The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulraheed Bawa, to re-engineer and restore professionalism in the anti-graft agency. The party urges Bawa to avoid the pitfalls of his immediate predecessor in office, by resisting all partisan pressures to use the...
Kwara State Government has released the cutoffs for the ongoing teachers’ recruitment exercise at the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM). A total of 40,652 applicants sat the recent examination for the two categories. The cutoff for SUBEB is 50% for Kwara indigenes from across...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has been decorated by ActionAid Nigeria, a social justice organization, as a ‘Safe Migration Ambassador’ for his administration’s efforts in tackling irregular migration. The governor received the honour during a courtesy visit by executives of ActionAid Nigeria led by the Country Director, Ene...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Saturday in Gamboru, supervised the disbursement of N343m and varieties of food to aid part of economic, and humanitarian intervention to residents of the border community in Ngala local government area of Borno State. Gamboru shared border with Cameroon through which Chad and Central Africa...
Thirty-eight (38) Students including staff and their relatives abducted from the Government Science College Kagara have regained their freedom. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello received the abductees at the Government House, Minna. Addressing the kidnapped victims in a solemn mood, Governor Sani Bello thanked Allah for their safe return, and enjoined them...
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has relieved his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai of his appointment over his continued unguarded comments and utterances which are deemed contrary to the stand of the All Progressive Congress (APC) government which he is serving. The state commissioner for Information,...
Borno state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has offered scholarship to health workers and teachers in Dikwa local government area to study courses in medicine, sciences and technology in various tertiary institutions within and outside Nigeria. The governor made the offer while on inspection tour of healthcare facilities and educational institutions...
Members of the National Assembly from Lagos State will continue to contribute their quota and complement the state government towards the development of the state, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said. Gbajabiamila said "Lagos remains the centre of innovation, the preferred destination for investment...
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the latest abduction of hundreds of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State as inhumane and totally unacceptable, sending out a strong warning to bandits and their sponsors. Reacting to the incident on Friday, President Buhari said that "this administration will not...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun was on Thursday confered with the Business Day Newspaper Best Governor of the Year 2020 Award. The award was presented to him at a colourful event held both virtually and physically at the Congress Hall of Trancorp Hilton, Abuja, by the revered...