The 36 state governors under the platform of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have agreed to hold their weekly meetings via tele-conferencing to check the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
The NGF Chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti, said this in a communique on Monday.
Since the first outbreak of...
embraces collaboration, calls for completion of East-West road
His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State today received in a courtesy visit the Minister of Niger Delta Development, Engr. Abubakar Momoh in Government House, Yenagoa.
The visit was geared towards giving priority attention to developmental projects in the region,...
Popular Hip-hop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable has apologised to the organisers of the Nigerian prestigious music award, the Headies, following his disqualification.
Portable was nominated in the Best Street artiste and Rookie of the Year categories at the award alongside Av, Fave, Magicx and Ugocci.
The Headies disqualified...
The senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Wednesday, urged federal government to prioritise maternal mortality in its budget to curb the rate of deaths during childbirth.
Senator Natasha made the call during the 2024 Budget Defence/Interactive Session between Senate Committee on Women Affairs and the Honourable...
President Bola Tinubu asserted, on Wednesday in New York, that African nations will no longer accept a situation in which human rights advocacy is used by wealthy and powerful nations to stop developing economies from dealing decisively with malign actors who illicitly siphon and smuggle out the continent's vast...
Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for conferring the highest honour in the land, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on the Awujale of
Ijebuland, Alaiyeluwa Oba (Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona.
Prince Abiodun, who visited the President at the...
Member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has sponsored a football Academy Tryout for 24 players from various football clubs in Oluyole, Oyo State.
Speaking in Ibadan, on Tuesday, Akande-Sadipe, who represents Oluyole Federal Constituency, said that the tryout was held at Beyond the Limit Football Academy in...
Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari has signed into law the state’s 2020 Appropriation Bill. The House of Assembly had reduced the Governor’s total budget proposal from an initial sum of N249 billion to N244 billion.
Signing the Bill into law at a ceremony at the Government House on Thursday,...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has lauded his Benue state counterpart, Governor Samuel Ortom, for standing firmly to defend his people against terrorist herdsmen and dismiss claims he was leaving the Peoples Democratic Party.
Governor Wike, maintained that nothing depicts failure of governance than the inability of any government...
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Thursday Inaugurated the State Joint Planning Council.
The primary responsibility of the council headed by the Governor is to produce a comprehensive Long Term Development Plan for the state.
Speaking at the event held at the Cocoa Conference Center of the Governor’s Office,...
