The Kwara State government has demolished a property which former governor and Senate President Bukola Saraki said belongs to his family.
The building was demolished on Thursday morning after security operatives dispersed protesters, including aged women within the complex known as ‘Ile Arúgbó’. The properties are located at Plots 1,...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) governorship primary in Lagos State.
Sanwo-Olu emerged winner after two other aspirants – former Commissioner of Energy, Mr Wale Oluwo and former Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Energy, Mr Mustapha Olorunfemi – were not cleared for the primary.
More than...
Nigeria’s priorities in a post-COVID-19 world include restoring economic growth in the immediate term, building resilience in the health sector, and repositioning the economy on a sustainable footing in the medium term while saving jobs and building domestic capacity and local production in critical areas.
These were the summations of...
Bayelsa State Government has enacted a law prohibiting open grazing of livestock in the state.
The law, Livestock Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Law 2021, was signed into law by Governor Douye Diri on Monday at the Executive Chamber of Government House, Yenagoa.
Governor Diri said the essence of the law...
A Sunday report by an online media, claiming there was another attack by Boko Haram on the convoy of Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, is false. There was neither an attack on the governor directly nor on any component of his convoy.
Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a...
The House of Representatives has approved the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to borrow N850bn to fund the 2020 budget.
The Senate had earlier okayed the borrowing plan amidst controversy.
The approval was however given by the House at the plenary on Tuesday within about seven minutes.
The President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu is seeking an order by the Court of Appeal to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the February 25 presidential election.
His counsel, Akintola Makinde, said he would need to inspect, scan and make photocopies of...
releases N6.7bn to offset backlogs of gratuities
The Ogun State government has once again reiterated its commitment to consistently prioritize the welfare of its retirees. This was demonstrated through the recent release of the sum of N6.7 billion to offset backlogs of gratuities for retired public servants.
The Governor, Prince...
Appoints Chris Ngwodo DG
A National Centre for the Coordination of Early Warning and Response Mechanism has been established with the signing of Executive Order 12 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The order signed on June 10, 2022 establishes the National Early Warning Centre pursuant to Article 58 of the Treaty...
The Nigeria LNG Limited says it has paid over $7bn as taxes and issued more than $15bn as dividend to the Federal Government since it started operations.
NLNG’s Managing Director, Tony Attah, who disclosed this recently in Abuja, also stated that the company had the target of expanding its LNG...
