Borno Govt shares N220m to vulnerable women, widows Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has delivered part of the 36,000 50kg bags of assorted grain donated by the Federal Government to Borno State Government to support resettled communities and other vulnerable families. The distribution took place Monday in a large...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives to seek amendments to the Finance Act recently passed by the National Assembly. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, read Buhari’s letter at the plenary on Tuesday, in which the President asked that the Act be amended to indicate that the new...
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has landed in Asaba ahead of the Delta State governorship primaries of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday. Senator Omo-Agege is a leading contender for the governorship of Delta State. The governorship primary which holds at Federal Technical College, Asaba will witness...
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has urged Nigerian governors to emulate their Kwara State counterpart AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the recent reduction of the Right of Way (RoW) charges for telecommunication companies. “We hope all other Governors emulate your patriotic gesture,” Pantami said in a...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, kicked off the Extended Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government, saying it is a step in the right direction to address the unemployment challenge and to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The governor maintained that...
The management of the University of Ilorin has expelled a student, Salaudeen Waliu Aanuoluwa of the Department of Microbioligy after being found guilty of assaulting a female lecturer of the same Department. A statement by the University's Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Kunle Akogun, disclosed that the verdict was handed...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said putting in place a scientific audience measurement system will boost investments in Nigeria's broadcast and advertising industries. ''We are committed to delivering an empirical audience measure system that will catalyze investment in broadcast and advertising industries, ensure the success...
As Journalists in Gombe State join their counterparts the world over to commemorate the world Press Freedom Day, today 3rd May, 2021, the State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has charged the media practitioners to continue to uphold the ethics of their profession by promoting the ideals of democracy,...
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun will tomorrow, Wednesday December 2, 2020, at 10 am, present the state's 2021 Budget to the State House of Assembly. The Appropriation Bill tagged, "Budget of Recovery and Sustainability”, will highlight the key sectors and budgetary allocations for rapid development of the State. The...
His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State today attended the funeral rites of Late Chief Imomotimi Ebienfa at Sabagreia, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Chief Ebienfa was aged 71 years. The Governor was accompanied by the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly (BSHA), Rt.Hon. Abraham...