December 2025 – Page 141

Fasola Congratulates Oyebamiji on Emergence As APC Flag-Bearer

14.12.2025

Dayo Fasola, Convener of Osun Gems and Senior Special Assistant on Protocol to the 5th Executive Governor of Osun State, has congratulated former Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and former Osun State Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji (AMBO), on his affirmation as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship flag-bearer...

We’ll Dedicate 30% Annual Budget To Primary Health Care – Govs

14.12.2025

The Bill Gates Foundation said it has invested the sum of $27 million in Nigeria’s primary health care in the last four years. Also, Nigeria’s 36 state governors have promised to dedicate 30 percent of their annual budget to upgrade primary health care services in their states. Deputy Director, Health Systems Strengthening at the Gates...

Factional Accord Party Holds Primary, Elects Bamigbola As Gubernatorial Flag-Bearer

14.12.2025

Barely 96 hours after the emergence of Governor Ademola Adeleke as the governorship flag-bearer of the Accord Party for the forthcoming Osun State election, a faction of the party has conducted a parallel primary and elected Clement Bamigbola as its candidate. Governor Adeleke had on Wednesday emerged as the party’s candidate after being presented as...

Ibadan State Creation Will Soon Become A Reality – Rep

14.12.2025

Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Digital, Information Communication Technology and Cybersecurity, Hon. Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide, has declared that the creation of Ibadan state has reached a decisive stage, expressing confidence that the long-standing aspiration of Ibadan people will soon be realised. Hon. Olajide, who is also a member of the Constitution Review committee representing...

We Are Actively Probing Ministers, Top Govt Official

14.12.2025

On Sunday, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CBB), Dr Abubakar Bello, said the agency is currently probing corruption cases involving former ministers, current top government officials and senior public office holders at both the federal and state levels. Dr Bello, who made this disclosure while speaking in an interview with the News...

Otti Opens Door Of Partnership To Delaware, USA Counterpart

14.12.2025

Abia State governor, Alex Otti, has reaffirmed his administration’s open-door policy for partnership in various areas of the economy. Governor Otti told his counterpart from the State of Delaware, USA, Governor Bethany Hall-Long who came to seek possible areas of partnership, that the government had made remarkable footprints in several sectors, including education, health, sanitation,...

Oyebamiji Emergence, Right Step Towards APC’s Victory

14.12.2025

Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, has said that the emergence of Bola Oyebamiji as the party’s candidate in the August 8,  2026, governorship poll is a sign of victory. Oyintiloye, while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that Oyebamiji’s election through a consensus arrangement should be dedicated...

FEC Approves N6.43tn PPP Projects for Nigerian Infrastructur

14.12.2025

The Federal Executive Council has approved three major Public-Private Partnership projects valued at over N6.43tn, signalling another significant wave of private-sector investment into Nigeria’s infrastructure landscape. The projects, two deep seaports and a massive 460-megawatt hydropower plant, form the second batch of PPP initiatives cleared by the Council within one month, underscoring President Bola Tinubu’s...

Osun Guber APC Primary: Be Magnanimous In Victory, Tinubu Tells Oyebamiji

14.12.2025

President Bola Tinubu has urged Asiwaju Munirudeen Oyebamiji to be magnanimous in victory and embrace party leaders as he emerged the consensus candidate for the governorship election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2026 Osun state gubernatorial election 2026. Oyebamiji had emerged as the consensus candidate of the APC in...

Army Chief Charges New Recruits On Loyalty, Discipline

14.12.2025

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu (NAM), has charged 3,439 newly trained recruits of the Nigerian Army to uphold the highest standards of loyalty, discipline, and professionalism as they formally join the service. “The recruits, who are members of the 89 Regular Intake of the Nigerian Army, have completed six months...