Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has warned against religious conflict and confrontations in the state, affirming that all adherents of various religions should operate peacefully. Responding to the altercation between the Oluwo of Iwoland and the traditional religious worshippers association on the celebration of Isese festival, Governor Adeleke deployed...
keep raising bar of good governance- Gov says whole cabinet to be in place soon Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Friday, swore-in the seven commissioner nominees who were reappointed into the cabinet, charging them to keep raising the bar of governance. The governor, while speaking at the swearing-in ceremony...
Combined security agencies, comprising of the Military, Police, Civil Defense, and Vigilante Corps are to comb the forests to rescue the abducted Tegina Islamiyyah School children. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello revealed this when he visited the team of the combined security force to boost their morale in Kagara the headquarters...
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday in Abuja, assured the international investment community that his administration would ensure that Nigeria remains a top-level destination for offshore and onshore investments. Receiving the Group Chairman and CEO of Total Energies Worldwide, Mr. Patrick Pouyanne, the President reiterated the federal government’s commitment to remove...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has directed the Commissioner of police, Lanre Bankole to immediately redeploy the divisional police officer in charge of Lafenwa in the State Capital, for aiding and abetting crimes and criminality in and around the area, especially inside Lafenwa market and its environ. He also...
The Ogun State Government has refuted the report being circulated on some social media platforms, claiming that the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, has dissolved the State Executive Council. An online news medium, The Encounter, had reported that the governor had dissolved his cabinet. But in a statement issued and signed by...
Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has described the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, as a bridge-builder and one of the most resilient, resourceful and successful Nigerian politicians. Prof. Osinbajo said Gbajabiamila's bridge-building cuts across tribes, religions, political parties and generations, noting the successes the Speaker...
A presidential aspirant under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mohammed Hayatu-Deen has stepped down from the race, describing the primary election contest as “obscenely monetised”. He announced his withdrawal in a letter addressed to the PDP National Chairman Iyorchia Ayo, the day the main opposition party is...
Sanwo-Olu: ‘Regional Road, Lekki-Epe Expressway, healthcare top investment priorities’ All statutory instruments that will facilitate the raising of N137.328 billion bond by Lagos State Government from the capital market to deliver key infrastructure in critical sectors of the economy are now met. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, presided over the...
Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, issued additional guidelines for the operations of all commercial, industrial, corporate and financial facilities recently reopened in the State. Speaking at a virtual media briefing on Monday, the Honourable Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, said these guidelines were adopted to...