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Safiu Kehinde Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde, has, on Wednesday, presented a budget of N678.06 billion for the 2025 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for approval. The 2025 buget tagged “Budget of Stabilisation” contained N343 billion allocation for capital expenditure which represents 50.6 per cent of the total budget while the recurrent expenditure is N335 billion, representing 49.4 per cent of the budget. Makinde said that infrastructure development would take the largest allocation of N152 billion, representing 22.4 per cent of the budget. He stated that N145 billion was earmarked for the education sector, being 21 per…

Agency Report The Edo House of Assembly, on Wednesday in Benin, confirmed the nomination of Dr Samson Osagie, as the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Monday Okpebholo, made the announcement shortly after taking the oath of office as governor of the state. Okpebholo, in a letter addressed to the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, requested the House to confirm the nominee. The governor also, requested the House to consider and pass the year 2024 supplementary budget to ensure the smooth running of the government. Confirming the nominee, Agbebaku informed the House that…

Safiu Kehinde Popular Fitness Hub in Abuja, Eco Fitness Centre, was engulfed in fire on Wednesday. The incident, as confirmed in a post on the National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) X handle, occured at 6th Avenue in Gwarimpa area of Abuja on Wednesday. While the cause of the inferno is currently unknown, NEMA had, alongside the Federal Fire Service, FCT Fire Service, and FEMA swiftly responded to the fire alert. According to the post, no live was lost in the incident. “Earlier today, a fire broke out at Eco Fitness Centre on 6th Avenue in Gwarimpa. Upon receiving the alert,…

Safiu Kehinde Lagos State Taskforce has, in collaboration with the Ministry of Transportation, arrested 94 illegal squatters during midnight raid of Rail-Track corridors. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the state’s Commissioner of Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi. According to the statement, the state government had, in response to safety concerns along the rail-track corridors, embarked on midnight raid which spanned five kilometres from Pen-Cinema under the bridge to Fagba Junction. The raid led to the arrest of the 94 suspected illegal squatters. In the course of their arrest, a locally fabricated gun, illicit substances, charms, and a…

Safiu Kehinde A group of unknown gunmen, have destroyed military checkpoint in Abia while warning the state’s governor, Alex Otti, against trespassing. As seen in a now viral video on X, the gunmen cladded in black outfits sporadically fired shots at the deserted checkpoint. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday morning at Umuopara, Ekenobizi area of Umuahia South Local Government Area of the state. While dismantling the checkpoint, one of the armed men could be heard threatening Alex Otti. “We are removing it, Alex Chioma Otti, we are removing it. Alex we are giving you people order. We say we…

Approves Dissolution of Executive Board Safiu Kehinde In the wake of his inauguration as new Edo state governor, Monday Okpebholo has, on Wednesday, sacked all permanent secretaries appointed outside the state’s civil service as well every political appointees of his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki. This is coming hours after he released his first-ever appointment list which he is set to submit to the Edo state House of Assembly for confirmation. As contained in a statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, in Benin, all the permanent secretaries appointed from outside the public and civil service have been relieved…

India’s Supreme Court has said that authorities cannot demolish homes merely because a person has been accused of a crime and has laid down strict guidelines for any such action. The ruling comes in response to a number of petitions seeking action against authorities using demolition as a punitive measure against those accused or convicted of crimes. “The executive [the government] cannot become a judge and demolish properties. The chilling sight of a bulldozer demolishing a building reminds one of lawlessness where might was right,” the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. It also directed authorities to give sufficient time to…

Safiu Kehinde The Federal Government has, on Wednesday, suspended 13 students of the Federal Government College in Enugu State for six-weeks over alleged bullying of colleague in the school. This was contained in a statement issued by the Ministry of Education’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Folashade Boriowo. According to the statement, the education minister, Dr. Tunji Alausa, ordered the suspension of the students based on a viral video showing them engaging in acts of bullying within the school. The incident which occurred on the 7th of November saw the suspected group of students, whose names were undisclosed, physically…

Safiu Kehinde President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Elon Musk to jointly lead a new “Department of Government Efficiency” Musk will lead the body with former Republican primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy The body will “provide advice and guidance from outside of government” to “dismantle government bureaucracy” Trump has also picked Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran, to be defence secretary, and John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence The Republicans are closing in on a majority in the House, with counting continuing in a dozen races. Elon Musk was very influential in Trump’s historical return to the White…

Safiu Kehinde The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM), in partnership with Coronation Group Ltd., has, on Tuesday, unveiled a permanent exhibition of Late Ben Enwonwu’s 68-year-old sculptural bronze masterpiece of Queen Elizabeth II. The exhibition, entitled “Building A Nation: Ben Enwonwu and the Impact of Sculpture”, also in partnership with Fine Art Auctioneers, Bonhams, was unveiled at NCMM in Lagos. While taking art lovers through his process of production of the masterpiece, the exhibition also took a dynamic look into the career of Nigerian master sculptor, late Ben Enwonwu. It also featured some of the artist’s world-famous works,…