Nasarawa State Government has resolved to strengthen security agencies working in the state, through the provision of vehicles and logistics, to enable them respond rapidly to distressed calls. This was part of the resolutions arrived at during the emergency security meeting convened at the instance of the Nasarawa State Governor,...
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has inaugurated the Nasarawa State Emblem Development Committee, charged with the responsibility of designing and developing an independent coat of arm, to showcase the economy, culture and traditions of the people of the state. Engineer Sule inaugurated the committee, at a ceremony at the...
More than 50 percent of health complications reported across public hospitals resulted from poorly treated malaria-related cases, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday, reiterating his commitment to the global fight against the disease that experts say is number one killer in sub-Saharan Africa. The governor spoke in Ilorin at the...
The World Bank has released to Kogi State the sum of $5million for achieving 90% of the budget Implementation procedure as at November. The money released by the World Bank to the State is prize money for establishing a fiscally sustainable policy, was disclosed by the Kogi State Commissioner for...
The Northern Governors Forum has inaugurated a Committee on Youth and Civil Society in order to enhance engagement towards tackling the challenges of the region. While parforming the inauguration in Kaduna, Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State Simon Bako Lalong said the setting up of the committee...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday signed into law a bill establishing the Kwara Investment Promotion Agency (KWIPA), saying it is a bold step to attract more investors and drive economic growth. He said the idea is to remove bureaucratic bottlenecks, with the agency serving as the melting pot...
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has presented the 2021 fiscal appropriation bill, before the State House of Assembly, pegged at N112, 923, 174, 543, with education/science & ICT taking the lion share with 31.35%. Engineer Sule presented the budget estimates at a ceremony, on Tuesday. Tagged "Budget of Economic Recuperation",...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has appealed for support in the areas of establishing an airport in Kogi as well as the dredging of River Niger up to Lokoja in order to boost the economy of the State and country at large. He disclosed this to State House correspondents yesterday...
Kwara State on Monday received $5m (N1.9bn) from the Federal Government for fulfilling the State Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS)‘s new disbursement-linked indicator related to budget reviews that prioritise COVID-19 economic recovery. The state won the SFTAS grant for also publishing an approved amended  2020 COVID-19 responsive budget by July 31,...
Kwara State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into #EndSARS protest on Monday began sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, with 18 petitions submitted by various victims of alleged police brutality to the panel. At the inaugural sitting, the chairman of the Panel, Retired Justice Babatunde Garba, disclosed that the 18 petitions...