To ensure that the state has a sufficient supply of water, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri signed a policy on Thursday that addressed harmonized water resources and water sanitation and hygiene (WASH). The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other development partners worked with the State Ministry of Water...
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 General Elections, His Excellency, Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was today received by His Excellency the Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma at the Governor’s residence in Abuja together with other top Imo APC Leaders. Asiwaju who emerged victoriously from...
Former Zamfara Governor Abdulaziz Yari has been indicted for alleged diversion of N90bn by the Zamfara State Project Verification Committee set up by Governor Bello Matawalle. Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Ahmad Zabarma, led members to submit its report on Wednesday. He described the way and manner Yari and his clique...
Says Insecurity Hindering National Devt Wants Training Of Girl-Chid Taken Seriously Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, has charged women in the country to embrace politics beyond the jamboree associated with their presence, which is usually singing and dancing at political functions. Governor Akeredolu said the country is...
The minister of state for petroleum, Timipre Sylva has reportedly resigned to seek a new term as governor of Bayelsa State presidency sources told Reuters last night. Sylva’s resignation comes at a time of political transition in Nigeria, with President Muhammadu Buhari serving his final weeks in office before giving...
Prince Adekunle Oyedepo, through his philanthropic organization, The Adekunle Oyedepo Foundation, has announced the sponsorship of 10 free Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms for students from Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State. In a statement issued on Saturday, Oyedepo said the initiative seeks to ease the financial...
Plateau State Governor and Chairman Northern Governors Forum Simon Bako Lalong has felicitated with the Muslim Ummah as they join their counterparts worldwide to celebrate Eid-El-Kabir. Governor Lalong in a Sallah message congratulated the Muslim Ummah for commemorating another significant event in the Muslim calendar which brings to fore the...
The Senate held its plenary briefly on Tuesday and then adjourned. After about 10 minutes’ plenary, the lawmakers adjourned their sitting to Wednesday. This was done in honour of a deceased senator, Ignatius Longjan. Mr Longjan died at a Turkish hospital in Abuja on Sunday, after a brief illness. Until his death,...
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has placed a ban on the hoisting of banners and posters by politicians during the Eid Prayers and other Sallah festivities. In his Sallah message contained in a statement by the commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba, the governor noted that the act...
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again expressed his desire to leave power. On several occasions in the past, Buhari had said he was counting down to the May 29 handover date. While speaking at a farewell meeting with the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, at the Presidential Villa in...