Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has directed workers in the state’s civil service to resume work on Monday. Newsmen report that the government had earlier directed workers to stay at home as part of measures to prevent possible spread of COVID-19 in the state. The state’s Head of Service, Alhaji...
Masked men suspected to be Yoruba Nation agitators created chaos and panic at the Oyo State Government Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, on Saturday. Eyewitnesses reported the tense scene as "the masked men were stationed at different locations within the area." The disruption led to businesses and residents in Bodija, Ikolaba, and...
The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola on Monday said that his administration's policies and programmes are driven by the people's demands as reflected in the wide acceptance of the tremendous achievements of the administration by the people in the last one and half years. He said the...
Students have been advised to shun crimes and other self-defeating activities like advance fee fraud, ritual killings and drug use, but take advantage of their time in school to seek knowledge that will equip them to be the best in their chosen fields. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola,...
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has said that his administration will continue to recover and extract value from all moribund government assets and abandoned projects in the state. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted as saying this at the official flag-off...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited President Muhammadu Buhari at Daura, the president’s hometown in Katsina State, on Friday night. Tinubu was accompanied by Governor Bello Masari of Katsina and some APC governors, according to sources. Details of the meeting were not made public but...
Moves to raise money to pay inmates fines The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday charged correctional officers to protect the integrity of the correctional facilities in the country by using maximum force to deter anyone who attempts to attack any correctional centre in the country. The minister...
A bill to prevent Nigerian-trained medical or dental practitioners from being granted full licences until they have worked for a minimum of five years in the country has passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill is part of the measures to halt the increasing number of medical...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, approved a total sum of N21,107,212,510, for various projects including that of Aviation and Education Ministries, among others. Briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting, the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, alongside Special...
The Nigerian Senate, in response to the alarming spike in killings by herdsmen and bandits, has vowed to confront President Bola Tinubu with resolutions aimed at halting the ongoing bloodshed of farmers in Benue North East and across Nigeria. In a motion addressing the relentless attacks by suspected terrorists posing...