The Ondo State Executive Council has approved a Draft Bill of the Ondo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps code named “Operation Amotekun”. The Bill will be transmitted to the House of Assembly for legislative scrutiny after which it would be passed into law. In an exhaustive session of deliberations,...
His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed today performed the official flagging off ceremony for the 2021 Crop Demonstration Packages with two thousand farmers selected as beneficiaries of improved maize, rice, soybean and millet cultivations. During the occasion held at the BSADP Headquarters Bauchi, Governor...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has met with Speakers of states houses of assembly in a bid to ensure that all states in the country domesticate the Child Rights Act and the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act. This follows a commitment made by the Speaker...
In what may be termed the first soothing news of 2020, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Monday reiterated Federal Government’s plan to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty this year, in line with a pledge earlier made by President Muhammadu Buhari...
as gov begins strategic engagement tour of Councils promises consolidation of good works, continuity of good governance The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Tuesday formally received the Expression of Intention and Nomination Forms earlier obtained in Abuja on his behalf by some friends, political associates and well wishers. He...
The Gubernatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara State, Alh. Shuaibu Abdullahi Yaman has said that the state cannot afford another four years of waste, profligacy and unskilled leadership whose only trademark is fanning the embers of discord and disunity within the state. Addressing a cross-section of...
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said Nigeria is at a critical moment where misguided persons seek to stoke religious and ethnic divisions among the people. Tinubu said the aim of such actors is an attempt to destroy social harmony and reign violence on the country. The...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun has extended the state-wide lockdown, which is due to expire by midnight of Thursday, April 30, by another three days, starting from 11:59 pm of Thursday to Sunday, May 3, 2020. Oyetola who made the announcement during a broadcast address on Thursday,...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed his appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for signing into law eight bills of far-reaching impact, one of which is the National Social Investment Establishment Act, 2023. While commending the President for signing into law several bills since his...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has expressed optimism that the State's $12 million Cassava processing initiative will create jobs and enhance the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The Governor urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to support the initiative to...