President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday declared that the discovery and drilling of oil in Nasarawa State will lead to greater prosperity for Nigerians as well as enhance overall energy security for the country. In his virtual message to the official spud-in of the Ebenyi-A Well located in the Middle Benue...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has conducted a regional training for six West African countries on how to dismantle clandestine laboratories with a view to strengthen regional action against drug cartels. The training, which took place in Abidjan, Côte DIvoire, from March 27 to 29, involving six other...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday morning, swore in the new chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase (retd.), a former Inspector-General of Police. Arase took his oath of office at the council chamber shortly before the Federal Executive Council meeting in the State House in Abuja. He took the oath...
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has expressed its commitment to ensuring a smooth transition process and peaceful hand over of power on May 29 to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Chairman of the Presidential Transition Council, PTC, and Secretary to Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday. Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Kalu revealed that he officially informed the president of his intention to run for the position of the...
The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has described the former Head of Service, Dr Nofiu Aigoro as a very calm, deliberate, committed, selfless and dependable administrator. Abiodun who made this known on Tuesday during the official send-forth reception held in honour of the first Medical Doctor and Orthopedic Surgeon to...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, urged Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to dismiss the application by Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, seeking to vacate the forfeiture order in respect of 14 properties and the sum...
Gov, Dep Gov, HoA members-elect get certificates of return Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday received his certificate of return, following his resounding victory at the March 18 gubernatorial polls, assuring Kwarans that he would remain just as responsive and empathetic to the yearnings of the citizens as...
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed (Binani), has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review the March 18, governorship election results in the state. But Governor Umaru Fintiri said the review was uncalled for, insisting the election was...
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has approved the appointment of Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government. The appointment of the two-term Senator, representing Ekiti North Senatorial District, takes immediate effect. Senator Adetunmbi, however, will not draw any salary from the State Government as he has voluntarily...