Justice Olukayode Ariwoola of the Supreme Court on Monday took the judicial oath of office as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). President Muhammadu Buhari administered the oath of office to Justice Ariwoola during a swearing-in ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, yesterday, Thursday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, submitted his technical working group’s report to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The technical working group was set up by the Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of displaced persons in the North-East, which Osinbajo chairs. President Muhammadu...
The House of Representatives has approved the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to borrow N850bn to fund the 2020 budget. The Senate had earlier okayed the borrowing plan amidst controversy. The approval was however given by the House at the plenary on Tuesday within about seven minutes.
With Monday’s deployment of 19 commissioners to various ministries in Borno State, a total of six professors currently serve under the administration of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum as Governor. The latest addition is Professor Mohammed Arab Alhaji who was deployed as commissioner of health, making him the first Prof (at...
Urges NASS To Appropriate Fund The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has uncovered fresh plots by the cabal in the Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use fake subheads and duplicated projects as ploy to re-loot the recently repatriated $311millon. The party signaled that the cabal had perfected the...
Plateau State Governor and Chairman Northern Governors Forum Simon Bako Lalong has felicitated with the Muslim Ummah as they join their counterparts worldwide to celebrate Eid-El-Kabir. Governor Lalong in a Sallah message congratulated the Muslim Ummah for commemorating another significant event in the Muslim calendar which brings to fore the...
Our correspondent, Eyitayo Aluko visited the rented apartment being used by Oluwayemisi Olanrewaju, the administrator of Gateway Model schools; a low-income school in Ilo-Ijesha, a suburb community in Ilesha, Osun State, Nigeria in providing education to impoverished children. Yemisi; a trained teacher and a registered member of the Teachers Registration Council of...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Monday sworn-in the state's new Head of Service, Mr Bamidele Agbede, charging him to think outside the box in building a responsive 21st century public service. Agbede took over from Mrs 'Peju Babafemi, who retired last week after 35 years of meritorious service...
NEC, in first virtual meeting, sets up Committee to liaise with PTF on reopening economy across the country Members of the National Economic Council rose from their first virtual meeting today with a resolution to ensure a more effective synergy between the Federal Government and the sub-nationals especially in...
With an unequivocal endorsement on Thursday, elder Statesman, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark (CON) has given a massive boost to the gubernatorial ambition of Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. At a three-hour ceremony attended by top personalities from Delta State at the Asokoro home of Chief Edwin Clark in Abuja,...