The immediate-past managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, has disclosed that the renewal of the capital dredging contract and the service boat management contract were responsible for her removal from office by a former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi.
Bala-Usman was suspended from office in May...
scheme to employ 3000 youths in crop farming, animal husbandry - Kogi gov
Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello on Thursday received a delegation from the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA led by the Executive Secretary Prince Paul Ikonne.
The team were in the state to assess the...
A group of Peoples Democratic Party Governors who have christened themselves the G5 arrived in Enugu on Friday for a private meeting.
The Governors include Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Samuel Ortom of Benue and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state.
The Governors were received at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in...
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has approved the appointment of three new permanent secretaries in the state civil service.
This is contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, on Monday in Abeokuta.
Somorin said the new appointees would fill the existing vacancies in...
says House ready for legislative intervention
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the Nigerian electric power sector is not performing optimally, a development he said must change for the better.
Gbajabiamila said, however, that Nigerians are in agreement that it is "the responsibility...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016.
Members of the new Board are: Mohammed Lawal (North West), Tajudeen Umar (North East), Adamu Mahmood Attah (North Central), Senator...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to show the genuineness of its war against corruption by allowing the unhindered investigation of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The party said Nigerians are already aware that Magu has been pulled...
Following his close contact with the governor of Bauchi State, Bala Muhammed and Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, who have both tested positive for coronavirus, the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has gone into self-isolation.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Special Adviser to the Governor on...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged journalists to always ensure they get their facts right before going public.
Gbajabiamila said this at the inauguration of the new Executives of House of Representatives Press Corps and the launch of its maiden magazine, "Green Sentinel", as...
Forty-six staff of Gotel Communications, a media outfit owned by Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, have been sacked by the organisation.
Gotel Communication is a television and radio broadcast conglomerate transmitting from Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
The affected staff were handed their respective sack letters on Friday, being Workers...
