Gboyega Oyetola
25 Oct
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, has said the rehabilitation of the dilapidated ports infrastructure across the country would gulp about $1 billion.
20 Sep
Women in Maritime Africa (WIMA) Nigeria Chapter has lamented the high cost of doing business in the maritime industry, explaining that a conducive business community is the heart of any economy that seeks to diversify its revenue base.
18 Sep
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued President Bola Tinubu over failure to stop former governors, currently serving as ministers, from drawing life perks.
9 Sep
Mr Gboyega Oyetola, the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, has called on members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Osun to work together for the development of the state.
30 Aug
The immediate past Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that unless members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) eschew over-ambition, selfishness and envy, the party may not be free from constant crisis bedeviling it.
14 Jun
The Grand Mufti of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta, Sheikh Daood Imran Molaasan, yesterday, urged President Bola Tinubu to settle the rift between immediate past Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola and former Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola.
29 May
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, congratulated former governors of the state, Rauf Aregbesola and Gboyega Oyetola, and musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido and other indigenes that bagged different national honours awards conferred on them by President Muhammadu Buhari.
9 May
The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun State. The Supreme Court said Gboyega Oyetola and All Progressives Congress (APC) failed to prove its case of improper accreditation of voters and over-voting against Adeleke. A five-member panel of the apex court held that the court of appeal…
8 May
The Supreme Court has scheduled Tuesday, May 9, 2023, for judgment in the appeal filed by former Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola against the election of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A five-member panel of the highest court in Nigeria announced the date and time which is fixed at 2:00 pm for judgment…
20 Apr
When a handshake is getting beyond an elbow, drastic action to stem the tide and put the right pen in the right hole need to be set in motion with immediate alacrity.
25 Mar
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has asked the candidates who lost in the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State to stop legal and verbal wars.
14 Mar
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Governor Ademola Adeleke challenging the January 27, 2023 decision of the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which sacked him from office.
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