The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday announced the absorption of 18 permanent secretaries and 1,000 workers employed by the immediate-past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
Amosun had made the recruitment and appointments in the twilight of his administration.
Speaking at the swearing-in of eight newly appointed permanent secretaries at...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said he did not receive any correspondence from some lawmakers in the United States of America over detained activist, Comrade Omoyele Sowore.
He said as, at the close of work on the 20th of December, 2019, there...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Sunday the year 2020 would be a turning point for greater things in the state.
The governor stated this during the Year 2020 Annual Thanksgiving Service organised by the Lagos State Government, with the theme: ”Offering Thanksgiving Glories to God.”
He said his administration...
A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, said the outgoing year was not a successful year for Nigerians.
He also said in a statement that Nigerians faced great insecurity, unemployment, economic hardship and other challenges in 2019.
Atiku, who is the 2019 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, called...
Ministers can only travel out of the country eight times in a year, Information, Culture & Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed has disclosed.
He said President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that no minister should go on foreign trips more than twice in a quarter.
Besides, no minister on a trip outside the...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the National Assembly would task its committees to ensure proper implementation of the 2020 budget.
President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2020 Appropriation Bill into law Tuesday,
“We have a year to monitor, from January to December. Just as we gave...
Freedom of worship exists, says minister
Activists accuse U.S. of undue interference
A row has broken out over the United States (U.S.) classification of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern” over religious freedom.
The U.S. Department of State in a statement at the weekend placed Nigeria and six other...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has served a seven-day notice to tax defaulters across the country.
The Head, Communications and Servicom Department, Mr Wahab Gbadamosi, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.
Gbadamosi said the Acting Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr Abiodun Aina, announced this in a...
As part of the ongoing efforts of the Oyo State Government in restoring Bola Ige International Market, Gbagi Ibadan, back to international standard, it has marked not less than 30 illegally erected shops for demolition.
Disclosing this on Tuesday, the state Commissioner for Commerce, Mr. Adeniyi Adebisi, in an interview...
