Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said that his administration will commence full implementation of the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) for state workers from this month of July 2025. Governor Abiodun gave this pledge when he met with the organized labour to address the grey areas in the implementation…
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The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission has presented a Certificate of Return to Hon. Sanya Olusegun Elijah Olumose, who emerged as councillor-elect for Ward C, Ojokoro Local Council Development Area in the July 12 local government election. The event was held on Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at LASIEC headquarters in…
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has formally resigned his membership of the opposition party. The move came amid Atiku’s growing involvement in the Alliance Democratic Congress (ADC), a newly formed coalition party poised to challenge…
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pelican Valley Nigeria Limited, Ambassador (Dr) Babatunde Adeyemo and his wife, Mrs Titilayo Adeyemo, has saluted Aremo Olusegun Osoba on his 86th birthday celebration today, Tuesday, July 15. Ambassador Adeyemo, a top-notch Nigerian real estate entrepreneur and veteran broadcast journalist hailed…
The late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, who died on Sunday, July 13, 2025, has been laid to rest with the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun describing him as a pride of Ijebuland, Ogun State and Nigeria as a whole. Oba Adetona was crowned as the Awujale…
Abuja: The opening ceremony of the highly anticipated National Summit on the Future of Nigeria’s Constitutional Democracy—convened by The PATRIOTS in partnership with the Nigerian Political Summit Group (NPSG)—has been rescheduled by one day in honour of two eminent national figures, former President Muhammadu Buhari and the Awujale of Ijebuland,…
Workers across Ogun State have declared an indefinite strike, effective from 12:00am, Tuesday, July 15, following what they described as years of injustice and non-compliance with the State’s Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). In a statement issued and obtained by our correspondent in Abeokuta today by the joint leadership of the…
The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, July 15, 2025, as a public holiday in honour of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away on Sunday. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Monday announced the holiday on behalf of the Federal Government, following the approval of President Bola…
The Ogun State Government has announced the burial rites for the late Awujale of Ijebu land, His Royal Majesty, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona. The burial will take place today (14/07/2025) at Ogbagba Court, Igbeba, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, at exactly 4 PM. The revered monarch joined his ancestors on Sunday, July…
Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele FNSE, has paid tribute to the monarch the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona who passed away at the age of 91. The deputy Governor in a message personally signed described the referred monarch as “a royal father…