Former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said that the debate on the propriety or otherwise generated by the passage of direct primary for political parties by the National Assembly must not be allowed to scuttle the electoral bill.
Saraki spoke with journalists in Ilorin on Sunday at the...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said the sum of N494,000 national minimum wage being demanded by organized labour, which cumulatively amounts to the sum of N9.5 trillion bill, is capable of destabilizing the economy and jeopardizing the welfare of over 200 million Nigerians.
Idris stated...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has called for an effective domestic policy and political restructuring for Nigeria to have meaningful international engagement among global communities.
The Governor also emphasized the need for the country to address its internal political and economic challenges to be able to utilize its resources...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reappointed Princess Bukola Babalola as Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS), a Government House statement said on Monday.
The Governor also reappointed Alhaji Abdulrazaq Jiddah as Special Adviser on Special Duties, while Ummulkhairat Onaolamipo Ahmed Alaye is appointed Special Adviser on Civic Engagement.
The Governor similarly...
Not less than 500 informal businesses in Edo State run by widows have received grants to boost their business ventures.
The cash transfer to the widows is coordinated by the Edo State Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Office.
The grant, according to the focal person, Edo SDGs, Eire. Ifueko Alufohai, was donated...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday inaugurated the consequential adjustment committee on minimum wage, charging members to look at all the variables and design an agreement that caters for the interest of the workers, other segments of the society, and considers issues of development.
The committee members were inaugurated...
Efforts of the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration to improve and reinvent the healthcare sector received a boost as a Foundation, Abdul Samad Africa Initiative, donated a sum of N2.5b for towards the construction of Mother and Child Unit at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu.
Presenting a cheque on...
Gov honours Offa Chief Imam at Maulid Nabbiy celebration
Calls for national unity
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq spent hours in Kwara South to touch base with the people, with him visiting Iludun Oro where the 13th Igbomina Day was held and making another stop in Offa to attend a Maulid...
Democracy remains the best system of establishing governments because it guarantees respect for the fundamental rights of individuals to choose their leaders, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
Prof. Osinbajo stated this today in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, where he chaired a roundtable discussion, which was held in honour...
The Lagos-Ibadan railway project cannot be completed in April this year as earlier projected, the Federal Government has declared.
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this on Monday while inspecting the project, alongside the Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemi Saraki, and the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde.
Amaechi observed...
