Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday in Abuja, visited the minister of power, Engr. Saleh Mamman, to discuss how to fast track ongoing repairs of a transmission line along Maiduguri-Damaturu road, which was destroyed by Boko Haram. The destruction, done using an improvised explosive device, has left populated...
Kwara State Government has cautioned residents of the state against launching xenophobic attacks against displaced persons in their midst, calling for calm while government works with all stakeholders to maintain law and order. “Our state is known for peace, harmony, and hospitality to one another and all sojourners among us....
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, on Monday flagged-off the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund Programme (BHCPFP) to mitigate financial barrier to access to healthcare services in the sunshine state. Recalled that the Governor had on the 3rd December, 2019 officially flagged-off the first health insurance product of the Ondo State...
Federal Government on Saturday launched special grants for rural women in Kwara State with the disbursement of one-off grant of N20,000.00 to 2,560 beneficiaries. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajia Sadiya Umar, who flagged off the disbursement, said over 150,000 poor rural women would benefit from...
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his government will protect all religious and ethnic groups, whether majority or minority in line with its responsibility under the constitution. In a reaction to reports of breakout of violence in some parts of the country by some ethnic and sectional groups, President Buhari...
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday, visited the troubled shasa community in Ibadan, Oyo state where they appealed for calm and peaceful coexistence between the Hausa community and their Yoruba hosts. The two governors who spoke at the Shasa market...
Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has disowned the 2022 Governorship campaign posters in his name, saying he is still preoccupied with the delivery of quality service to the people of the State. He said governance is still uppermost in his mind and as such he would not want to be distracted...
‘Jakande Served Outstandingly, Died A Great Man’ – Gov Three days after the passing of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the late first Civilian Governor of Lagos State literally came back alive, as his widow and other family members shared memories of his last moments and his unfulfilled goals with...
The Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, disclosed that the state will commence the push to make the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, a conventional university. The governor, who spoke while receiving a report of the Oyo State negotiating committee on the institution, added that the government...
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday offered automatic employment to 110 ex-corps members in the Federal Civil Service and scholarships for the pursuit of post-graduate studies up to doctoral level in any university in Nigeria. Speaking at the virtual 2018/2019 President’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) honours award ceremony held at the...