Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has said that he is pleasantly surprised at his nomination as Governor of the Year of the Blueprint Newspaper, saying he had no inkling that the Blueprint could find him worthy for such great honour. Speaking when the Chairman, Editorial Board of the Blueprint Newspaper, Hajia Zainab...
The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has charged the management and staff of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) to change their mindset and attitude to work, warning it would no longer be business as usual. The Minister gave the charge last thursday, while addressing...
Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reiterated his government’s commitment to quality and affordable education in the State, declaring that education occupies a prominent place in the six-pillar development agenda of this administration, tagged T.H.E.M.E.S. He said his administration is cognisant of the fact that the Greater Lagos Dream...
As NDLEA destroys 40 tons of cannabis plants in Ekiti intercepts over 4,000kgs of illicit drugs in Lagos, Kogi, FCT, Kaduna, Sokoto, Edo raids Over four tons of illicit and controlled drugs including consignments of nitrous oxide popularly known as laughing gas, skunk, codeine syrup, methamphetamine and tramadol have...
The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, splashed a two-bedroom bungalow and a sum of N2m on Oladimeji Sotunde, an indigene of the state who emerged as the Overall Best Graduating Student of the Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos. Abiodun equally announced that his administration would set an Education...
says House’ll raise revenue target for MDAs in 2024 The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, on Wednesday inaugurated a Special Ad Hoc Committee on Oil Theft to investigate the growing spate of pipeline vandalisation, illegal petroleum bunkering and theft. The Speaker noted that oil...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has again advocated the need for a National Dialogue which he says is the panacea for various agitations in the country. Governor Ortom stated this today at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi when he received participants of the Senior Executive Programme of the National Institute...
Takes Campaign Against Open Defecation To Grassroot Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has taken the campaign against open defecation to the grassroots to eradicate it across the state. The Deputy Governor, Elder Kayode Alabi, represented by the State Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon.Usman Yunusa Lade, enjoined the traditional rulers, community...
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has accused international oil companies of being part to a conspiracy theory that the Niger Delta is unsafe in order not to relocate their corporate headquarters to the region. The governor observed that so long as this kind of negative narrative geared at...
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Says the state government over over the responsibility of paying JAMB examination fees for students in the state. He stated this when he received in audience students of AUN Schools Academy who were in government House Yola on an excursion visit. He revealed that his wife through...