Despite the demolition of Ile Arugbo by the Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq-led administration, the immediate past President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has not ceased to reach out to the aged people, mostly women who used to converged on the place every week to receive support and care. Saraki's Press...
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has approved the immediate provision of Group Life/Group Personal Accident Assurance Policy for all medical doctors in the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu. In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Simon Ortuanya, the ‘assurance’...
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has weighed into the controversy over the choice of the running mate of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. There have been arguments and counter arguments on the choice of Tinubu’s running mate, with many divided...
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has advocated for more funding and incentives for small holder-farmers who are the mainstay of Nigeria's agricultural sustainability programme. Governor Lalong said this while addressing the NEPAD Summit and technical roundtable discussion on strengthening small-holder farmer capabilities in the COVID-19 era at the Sheraton...
The Nigerian Senate, in response to the alarming spike in killings by herdsmen and bandits, has vowed to confront President Bola Tinubu with resolutions aimed at halting the ongoing bloodshed of farmers in Benue North East and across Nigeria. In a motion addressing the relentless attacks by suspected terrorists posing...
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, presented to the State House of Assembly, the 2021 Budget estimates of One Hundred and Sixty Nine Billion, Eight Hundred and Forty Five Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand, Five Hundred Naira (N169,845,758,500.00), for consideration and passage. Presenting the budget proposal...
analysts see prospects for growth, encourage corporate sponsorship for sustainability Stakeholders and entertainment actors in Edo State have valued the revenue accrued to the sector in 2021 to about N500 million owing to the growing opportunities and investment attracted to the creative and entertainment industry during the period. A cross-section...
Chairman of the Southwest Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, on Thursday, led his brother Governors in the region to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to Ogun State. The President visited Ogun State to commission landmark projects and the Gateway City Monument Park and Sagamu Interchange. Other Governors at the...
Labour talked tough on Monday over the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage in states. It spoke of plans to declare trade dispute with three states – Cross River, Kogi and Taraba – for failing to initiate talks with workers’ representatives on the implementation of the new wage. Nigerian Labour Congress...
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed an application by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Maurice Iwu, seeking the transfer of his N1.23bn fraud trial from Lagos to Abuja. The judge, in a ruling on Friday, said the application lacked...