Nigeria’s port sector is set for a major restructuring following the transfer of Inland Dry Port (IDP) responsibilities from the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) to the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), in a move aimed at strengthening regulation, eliminating overlapping functions and improving efficiency across the maritime industry. The development...
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The Minister of the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has warned boat users, operators and passengers across the country against travelling on the Nigerian waterways without life jackets. Oyetola said this in a statement signed by Dr Bolaji Akinola, the Media and Communications Adviser...
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, said Nigeria has successfully surmounted port challenges and ports are now attracting major container carriers and generating revenue for the country. Oyetola said this on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving members of Study Group 4, Senior Executive Course 47,...
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has urged APC members in Osun to focus efforts on unseating the ruling PDP. Oyetola, the immediate past Governor of Osun, made the appeal during a strategic meeting with key party stakeholders on Friday in the state. This is...
A frontline politician, Chief Abiola Ogundokun, has described Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun’s $20 million fraud allegation against his immediate predecessor, Adegboyega Oyetola, as mere shadow chasing. Ogundokun stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, while reacting to a petition by Adeleke to Economic and Financial...
The national leadership of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday told the sacked local government chairmen and councilors in Osun to perish the thought of coming back to office. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja, described the attempt by the council...
Suspected thugs inside buses and on motorcycles on Monday invaded Olorunda Local Government Secretariat, Igbona, in Osogbo wielding machetes and other dangerous weapons The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development is coming barely days to Saturday’s local government election coming up across the state. NAN gathered...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Osun Chapter, has instructed all members working in Local Government Areas (LGAs) to withdraw their services from Monday midnight. Osun NLC Chairman, Mr Christopher Arapasopo, issued the statement in response to the political tension following a Court of Appeal judgment in the state. He...
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has asked President Bola Tinubu to caution the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, over an alleged plot to create chaos and anarchy in the Southwest state. At a press briefing on Sunday, Adeleke alleged that his predecessor had instructed the police...
Spokesperson to Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, has approached the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo seeking for the protection and enforcement of his fundamental human rights against the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) , the Osun State Director of the agency...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Government has debunked the purported conversion of the Social Development Goals Skill acquisition Centre in Iragbiji to a campground of Osun United Football Club. Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, stated this in a statement issued...
Opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) engaged in a war of words on Monday over the convening of a cabinet meeting. The APC argued that the inability of Gov. Ademola Adeleke to hold a state executive council meeting after 54...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun and his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola, have felicitated with Muslim faithful on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir celebratio Adeleke, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Wednesday in Osogbo, urged Muslim faithful to use the period to rededicate themselves to their...
Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor of Osun has congratulated his successor, Gov. Ademola Adeleke, on the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed him as the winner of July 16, 2022 governorship election. Oyetola in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo, said:”I accept the court’s verdict which upheld Adeleke’s...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun over his victory at the Supreme Court. Tinubu in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos by spokesman, Tunde Rahman, urged the governor to move quickly to unite the state. He said...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has recognized the Supreme Court’s verdict on the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun State, as well the important role of the judiciary in deepening rule of law and democracy. The president stated this in a statement issued by his...
The supreme court on Tuesday affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun. Delivering judgment, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the court of appeal correctly reinstated Adeleke as governor of Osun. The panel of Justices led by Justice John Okoro while delivering...
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed Tuesday to deliver judgment in the July 16 governorship election tussle in Osun State. A five-member panel of Justices led by Justice John Okoro fixed the after all the parties involved adopted their written briefs in the matter after. The Court of Appeal,...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun and his predecessor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, have congratulated Muslim faithful on the successful completion of Ramadan fast. Adeleke, in a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, on Friday in Osogbo, urged Muslim faithful in the state not to jettison the virtues of...
A United State of America -based business tycoon and philanthropist, Dr Magdalene Agada, has described Friday’s Abuja Appeal Court victory of Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun, as well deserved victory. Agada’s felicitation was conveyed in a statement issued from New York, U.S.A. and was made available to newsmen in...