Kogi state government has expressed readiness to manage fire disasters in the state. Governor Yahaya Bello made this known on Wednesday when he took delivery of a new fire service truck for the state. Represented by his Deputy, Chief Edward Onoja, the Governor stated that the state government will put in...
Kwara State Technical Committee on COVID-19 sadly confirms two seperate cases of COVID-19 in the state. One is the wife of the UITH patient, a UK returnee, who died last Thursday and the other is another UK returnee. This statement is issued at 18:33pm, a few minutes after the government...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday flagged off the biometric registration of transporters who have been slated to receive soft loans to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown in the state. AbdulRazaq said at least N100m would be dispensed as non-interest loan to 20,000 transporters after the enumeration...
Governor Samuel Ortom has announced the merger of the Technical School at Benue State University Makurdi with Special Science Senior Secondary School Makurdi, which will now be known as Government Science and Technical College Makurdi. Governor Ortom, who stated this today shortly after inspecting infrastructure at the Special Science Senior...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has added his voice to the call for review of the Economic Community Of West African States, ECOWAS Protocol on free entry for member countries in order to stop the influx of foreign herdsmen into Nigeria. He made the call today in Zaki-Biam, Ukum Local...
No fewer than 50 people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday at a night club in Ilorin, the Kwara capital, by the state Technical Committee on COVID-19. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 in the state, Dr Femi Oladiji, disclosed this on Saturday in Ilorin at the...
Claims that the Kwara State Government diverted or hoarded the palliatives meant for the vulnerable households in the state are false and unsubstantiated as no less than 15 of the 16 local governments had benefited before the store was looted, the private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 Foundation said on...
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has stressed the need for a legislation that will strengthen the role of traditional rulers who are custodians of traditions to revive the cultural values and norms that have eluded the society. He noted that such issues could be better solved by empowering the traditional institutions. Governor...
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has threatened to sanction any government official violating the newly passed harmonization and administration of revenue law now operating in the state. Engineer Sule sounded the threat during the opening ceremony of a two-day tax/revenue summit, at the Government House, on Thursday. According to the...
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, said his administration committed substantial resources, as counterpart funding to the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), in order to address the apparent deficiency of school infrastructure, instructional materials and dilapidation of some public schools. Engineer Sule stated this on the occasion of the twin...