The 2020 cropping season will begin in Kwara State on Wednesday, May 20th, with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development deploying tractors, planters, boom sprayers and harvesters to create awareness about mechanised farming. This is in realisation of the import of appropriate mechanisation technologies for agricultural growth and development...
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has reiterated his administration's commitment to reviving the Olokola deep seaport project. This, he noted is in line with the transport master plan of the incumbent state government. Abiodun, who made this known while speaking at the 2022 Ojude Oba Festival, held in Ijebu Ode on...
A lot has been achieved within the one year that Prince Dapo Abiodun has spent in office as the Executive Governor of Ogun State. As it was evident when he took over the leadership of the State on 29th May, 2019, there was so much to be done, but...
Nearly four years after failing, by a small margin, in his bid to govern Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has overcome the biggest obstacle to his dream. On Saturday, he achieved a hard-fought victory over the state’s incumbent Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, of the All...
The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Niger State Governor, Mrs. Mary Noel Berje says the government of Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has set precedence and demonstrated exemplary leadership traits by delivering service and good governance according to the people's need. Speaking to Journalists in Minna, the CPS said the...
The federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) locked horns again Tuesday over modalities to end the five-month-old strike by lecturers in Nigerian public universities. While President Muhammadu Buhari directed that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige should be part of...
At exactly 1:05pm on Sunday, Prince Abdul-Wasiu Omogbolahan Lawal received the traditional staff and officially ascended the throne of Iru Kingdom as the 15th Oniru. At a simple but colourful ceremony held at the Oniru Palace on Victoria Island, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, installed the new traditional ruler,...
An appeal has gone to the Kwara State Government to declare a work-free day for more civil servants in the State to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. Founder of The Adekunle Oyedepo Foundation, Prince Adekunle Oyedepo, made the appeal in a statement he released on Sunday...
In keeping with his administration’s renewed vigour towards the upgrade of health facilities in Enugu State, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Tuesday, paid an unscheduled visit to Enugu Ezike General Hospital in Ogrute, Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area, to assess the state of the hospital, built in 1958 (62 years...
Senate President of the Ahmad Lawan has said the N900 billion approved for the fight against insecurity in the country is not enough. Lawan, while addressing lawmakers shortly before the upper chamber adjourned for its annual recess, lamented the incessant killing and maiming of Nigerians by terrorists. He said, “I am...