Category: Leadership

Kogi Enterprise Agency, CAREC Ink Strategic Development Deals

Abibat Babalola

. ‘Startups in assembling electronic digital devices, portable solar lamps and generators, inverters, battery energy storage packs, and others.’ Full scope of the MoU   Kogi Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA) has signed a memorandum of Understanding with Combined Agricultural and Renewable Energy Company Limited (CAREC) in Lokoja, the state capital. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) sets forth the mutual understanding and intentions of the parties to establish a strategic collaboration to support the agency’s MSME development initiatives. The scope of the MOU includes, joint establishment of incubation Centre for nursing…

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‘First To Acquire 2 IOCs,’ Oando Heightens Energy Security Commitments

Abibat Babalola

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Oando PLC, Wale Tinubu, has reaffirmed the company’s unwavering commitment to advancing Nigeria’s energy security and accelerating its transition to cleaner energy solutions. Tinubu, who was represented by Dr. Alex Irune, Managing Director of Oando Energy Resources Nigeria Limited, spoke during a strategic session themed “Prioritising Energy Security” at the ongoing Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference in Abuja. Addressing participants at the high-level session, Dr. Irune emphasized that energy security is fundamentally about ensuring access to reliable and affordable energy for all Nigerians.…

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Politically Expired People Can’t See Tinubu’s Good Works — Wike

Abibat Babalola

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has slammed critics who insist the President Tinubu administration is underperforming, saying such people are “politically expired” and blind to ongoing progress. Speaking on Wednesday during the flag-off and commissioning of road projects in the Ushafa-Bwari area of Abuja, Wike aimed at long-time political critics who, he claimed, had drifted across multiple parties since 1999, yet still fail to acknowledge progress. “Let them hear. Let those who don’t have vision, who are politically expired, and those who, since 1999, have belonged…

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IMF Urges Nigeria To Cut 2025 Budget On Oil Prices Drop

Abibat Babalola

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the federal government to rework its 2025 N54.99 trillion budget to reflect a less favourable oil price environment, warning that the country remains vulnerable to external shocks despite recent macroeconomic gains. In its latest Article IV Consultation with Nigeria, the IMF praised bold reforms undertaken by Nigerian authorities in the past two years, including the removal of fuel subsidies, cessation of central bank financing of fiscal deficits, and the liberalisation of the foreign exchange (FX) market. However, the Fund emphasised that more effort…

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“No Going Back” – Lagos Begins Full Enforcement Of Single-Use Plastic Ban

Abibat Babalola

The Lagos State Government has begun full enforcement of its ban on certain categories of single-use plastics (SUPs), specifically those under 40 microns in thickness, effective Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Announcing the move at a press conference held at the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab reiterated the state’s firm commitment to the policy, stressing there would be no reversal or further extensions. “There will be no going back on the July 1, 2025 enforcement date,” Wahab said, reminding stakeholders that the state had already made…

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‘For Attending Labour Party’s Campaign,’ Lagos Monarch Fires Six Chiefs

Abibat Babalola

‘Kabiyesi sacked us for attending Labour Party’s campaign,’ one of the chiefs alleges ‘We dethroned the six chiefs in a bid to maintain “order and coherence within his leadership structure,” Palace reacts   The Ojora of Ijora and Iganmu Kingdom, Oba AbdulFatai Oyegbemi, on Monday took the decision to dethrone six chiefs. The chiefs had earlier allegedly attended the campaign flag-off of the Labour Party, LP, in Apapa – ahead of the Lagos State local government polls. Report showed that Oba Oyegbemi allegedly called a palace meeting, in which he…

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You Must Marry Me And My Children, By Funke Egbemode

Abibat Babalola

‘I will not be with a man who will not marry me along with my children.’     ‘It is either he loves me and my children or there is no deal.’ How many times have you heard these statements from a single mum, or even something more threatening? Some single mums, they are daring and then also unwise. How does a man’s love or attraction to you become what you measure by the degree of his love for your children? How? Those are your children. They have a father.…

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‘Gathering Storm Against Tinubu,’ Mark, Aregbesola Emerge ADC Ag. Chairman, Secretary

Abibat Babalola

A former Senate President, Senator David Mark, and ex-Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, have been appointed as the interim Chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the African Democratic Congress, the coalition platform being positioned against President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 elections. According to multiple reliable sources who were present at the just-concluded meeting on Tuesday night in Abuja but requested anonymity as they were not authorized to speak, leaders of the opposition coalition unanimously agreed on Mark and Aregbesola for the roles. The sources further disclosed that a former…

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‘Apologise Or Be Jailed,’ Ilorin Drags Cleric Dr. Sharafdeen Raji To Court

Abibat Babalola

What to know about the latest in a series of Muslim-to-Muslim court cases in Ilorin     Renowned Islamic Scholar, Dr. Sharafdeen Gbadebo Raji, Faces Defamation Charges in Ilorin A court case has been filed against Dr. Sharafdeen Gbadebo Raji, a prominent Islamic scholar, in Ilorin for alleged defamation. The lawsuit stems from a viral video where Dr. Raji inquired about the worship practices of Ilorin indigenes, with some respondents mentioning grave and Oke Sobi worship, as well as Oro worship. The Ilorin community had issued a 7-day ultimatum to…

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‘Kaola In Custody,’ Why Popular Female Muslim Cleric Was Remanded in Prison

Abibat Babalola

. ‘Divided they stand,’ What another Islamic cleric, Alhaji Taofeek Akeugbagold, got to do with the case     A popular Ibadan-based female Islamic scholar, Alhaja Kafilat Kaola, has been remanded at the Oke Kura Correctional Facility in Ilorin, Kwara State. Platforms Africa reports that Kaola was ordered to be in remand by the Upper Area Court in Ganmo town over a defamation case involving another renowned Islamic scholar, Alhaji Taofeek Akeugbagold. Recently, she called out Akeugbagold for allegedly being a diabolic cleric whom she claimed people especially those seeking…

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