The Arole Oduduwa & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Wednesday unveiled an education Trust Fund named; Ooni of Ife Tertiary Tuition Fund, targeted at paying tuition fees of five million students across Nigerian varsities.
While unveiling the project at his Ile Oodua Palace, Ile-Ife, the...
The Senate has approved the restoration of Abraka State Constituency in Ethiope East Local Government Area from the present Ethiope East State Constituency, in line with the orders of the Federal High Court.
The approval was reached in resolutions reached by the Upper Chamber following consideration of a motion sponsored...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has signed into law the 2021 Appropriation Bill and promised that it will be implemented in providing basic infrastructure for the good of the State.
Signing the 2021 Budget at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Port Harcourt on Thursday, Governor Wike said his...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum delivered a key note address at the stakeholders meeting on the implementation of global compact on refugees. The meeting took place at the Congress Hall of the Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
Governor Zulum in his address urged UNHCR a UN refugee agency to support...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has advised the Federal Government to include the East – West road among the critical infrastructural projects being funded from the coffers of the nation’s Sovereign Wealth Fund.
The governor, has also noted that the Federal Government’s directive stopping State governments from funding the...
Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman on Tuesday disclosed that most of the laws regulating security agencies have become “antiquated.”
He said the legal framework does not fit for the reality of the present day Nigeria with multiple security challenges.
Sulaiman spoke...
Governor of Nigeria’s north Central Kwara State AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday congratulated Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo over his victory in the just-concluded presidential ballot of the West African nation, describing it as commensurate with his giant strides in the past four years.
“The Governor believes that the victory is well-earned...
Aside the benefit of improved efficiency in the operations of the nation’s seaports, an effective implementation of innovative ideas in the port sector will rapidly change the narrative, the perception, and the ranking of Nigeria in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of Transparency International, according to Vice President Yemi...
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the convictions of two serial internet fraudsters before Justice Adenike Akinpelu and Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, the state capital.
One of the convicts, Hammed Tope, 27 was prosecuted on two-count...
The Nasarawa State Ministry for Women Affairs, has commenced the distribution of 4000 bags of 5kg wheat flour to women, being food items sent to the state by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, as palliative to women in the state.
Flagging off the distribution of the...
