Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq this evening held a security council meeting with heads of the security agencies in the state. A review of the situation in the ilorin metropolis suggested a relative calm. The meeting observed that the objective of the curfew has largely been achieved as the misguided...
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has added his voice to the call for the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to extend its January 31 deadline for the swap of old naira notes for the new currencies. While acknowledging that the monetary conversion policy is a...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has announced N20 Million compensation to the families of each of the soldiers and policemen killed by members of proscribed Indigenous Peoples Organization of Biafra (IPOB) in Oyigbo last week. In addition, the Governor has promised to rebuild all burnt police stations in Oyigbo...
165m jobs planned during Agenda period It captures a lot of expectations for Nigeria in the future, says Osinbajo Adds: Implementation is key Rising from an emergency session and its first meeting this year, the National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed “Nigeria Agenda 2050” designed to take the country...
Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was at Zabarmari early morning on Sunday, to lead kinsmen and other residents, still in shock, for the funeral of 43 farmers slaughtered by the Boko Haram insurgents. Though the victims lived in Zabarmari, a farming community in Jere Local Government Area,...
We'II redefine nation's economy, provide jobs for our teeming youths - Tinubu says Oyetola will laugh last In what appears as a carnival-like entry of the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Osogbo, the capital city of Osun on Thursday, other...
The World Bank has released to Kogi State the sum of $5million for achieving 90% of the budget Implementation procedure as at November. The money released by the World Bank to the State is prize money for establishing a fiscally sustainable policy, was disclosed by the Kogi State Commissioner for...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has assured candidates seeking to participate in its ongoing recruitment exercise that concerted efforts are being made to resolve challenges they are facing on the application portal with a view to make the process seamless any moment from now. Barely hours after the...
I have good experience from Osun to tell my people - Emir of Kano The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, on Wednesday lauded Governor Adegboyega of Osun State for his relentless efforts to turn around the socioeconomic fortune of...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has presented food items to victims of Maiduguri Monday Market fire incident in Borno state. The Minister made the presentation to the Governor of Borno state, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday when she paid a condolence...