The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Maiduguri on Thursday, to launch the 30th edition of the Federal Government’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic during which he commissioned four out of over 500 projects executed by Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The Vice President arrived...
The State government of Osun has said that the planned deportation of some illegal miners from Zamfara, who sneaked into the State, was a precautionary measure to contain community transmission of the dreadful Coronavirus ravaging the Country and the world at large. The government further clarified that it was following...
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...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has on Thursday, the third Sallah day travelled to Wulgo, a community in Ngala local government area in the shores of Lake Chad. The Governor supervised distribution of cash relief to male and female heads of resettled families and interacted with all residents...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday signed into law a bill establishing the Kwara Investment Promotion Agency (KWIPA), saying it is a bold step to attract more investors and drive economic growth. He said the idea is to remove bureaucratic bottlenecks, with the agency serving as the melting pot...
Nigerian governors have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to relax the lockdown that has been in place in parts of the country in the last month in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. They advised the president to impose interstate restriction but allow intra state movement. They also recommended...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate in Jigawa State, Mustapha Sule Lamido, has promised to lay foundation for the state to survive without federal allocations. Mr Lamido, who holds the traditional title of Santurakin Dutse, made the pledge in an article he wrote, titled; My Vision for Jigawa State...
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State on Monday inaugurated a committee for the resettlement of internally displaced persons and refugees that are indigenes of Abadam Local Government to Malamfatori, the LGA's headquarters. In his inaugural speech, Governor Zulum expressed concern over the plight of several persons living across different...
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has directed all commands and formations of the Agency to begin an immediate clampdown on illegal sale and use of nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas following its abuse by people...
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...