Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, called for a review of the exclusive legislative list of the Federal Government in the 1999 Constitution so as to delist the control of mineral resources from the list. The governor, who spoke during a courtesy visit on him by the Minister of...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comr. Philip Shaibu on Monday received their first jab of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The state on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 received the first batch of 81, 080 doses of the vaccine from the Federal Government, to be...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has alleged that politics has been used to deny the state access to agricultural loans offered by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Governor Wike made the accusation when he hosted the Minister of State for Agriculture, and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba Shehuri at Government...
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday hosted in audience Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, newly appointed Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), telling her that despite the robust support Nigeria gave to her candidacy for the position, “You also earned it. We are happy you made it, but you earned it...
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, donated an operational fire-truck to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), for the use of Ibadan Airport. The governor, who was represented at the brief handover event at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, by the Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and...
Henceforth the Federal Government will allocate half a percent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to research and innovation in a determined effort to enhance the country’s economic growth and development. President Muhammadu Buhari made the disclosure in a speech delivered today on his behalf by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021 into law, approving 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the State. The State’s House of Assembly, in February, passed the anti-cultism bill, which also stipulates 15-year jail term for...
The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Sunday, extolled the virtues of the late Akirun of Ikirun, Oba AbdulRauf Olawale Olayiwola Adedeji, who joined his ancestors on in February, this year. He said the progressive family had lost a rare gem whose commitment and dedication to the...
The work that must be done in the continuous pursuit of Nigeria's unity includes the “hard work of ensuring justice, equity and fairness for all segments of society,” according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo made the point today while delivering the Convocation Lecture of the Sokoto State...
Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed alongside his deputy, Senator Baba Tela, state's first lady, Hajiya Aisha Bala Mohammed and other government officials on Saturday morning have been vaccinated against COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking shortly after been vaccinated, Governor Bala Mohammed expressed optimism that the vaccine will contribute positively towards controlling the scourge...