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President Bola Tinubu says that Africa has what it takes to develop itself and should look inward to improve intra-African trade in the interest of the people and the continent. The President said this on his social media, adding that he had successful conversations with the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, on the eve of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW 2025). “We have the resources, the people, and the capacity. […]

  The Federal Government has said yesterday that there was no end to frequent national grid collapses in the country. Speaking yesterday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe-led Senate Committee on Power to defend the 2025 budget, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said the national electricity grid remains vulnerable to frequent collapses, partly because the government is yet to repair a major transmission line in […]

Governor Seyi Makinde has presented the Staff of Office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Owoade. The governor made the presentation at his office in Ibadan, the state capital, Agodi, Ibadan, on Monday. Makinde approved Owoade’s appointment in an announcement made in a Friday statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade. Owoade’s appointment as the 46th Alaafin-elect drew an esteemed audience of dignitaries, traditional rulers, religious leaders, government […]

An Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has granted 10 million Naira bail each to former Queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, Ibadan-based media personality, Oriyomi Hamzat and Principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, Abdulahi Fasasi. Justice Kamorudeen Olawoyin gave the ruling following a bail application filed by the Counsels of the trio. The judge directed that the defendants must submit their international passports to the court and must […]