Persistent efforts of Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to get the Bacita sugar company back on track have paid off as the Federal Government on Thursday said the famous firm - now acquired by new owners - would likely commence operations in 2023. Speaking at the commissioning of the Nigeria...
A former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, has submitted a withdrawal letter from the position of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Mr Okupe made the announcement on Twitter. “This afternoon I submitted my withdrawal letter from the position of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party to INEC,”...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on the certificate forgery case brought against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor, in a statement, said the judgement is a triumph of the rule of law and a testament...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja lauded the exploits of the Nigerian Armed Forces to maintain peace, unity and stability in the country, urging Nigerians to celebrate them as the pride of the country. The President gave the charge at the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day emblem appeal launch, an...
Begins Consultative Forum Across Five Divisions of Lagos In order to reflect the yearnings of the populace in its 2021 appropriation bill, the Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, on Monday, started a consultative forum across the five divisions of the State to seek stakeholders’ inputs on...
Kwara State Government on Thursday assured youths in the state of its continuous support to agricultural sector to ensure food security and achieve zero hunger in the state. "Kwara State Government places high premium on agricultural sector with a special attention on women and youth in the sector," the Deputy...
The member representing Oluyole Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe has cleared hospital bills of a Constituent, Mr. Kunle Olanite, who is suffering from Glaucoma.   Akande-Sadipe's gesture was received by applause from members of her Constituency, during a presentation ceremony on Wednesday in Ibadan.   At the event,...
Delta Government on Monday said it had begun active case search in six local government areas in a bid to check community transmission of COVID-19 in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, disclosed this in Asaba at a news briefing by the Technical Committee on COVID-19 Response...
Kwara State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into #EndSARS protest on Monday began sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, with 18 petitions submitted by various victims of alleged police brutality to the panel. At the inaugural sitting, the chairman of the Panel, Retired Justice Babatunde Garba, disclosed that the 18 petitions...
Intercepts 2,601.5kgs cannabis; 102,500 opioid pills in 8 states Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have successfully dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicates operating in parts of the world in a special operation that lasted weeks during which different quantities...