Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday called on Nigerians to rally together in the fight against terrorism, banditry, and mass poverty, describing them as “our common enemies” and urging citizens to stop seeing one another as enemies that must be fought. The Governor also commended the Nigerian military for...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has called for stronger diplomatic relationships between Nigeria and Canada. Gbajabiamila, who expressed appreciation for the existing relationships between the two countries which led to a significant rise in trade, education and technology over the years, however, emphasized the need...
The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of the microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the suspension in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, citing the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable...
The leadership of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) has applauded the tremendous achievements of the Administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun in the last two and half years. NIPSS described the social protection programmes of the Administration as impressive and worthy of emulation, calling on...
Nasarawa State government said it will uplift the standards of the Revenue House, head office of the Nasarawa State Board of Internal Revenue Services, located in Bukan Sidi area of Lafia, the state capital. Nasarawa State governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, disclosed this, Monday, shortly after inspecting the facility, which was...
Alhaji Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, has faulted the calls for the zoning of the presidency ahead of the 2023 election. Speaking with journalists after a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, the governor said “rotational presidency” has outlived its usefulness. Rather than the zoning arrangement, the governor asked Nigerians...
The Hon Minister of Transport, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amechi today 4 June 2021 paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj Gen Faruk Yahaya at Army Headquarters, where he solicited for security synergy between the Nigerian Army (NA) and the Ministry of Transportation. This...
pledges to fix 28km Iseyin-Ikere road jerks up corps members’ allowances from N5,000 to N15,000 Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has declared that his government will turn Ikere Gorge Dam to a first class tourism site equal in standard to South Africa's Sun City. The governor stated this during a...
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Friday laid the foundation of a new Governor’s Lodge at the Government House, Alagbaka, Akure. He said his administration is embarking on the construction of a new Governor’s Lodge because the state does not have one, adding that shelter cannot be abrogated...
The Honorable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Farouq Umar has been named Blueprint Public Officer of the Year 2020. At the Blue Print Newspapers’ 10th Anniversary and Impact Series Awards held on Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, the Zamfara born administrator was...