Seyi Makinde’s Commissioner For Environment, Kehinde Ayoola Dies
One of the Commissioners in the government of Seyi Makinde, the Governor of Oyo State, Honourable Kehinde Ayoola is dead. Ayoola, a one time Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly was until his death, Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources. ABN TV gathered that Ayoola, a native of Oyo town, died on Thursday after a brief illness. He was Speaker...
Buhari To Establish Standard Laboratories, ICUs, Isolation Centres Nationwide
In response to a future outbreak of health emergencies, President Muhammadu Buhari will establish standard laboratories, intensive care units, and isolation centres in all states of the Federation as part of measures to reposition Nigeria's weak health system. The President will also pay attention to integrating local content in proven researches in the cure, and production of materials in the...
School Feeding During Lockdown Period Is Fraud – NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned the federal government proposed plans to spend N13.5billion on feeding school children even during the lockdown period. The students’ body in a statement, signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Comrade Azeez Adeyemi in Abeokuta on Thursday described the Federal government’s decision to continue with the school feeding programme even...
FEC Approves N47.2bn To Boost Power Supply
The Federal Executive Council, FEC on Wednesday approved N47.2bn to boost power supply in the country. It will supply an additional 40 megawatts of power to the national grid, according to the Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman. He told State House correspondents after the FEC meeting, which was held via video conferencing, that the 40 MW would be moved from...
80 million Africans Risk Extreme Poverty After COVID-19 – Obasanjo, Boshe
Former Nigeria’s president, Olusegun Obasanjo, and ex-Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Desalegn Boshe, have warned that COVID-19 response should be focused on food security, agribusiness, and rural development. Obasanjo & Boshe warned that the continent could be the worst hit from the economic fallout of COVID-19. Obasanjo and Boshe estimated that 80 million Africans could be pushed into extreme poverty with the...
EFCC Arraigns Oyo Permanent Secretary Over Alleged N4.4m Fraud
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has docked a Permanent Secretary in the Oyo State Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Rasaq Kolawole, for allegedly defrauding one Ibikunle Alonge of N4,400.000 (Four Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira). Kolawole was arraigned before Justice Aderonke Aderemi of the Oyo State High Court on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, on...
“This Could Be Your Toughest Assignment” – Tinubu Tells Gambari
Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has told Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari that this could be his toughest assignment. Gambari has served as under-secretary-general of the United Nations and as the secretary-general’s special envoy on Cyprus, Zimbabwe and Myanmar and special representative in Angola. He was the minister of external affairs...
Infectious Diseases Bill Should Be Stepped Down – NGF
More criticisms have continued to trail the controversial Control of Infectious Diseases Bill introduced in the House of Representatives. This time, the governors of the 36 states of the Federation have demanded that the bill be stepped down until all necessary procedures were followed. The call to step down the bill formed part of the resolutions of the governors after the...
Prof Gambari Breaks Silence After Appointment As New Chief Of Staff By Buhari [VIDEO]
The new Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari on Wednesday said that his allegiance would be to President Muhammadu Buhari, who he said he will serve to the best of his ability. Prof. Gambari was formally announced as the Chief of Staff by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss Mustapha. His first assignment was his participation at the Federal...
FEC Approves Revised 2020 Budget
The Federal Executive Council, FEC has approved the revised Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the 2020 budget. The revised estimates are based on $25 per barrel of crude oil at a production rate of 1.94 million barrels per day. Earlier, Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed had hinted that the government would make the revision based on declining international oil prices and the impact...
