The House of Representatives has announced the death of Rt. Hon. Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga, the Deputy Chief Whip, represented the Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency of Ogun State. She passed away on Wednesday, 15 January 2025 following a brief illness. A statement issued by the House Spokesman, Rep. Akin Rotimi, Jr., described Onanuga, popularly known as Ijaya, as a visionary leader and a passionate advocate for her constituents. Born on 2 December 1965, Onanuga was first...

The Federal Government has told the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll to keep his advice to himself as it doesn’t need his stamp of approval to implement government’s laudable policies. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a press statement on Thursday faulted the recent remarks made by His Highness, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, regarding the economic reforms introduced under President Bola Tinubu’s administration, at a public event in Lagos, stressing...

President Bola Tinubu has felicitated six distinguished Diaspora Nigerians named by President Joe Biden among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has in a press statement on Thursday noted that the prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the highest honour bestowed by the United States government on...

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda has said that the ministry has stopped distributing physical cash to vulnerable citizens. The minister disclosed this on Wednesday during an interview on Arise TV, stressing that the ministry is capturing all the digital identity of the people that are on social register to avoid the pitfalls which characterized the ministry in the past. Yilwatda said, “The first step we’ve taken is that...