govt to deploy free buses along specific students’ routes
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved palliatives for various vulnerable groups in the state to cushion the effects of the ongoing fuel scarcity and the currency change in the country.
The palliatives will include cash transfer to widows, pensioners, transporters,...
Like it did last year offering a range of tax incentives to Nigerians through the Finance Bill later passed into law, the Buhari administration is again offering more this year through the 2020 Finance Bill so as to attract more incentives and make doing business in Nigeria more competitive.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has once again expressed his desire to leave power.
On several occasions in the past, Buhari had said he was counting down to the May 29 handover date.
While speaking at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at the Presidential Villa in...
Kwara State on Monday received $5m (N1.9bn) from the Federal Government for fulfilling the State Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS)‘s new disbursement-linked indicator related to budget reviews that prioritise COVID-19 economic recovery.
The state won the SFTAS grant for also publishing an approved amended 2020 COVID-19 responsive budget by July 31,...
The Supreme Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to replace Ibrahim Shekarau with Rufai Hanga as the Kano Central senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP.
In a judgment delivered Friday by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the Supreme Court upheld the judgement of the Court of...
Kwara State Government will soon launch a business scheme specifically designed for young people who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said.
Speaking with the Kwara State delegation to the Nigerian Youths Parliament on Tuesday, the Governor also urged the youths to join partisan politics and make...
No fewer than 35 officers of the Marine Command and Seaports Operations of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have undergone diverse trainings organised by the United Kingdom Home Office International Operations, HOIO, in recent weeks. Of the number, five are currently undergoing a two-week Maritime Patrol and...
The Kaduna State Government has announced measures to help stem Covid-19 infections through voluntary mass compliance, and thereby avert a lockdown.
The Covid-19 prevention measures were announced yesterday at live media chat hosted by Governor Nasir El-Rufai and Deputy Governor Dr. Hadiza Balarabe. The event also feature Commissioner of Health...
To mark his 71st birthday, President-elect Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that special prayers and thanksgiving service be held on Wednesday March 29, 2023, instead of the yearly birthday colloquium.
The special prayers will be held in Lagos and in other parts of the country.
A statement from his office...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday received the United Nations-backed ‘HeforShe’ award for his efforts and cabinet picks which have mainstreamed gender inclusion in the state’s political structure.
The award was conferred on the Governor in Ilorin, the state capital, when the Minister of Women Affairs Dame Pauline Tallen...
