The Honourable Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk, on Thursday, flagged-off the modified National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Lagos State. In her keynote address at the ceremony held at LASUBEB premises in Ikeja, the Minister stated that the continuation of the...
Governors of Benue and Nasarawa have agreed to intensify efforts for the demarcation of the boundary between the two states to curtail incessant border crises. Governor Samuel Ortom and his Nasarawa State counterpart, Engr. Abdullahi Sule took the decision today during a joint peace and security meeting held at LGEA...
Barrister Lukman Ajisafe, has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Vice Chairman South West Zone. Barr Ajisafe was elected on January 25, 2024 at the Thursday’s Zonal Congress and stakeholders’ meeting of the zone in Ibadan, Oyo State. The election of the new National Vice Chairman was as...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has granted a scholarship to Miss Oluwabukolami Adeyemi, the recipient of the British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner's Award. This award is in recognition of her remarkable performance in the 2022 Cambridge IGCSE and Cambridge AS Level Examinations. The governor received Oluwabukolami and her parents at...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Suduje-Daura, Katsina State, said the vision of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of the poverty cycle within ten years can be done, with more synergy between government and the people, and diligence in diversifying the economy, with agriculture as the backbone. President Buhari, who commissioned...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Wednesday, presided over the swearing-in of a new commissioner and 3 Local Government Transitional Council chairmen. Borno State Chief Judge, Justice Kashim Zannah, who was represented by Hon. Justice Dr Banagana Karube administered the oath of office in a ceremony held at the...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has underlined the government's commitment to supporting Nigerian airlines in securing long-term aircraft leases at competitive rates, in line with global industry standards. The Minister emphasized that the government is dedicated to assisting domestic airlines in their international endeavors and will...
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...
The Yobe State Governor, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni, on Thursday, inaugurated the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Baba Wali, and seven newly-appointed permanent secretaries. The permanent secretaries who took oath of office and oath of allegiance on the occasion were Dr Mustapha Gaidam, Alhaji Lawan Kolo, Kasim Kalli, Zanna Ibrahim,...
The Federal Government has designated Monday, October 2, 2023, as a public holiday to celebrate Nigeria's 63rd independence anniversary. The declaration was made on behalf of the federal government by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, as announced by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Oluwatoyin...