President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Abdullahi Bala as the new Executive Secretary for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund, NPTF. A statement by Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, the Press Secretary to the Minister of Police Affairs, on Tuesday in Abuja said Mr Bala took over from Ahmed Aliyu. Mr Ehisienmen said...
Kwara State Government has struck a partnership deal with the Nigerian Export Import Bank towards facilitating export-related industrialisation and investment promotions around local resources in the state. The signing of the deal occurred on Monday in Cairo, Egypt, on the sidelines of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) following briefings on...
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has received notice of the return of the officers of the Nigerian Army to Correctional Centers in the state. Governor Akeredolu, who described the return as a welcome development, said the Nigerian Army has allowed good reasoning to prevail in the interest of the...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has again condemned “the mindless looting” of people’s businesses in the state capital on Friday, insisting there can be no justification for such criminal behaviour. He commiserated with owners of all the businesses affected and announced a N500m fund to assist them as part of...
Osun State Government has declared Friday, June 24, as work-free day to enable civil servants who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter's Cards to do so ahead of the July 16 gubernatorial election in the state. In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole...
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has directed the immediate prosecution of offenders of the Federal Government’s ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria. This was announced in a statement issued by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice...
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo on Friday presented a budget estimate of Four Hundred and Eighty-three billion, one hundred and seventy-three million, three hundred and seven thousand, ninety-six naira (N483,173, 307,096.00) for 2022 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for consideration. He said the policy thrusts for...
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Friday, declared that the economic safety and wellbeing of the state’s workforce and the common man would continue to take precedence under his watch. The governor, who was speaking at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State branch, located at...
Improving the working and trading environment for small and medium sized businesses through Shared Facilities, MSMES Clinics and other government interventions are critical parts of the Federal Government's drive towards supporting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, while uplifting the lives of ordinary Nigerians, according to...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Friday evening unveiled three new schools and a primary healthcare centre executed by Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum within 100 days of his ongoing second term. The VP who arrived Maiduguri in the evening was received at the Muhammadu Buhari airport by Governor Zulum,...