 2024 (N37,959,406), 2023 (N30,678,552), 2022 (N30,678,552), and 2021 (N45,678,552) combined by a staggering 1,272 per cent and 5,143 per cent higher than the N37,959,406 budgeted for the same item last year. Ofcourse, this high budget to fuel generators at the State House is indicative of a government that has lost hope…
Lawyer and Human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, who has just been released from detention from the correctional centre where he was detained, as made known what God revealed to him concerning the project of fighting evil. Farotimi, has just been released after meeting with the fulfillment of his bail conditions in an Ekiti State Magistrate Court, where he was held at the correctional center in the state. “It is not ever an easy journey when you are fighting evil, but some years back, before I started this work, God told me that the truth is enough. “It is the only…
A Chief Magistrate Court Sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday, has ordered the former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, the Chief Executive Officer of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hazmat and the Principal of Islamic High School, Abdullahi Fasasi, to be remanded at the Agodi Correctional Centre. The remand order followed their arraignment in connection with last week’s tragic stampede at a Christmas funfair held at Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, which claimed the lives of 35 children and left six others injured. The court presided over by Chief Magistrate Olabisi Ogunkanmi, issued the order after the suspects were brought…
The First Presidential Media Chat with President Bola Tinubu, came to light on Monday night by 9pm. It was held at the Presidential House, Ikoyi, Lagos State. Below are some of the excerpts from the chat with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. “l don’t spend in Dollars, I only associate with it, because of the global transanction, I only spend in Naira” – Pres. Tinubu “In the last three months, I have never collected a penny from the NNPC, before I meet my other obligations” – Pres. Tinubu “I don’t have any regrets whatsoever in removing fuel subsidy, it’s like we…
The first Presidential Media Chat with President Bola Tinubu will on Monday, be made across to all Nigerians by 9pm. Meanwhile, the airing of the media chat will be broadcasted across the nation on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). However, all radio and television stations are hereby requested to hook up to the broadcast. In a tweet via X, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga (@aonanuga1956), said, “the first Presidential Media Chat with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be broadcast at 9 p.m. on Monday, December 23,…
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), has deployed across the state the full strength of its operational resources for the safety and orderliness of the citizens throughout the yuletide periods. Towards achieving this plan, the agency has decided to place its rescue and emergency services on 24 hours basis on Ogun 18 major traffic corridors during and after the Christmas and New Year Celebrations, in line with the operational guidelines of the Yuletide Special Patrol Schedule. According to a statement from the TRACE Spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi, on behalf of the Commander General/Chief Executive, Cmdr. ‘Seni Ogunyemi, said…
The Federal Government has declared Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th December 2024, and Wednesday 1st January, 2025 as Public Holidays to celebrate Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year respectively. In a release by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Magdalene Ajani, on Monday, revealed that the Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on behalf of the Federal Government extended warm greetings to all Nigerians, urging them to use the festive period to reflect on the values of love, peace, and unity that the season signifies. Tunji-Ojo, also emphasised the importance of the season as a time tofoster harmony and strengthen…
A property company, Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, commenced its short-let service at Ecostay Apartments. In a statement, the company noted that barely 24 hours after it commenced shot-let services for apartments at the Ecostay Apartments, an emerging smart city in the Masa-Kobape corridor of Ogun State, Pelican Valley has recorded a rush of subscriptions by clients who have booked the available facilities fully till February 2025. It stated, “Ecostay Apartments, considered the flagship of Pelican Valley Limited’s real estate products, was inaugurated on September 11, with the major road leading to this technology-driven, eco-friendly novel habitat named after former Governor…