Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has commended Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL), a private estate development company, for its significant role in the construction of 200 low-cost resettlement houses in Chibok town which were commissioned on Monday. Zulum had commissioned the houses for permanent allocation to families displaced...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the enlargement of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) from three to five. The five members of the committee are now: Professor Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei, who is the Ag. Managing Director, replacing Barrister Joy Nunieh; Dr Cairo Ojougboh, Ag....
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms to address obstacles to agricultural productivity and open up new opportunities which benefit farmers, herders, processors, and distributors in the livestock-farming value chain. The President appointed former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
The Lagos State House of Assembly says it will not repeal the state’s pension law permitting former governors and other public office holders to receive juicy pensions from state coffers. In an interview with newsmen on Sunday, Tunde Braimoh, Chairman, House Committee on Information and Strategy, said Lagos Assembly will...
says recruitment based on merit Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Monday, charged the 5,000 newly-recruited teachers and 700 non-teaching staff converted to teaching cadre to embrace professionalism in the discharge of their duties. The governor, while speaking at the Induction and Training Programme for the new teachers employed by...
The Senate ad hoc Committee investigating the N30 trillion Ways and Means loans and the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) has reiterated the demand for the full recovery of the loans. Senator Isah Jibrin, the Committee's Chairman, emphasized this stance after a crucial meeting with officials from the Central Bank...
The Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani has announced the downward review of current fees in state-owned tertiary institutions . Under the new fees regime, the fees have been reviewed as follows; a) Kaduna State University - Current Fee: N150,000 - Reduction (%): 30% - New Fee: N105,000 b) Nuhu...
Former President of the Senate, Senator (Dr.) Ahmad Lawan, on Sunday, laid his mother, Hajiya Halima (Baba) Ibrahim, to rest in Gashua, Bade local government area of Yobe State. Hajiya Ibrahim died on Saturday at her residence in Gashua town at the age of 86. A burial ceremony was held for...
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...
The Honourable Minister of State for Youth Development, Mr Ayodele Olawande, has called on Nigerian Youths to think outside the box to overcome challenges confronting them and the country The Minister made this call when he went on inspection of the facilities at the National Youth Service Corp, Paiko, Niger...