President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has released the list of portfolios for his ministerial appointees, among whom is Adebayo Adelabu, appointed to head the Ministry of Power.

Adelabu was born to Aderibigbe Adelabu of Oke-Oluokun compound, Kudeti Area in Ibadan. His grandfather is Adegoke Adelabu.

Adelabu attended Ibadan Municipal Government primary school, Agodi Ibadan from 1976 to 1982 and Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan from 1982 to 1987.

Adelabu received a first class degree in Accounting from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria and an Associate Member of the Institute of Directors of Nigeria and the United Kingdom.

Adelabu has also taken up professional courses in various business schools, including Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, Kelloggs, Euromoney, and the University of London.

On 27th of July 2023, Adelabu was included in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 28-man ministerial nomination.

He was made minister of power by president Bola Tinubu on 16 august, 2023

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo Has been appointed Minister of Marine And Blue Economy by President Bola Tinubu

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (born 1 May 1982) is a Nigerian politician, entrepreneur and philanthropist.

He is a member of the House of Representatives (Nigeria), representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State.

During his first term in the 9th assembly, he was the Chairman of the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is married to Abimbola Tunji-Ojo who also hails from Ondo State and they have two children.

Pagaruyung Palace is a royal palace, or also called istana of the former Pagaruyung Kingdom.

The palace is located in Tanjung Emassub district near Batusangkar town, Tanah Datar Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia.

It was built in the traditional Minangkabau rumah gadang vernacular architectural style, but had a number of atypical elements including three floors structure and larger dimension compares to common rumah gadang.

However, the original Pagaruyung Palace was standing on the peak of Pagaruyung’s Batu Patah hill. It was burnt to the ground during a bloody riot in 1804.

After that, it was reconstructed and burned again several times in 1966 and in 2007.

The recent Pagaruyung Palace is only the replica made for the second time.

This replacement structure was constructed to the south from the original one.

The palace on the peak of the hill was the center of fourteenth century Pagarayung Kingdom. According to local myth, Pagaruyung Kingdom, also called Batu Patah Hill Kingdom, was the origin of all Minangkabau people. It was where Bundo Kanduang, one of its queens, once ruled the kingdom.

She is considered as the founder of matriarchal system of Minangkabau society.

Although today there is no king or royal family resides in this palace, since the Pagaruyung Kingdom was disbanded in 1833, the palace still held in high esteem among Minangkabau people as the descendants of scattered Minang nobles (bangsawan) still seeks their root and link to the former royal house of Pagaruyung.

The original Pagaruyung palace was built entirely from timber masonry, however the current building frame was built using modern concrete structure.

Nevertheless, the Istano Basa Pagaruyung was quite faithfully restored using traditional technique and materials adorned with 60 carvings that signify Minang philosophy and culture.

The palace has three floors with 72 pillars and the typical rumah gadang gonjong, with horn-like curved roof made from 26 tons of black ijuk aren palm fibers.

The palace is also furnished with over 100 replicas of Minang antique furniture and artifacts, aiming the palace to be revived as Minangkabau cultural center as well as tourism attraction in West Sumatra.

President Joe Biden vowed on Thursday that the U.S. federal government would remain committed to the people of Maui as they recover, rebuild and grieve in the wake of wildfires that destroyed the town of Lahaina and killed at least 110 people.

In a brief video aired on ABC’s Good Morning America, the president said the U.S. government has already taken immediate action, sending hundreds of emergency personnel, thousands of meals and supplies to the devastated tourist resort town where some 2,200 buildings were destroyed.

“We will be with you for as long as it takes, I promise you,” he said. “Already from the darkness and the smoke and the ash, we see the light of hope and strength.”

During his remarks, Biden highlighted the efforts of first responders – many of whom have been personally affected by the wildfires.

Local first responders have worked around the clock searching for the missing, while volunteers deliver aid by fishing boats and local chefs prepare meals for displaced families, he noted.

Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Hawaii on Monday to survey the devastation and meet with first responders, survivors and federal, state and local officials.

“I want the people of Hawaii to know that your country is with you as long as it takes,” he said.

In other developments:

— Maui County Emergency Management Agency administrator Herman Andaya defended the department’s decision not to sound sirens during last week’s deadly wildfire as questions intensify regarding how residents were alerted to growing threat as the deadly wildfires spread last Tuesday.

Andaya said sirens in Hawaii are used to alert people to tsunamis. Using it during the fire might have led people to evacuate toward the danger, he told reporters on Wednesday.

“The public is trained to seek higher ground in the event that the siren is sounded,” Andaya said during a press conference.

“Had we sounded the siren that night, we’re afraid that people would have gone mauka (to the mountainside) and if that was the case then they would have gone into the fire,” Andaya said.

— On Wednesday, officials opened the main road through town for the first time in several days, responding to frustration from residents. Officials initially closed the highway, which bypasses the charred waterfront and town center, to all but residents, first responders and employees of local businesses.