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Roadmap: Oyetola meets Marine & Blue Economy stakeholders
says Indigenous ship owners will be supported The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday said the ministry is set to embrace the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models to transform the sector. He was quick to add that the initiative will not in anyway impede the growth of local players but rather provide an avenue for them to…
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We’re exposing corruption, not usurping constitutional role of NJC— Osun Speaker replies NBA, Falana, others
Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun has responded to the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and Mr Femi Falana on the ongoing investigation of the allegations against the Chief Judge of the State, Hon. Justice Adepele Oyebola Ojo. In a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Olamide Tiamiyu, declared that the Osun…
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Lagos procurement agency clarifies state’s spendings after Doherty’s open letter
The Lagos State Public Procurement agency has made a statement to clear up the State’s procurement report, after Funso Doherty, the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), wrote an open letter. The Agency’s Director-General, Mr Fatai Idowu Onafowote, said that the Agency follows the Lagos State Public Procurement Law and makes sure that all government transactions are transparent,…
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Hamzat writes Lagos Procurement Agency, protests errors, inaccuracies in data
By Adeola Ogunrinde The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has written a protest letter to the Public Procurement Agency in Alausa Ikeja. He declared that media reports that his office spent N2,017,840,000 on rechargeable fans and fridges were not correct. Also not correct, according to Hamzat, is the claim that his wife spent N30 million monthly on…
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Osun Govt rolls out palliative buses for civil servants, students, residents
Osun State Government has rolled out palliative buses to convey civil servants, students and other residents of the State along selected routes/destinations in the State. The intervention, which is kick-starting in Osogbo with five buses, is an effort to cushion the effect of the removal of subsidy from petroleum products by the Federal Government on citizens. The buses are to…
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Lagos open for new investments, ready for business, says Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday reiterated his administration’s commitment to investments from local and international companies, saying Lagos is ready for business and open to new investments. The Governor spoke during a courtesy visit by the management of the Daewoo Engineering and Construction Nigeria Limited, led by its Group Chairman, Mr. Jung Won Ju, at the Lagos…
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Osun judiciary workers protest against Chief Judge
The entrance to the Osun State High Court in Osogbo was on Monday locked by members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Osun State chapter in protest against the embattled Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Adepele Ojo The protesting workers led by the State chairman of JUSUN, Mr. Gbenga Eludire, on Monday, gathered, preventing movement in and out of…
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Alleged job racketeering: FG suspends OAU Teaching Hospital director, CMD absconds
The Federal Government says it has suspended Mr Balogun Tajudeen, the Acting Director, Admin, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun state over his involvement in a job racketeering saga in the institution. The Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms Patricia Deworitshe, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. According to her, the former Chief…
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‘Adeleke being blackmailed for refusing to shield Chief Judge from corruption probe’
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has said that he is being blackmailed with the ongoing probe of the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo. Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed on Sunday debunked the claim that he is after the embattled Chief Judge over the sentencing of Chief Raheem Adedoyin, who was convicted by State…
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Electricity subsidy: Tinubu sensitive to masses’ plight, says APC Chieftain
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said the directive of President Bola Tinubu, on the stoppage of the implementation of the hike of electricity tariff is commendable. Oyintiloye, while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that the directive was a true reflection that the president was sensitive to the…
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