Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has sacked the chairmen of the 14 Local Government Areas in the state and re-appointed eight of them as sole administrators.
The House of Assembly on Thursday dissolved local government councils in the state over financial recklessness and improper record-keeping by the council members.
The...
says Covid-19 exposed Nigeria's health institutions
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the National Assembly will continue to provide funds to strengthen the Nigerian health sector.
Gbajabiamila said since the inception of the 9th House, there have been a lot of unprecedented interventions...
In the spirit of Eid-el-Kabir celebration, President of the 8th Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki and his wife, Barrister Toyin Ojora, on Saturday, hosted PDP leaders, supporters, women and youth groups to a lunch at their Ilorin residence.
The Waziri Ngeri of Ilorin Emirate who had earlier joined other Muslim...
The government has made fact-based presentations to the labour unions on what it can afford without going to borrow to pay salary.
The proposal includes that no worker will earn below the 30,000 minimum wage enacted by the Minimum Wage Act. We also made suggestions on the consequential adjustments as...
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...
vows to put an end to abandoned project in Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday inaugurated the newly constructed Ado-Iyin dual carriage road project which was initially awarded by the Military administration in 1978 but abandoned shortly after.
The road which was initially designed to be a...
The Federal Government has ordered Turkish Airlines to suspend its operations in Nigeria due to repeated cases of poor passenger treatment by the airline.
It gave the directive through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), directing the airline to suspend its operations until it was ready to operate with the...
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...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he will soon break his silence on the recent happenings in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
His Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The governor stated that it has become pertinent...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently announced the clearance of a $7 billion foreign exchange (FX) backlog, marking a crucial milestone under Governor Yemi Cardoso's leadership and bolstering economic confidence.
Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Mrs. Hakama Sidi Ali, affirmed this achievement, stating, "We have settled all valid FX...
