Nigeria has reaffirmed its leadership in the global energy sector with the appointment of Mr Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, Nigeria’s Governor for the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, as Chairman of the Board of Governors for 2025. A statement published on OPEC’s website noted that his appointment was confirmed at the 189th meeting of the OPEC Conference on Tuesday. The statement partly read, “The conference appointed Mr Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, Governor of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for OPEC, as Chairman of the Board of Governors for the year 2025, and Eng.…
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Tinubu Appoints Shamseldeen Ogunjimi As Acting Accountant General Of The Federation
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Shamseldeen Ogunjimi as the Acting Accountant General of the Federation. Ogunjimi’s appointment came following the pre-retirement leave of the incumbent AGF, Oluwatoyin Madein, who retired on March 7. This was revealed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy on Tuesday. Onanuga said his appointment is effective immediately. “In announcing Madein’s successor, President Tinubu ensures a seamless transition in the administration of Nigeria’s treasury and consolidates the implementation of the present administration’s treasury policy reforms. “As a career civil…
Read MoreCourt Denies Yahaya Bello Bail In Alleged N110bn Fraud Case
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has dismissed a bail application filed by Yahaya Bello, immediate past governor of Kogi State, in connection with an alleged fraud case involving N110 billion. Delivering her ruling, Justice Maryann Anenih described the bail application as premature and incompetent, noting that it was submitted before Bello was taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The application, filed on November 22, predated Bello’s detention by the EFCC on November 26 and his subsequent arraignment on November 27. Justice Anenih explained…
Read MoreGBV: I Tell My Daughters To Slap Their Husbands Back If They Slap Them – Emir Sanusi
The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he always tells his daughters when they are getting married that if their husbands slap them, he expects them to return the slap. The emir said wife be@ting, domestic v!olence form 45 per cent of cases across nine Shari’a Courts of Kano in five years. He made this known at the National Dialogue Conference on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention from an Islamic perspective. Speaking at the conference, the monarch said “You can take that verse and say that as a husband,…
Read MoreWar Against Corruption Must Start From The Top -Obasanjo
Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has asserted that the fight against corruption can only succeed if it begins with accountability among top government officials. Speaking during an interactive Zoom session titled “Boiling Point Arena”, hosted by a private radio station in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Obasanjo emphasized that tackling corruption at the leadership level sets a critical example for the entire nation. “The best way of fighting corruption is starting from the head; that is where corruption has to be fought from,” Obasanjo said, stressing that leadership must lead by…
Read More2025 Budget: Senate Threatens Zero Allocation To MDAs Over Non-Appearance
The Senate has threatened ministries, departments, agencies, and MDAs of the federal government with zero allocation in the 2025 fiscal year if they fail to appear before it to scrutinize records of expenditures made from 2024 appropriations. It also took a swipe at discrepancies in Nigeria’s revenue generation and expenditure tracking and called for improved synergy between the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the legislative body. Senators raised these and others yesterday during an investigative hearing by the Senate Committee on Finance, led by Senator Sani…
Read More‘He Lost A son And His Right Eye On The Way, But Fired On To Complete His PhD,’ Story of 85 Year-Old Titilola Onafowokan
Eighty-five-year-old retired colonel, Titilola Onafowokan, who was among the first set of PhD graduates of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, speaks to BANKOLE TAIWO about his struggle to achieve his lifelong held dream, among other issues When were you born sir? I was born just yesterday o (Laughs). That yesterday was March 27th, 1940. I am Onafowokan Bolaji. I am from Imota in Ikorodu, Lagos How was your growing up? I am one of those people who didn’t go to secondary school directly. My father…
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