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President Bola Tinubu has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Ikoyi, Lagos, immediately. He said if there were issues between the “two important agencies of government”, they would be resolved amicably, according a statement shared with TheCable by the State House. More to follow…

A member representing Ibadan North Constituency 11, Hon. Adebayo Babajide Gabriel has congratulated Hon Segun Ogunwuyi on his re-appointment as Oyo state chief of staff. In a congratulatory message made available to newsmen on Monday, Hon. Babajide Gabriel said Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi’s strong leadership skills has not only inspired people around him but has also fostered an environment of growth and success. The message reads: Dear Hon. Segun Ogunwuyi, I want to take this moment to extend my heartfelt congratulations on your reappointment as Chief of Staff. Your continued appointment is a clear reflection of the trust and confidence placed…

Few hours after taking the oath of office for another four years, Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has announced Hon Segun Ogunwuyi as Chief of Staff and as Suleiman Olanrewaju as Chief Press. Makinde made the announcement on Monday at the Executive Council Chamber, Governor’s office, Agodi, Ibadan. Suleiman until his appointment was a group business editor with the Nigeria Tribune.

The Kano State Governor-elect, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has invited the 14th Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II to his swearing-in scheduled for May 29th, 2023. The invitation letter going viral on social media was dated May 26th and personally signed by the governor-elect. The letter said the epoch-making event will hold at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kofa Mata, at 9.00 am. It read, “As you are aware that the 2023 election into the office of the governor was conducted in Kano State on 18th March 2023, to which by the Grace of Almighty Allah SWT I emerged as the…

A former Governor of Edo State, Adam Oshiomhole, on Friday, shed light on his political differences with a former governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, saying it was purely on issues of obeying the law and nothing personal. He also tackled former Senate Whip, Victor Oyofo, for alluding that former governors go to the Senate to display opulence. Oshiomhole stated these at the first Senator Ekpe Moriri Lamai Memorial Lecture organised by Senator E. A Lamai Foundation where Okorocha who was one of the panellists jokingly alleged that Oshiomhole was one of the problems of Nigeria. Okorocha had thanked…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), some outgoing ministers and governors have embarked on last-minute appointments, investigations by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. Our correspondents also observed that Buhari and his ministers awarded contracts worth over N3.7tn in the dying embers of his regime. The appointments and contracts were awarded between March 20, 2023 and May 14, 2023 after the conduct of the presidential and governorship elections, which produced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as President-elect and a total of 28 governors out of which 16 newly elected governors will take over from their predecessors, who will complete…

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen YD Ahmed, has said the discharge certificate being paraded by Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah, was not issued by the body. Brig Gen Ahmed, while appearing on Arise TV’s breakfast programme on Friday said the argument on whether Mbah has a valid NYSC certificate or not did not arise because he has told the People’s Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2023 governorship elections that what he presented as a certificate was fake. “He came to me and I called my director to confirm the certificate and we discovered that…

The thug of war as regards leadership of the 10th National Assembly rages on as more lawmakers show their disagreement with the adoption of candidates by the All Progressives Congress (APC), obviously influenced by power players around the President-Elect. The National Assembly, especially the House of Representatives has continued to witness rancor since the announcement made by the party adopting Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Hon. Benjamin Kalu as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively. Making their stance known, other aspirants have since coalesced and submitted a letter communicating their displeasure to the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, and…

If the right pegs are placed in the right holes, what you get is an all round success. When the people of Oyo gave Governor Seyi Makinde the mandate in 2015, they knew that they had a man who was a leader of men with the ability to transform the state and the uncommon intelligence of a visionary leader who would appoint the right people to assist him in achieving his goals. One of those who he gave the onerous duty of rebranding and rejuvenating a critical sector in the state, was his staunch supporter, a man who is known…

There can never be history without an event, The native intelligence and local diplomacy of yorubas has always put them at the forefront of every situation and circumstance, When it comes to studying people’s character, yorubas can never get it wrong, They are intelligent enough when it comes to decision-making. I believe they must have had a deep thought before they coined out any proverbs . omo t’oba maa je asamu, l’ati kekere ni Yio ti maa s’enu samu samu, Literally means a child whose intention is to succeed in life must have a humble beginning. Every reasonable person with…