Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, paid visits to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, the Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) and the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) in Ilorin Kwara State. Governor Zulum’s visit was to forge strategic partnerships with the three...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Wednesday had a closed door meeting with some presidential aspirants jostling for the ticket on the platform of the Peoples Democratic party (PDP). Those at the closed door meeting on Wednesday that held at the Government House in Port Harcourt were Governor of...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday gave a total sum of N62,750,000 to 846 elders and labourers providing services at Bolori Stores, a popular area in Maiduguri where trailers offload and move variety of wholesale food and non-food products from Borno to other parts of Nigeria...
The Chairman, North-Central Governor's Forum and Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello received, with shock, the death of Malam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. Mallam Abba Kyari died Friday night, after failing to recover from Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, in a Lagos hospital where...
The Oyo State Government has released a number and a service code for pre-COVID-19 screening in the State, urging residents to dial the code or the number and follow the procedure to determine whether or not they need to get tested for the novel coronavirus. The platform for the service...
Says Boko Haram surrender making impact Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has expressed strong concern over the increasing presence of terrorists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in some parts of the State, and called for urgent security measures to curtail their growth. Zulum disclosed this...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday presented a sum of N351bn as the proposed appropriation bill for the year 2022 before the House of Assembly. Abiodun, while presenting the fiscal proposal christened 'Budget of Restoration', said the main task of his administration next year is to increase pace...
Lionel Messi says there can be “no doubts” Karim Benzema will be a worthy Ballon d’Or winner after the Real Madrid star cemented his frontrunner status with Champions League glory. The France international is the favourite to succeed Messi as the next recipient of the game’s most prestigious individual prize...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has slashed the salaries of senior political appointees in the state by 50 per cent with immediate effect. Makinde made the announcement on Friday at the 2020 International Workers’ Day held at the state secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Agodi, Ibadan. He, however, said civil...
The High Court of Niger State, in Minna, was told how a former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojeriende, allegedly diverted N341.9 million from the National Examination Council (NECO) to set up a personal printing press, school and buildings. Prosecution witness, Dr. Jimoh Olatunde,...