Signs Bills Regulating Real Estate, Cooperative Societies, Prohibiting Dangerous Animals Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has sworn in Mr. Ope George and Dr. Oluwarotimi Fashola as Special Advisers on Public-Private Partnerships and Agriculture (Rice Mill Initiative) respectively. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who swore in the two advisers during the weekly State...
The Honorable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Farouq Umar has been named Blueprint Public Officer of the Year 2020. At the Blue Print Newspapers’ 10th Anniversary and Impact Series Awards held on Thursday at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, the Zamfara born administrator was...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, will on Tuesday, 17th November, 2020 inaugurate another batch of chairmen and members of commissions and boards he recently appointed. In a statement by the Governor's Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, once the members of the boards, commissions and agencies are inaugurated, they will...
Gov: ‘Labour Is A Critical Engine Room Of Our Growth’ NLC, TUC Hail Sanwo-Olu On Workers’ Welfare The atmosphere was sombre on Friday at the State House in Marina, where the Lagos State Government and leaders of organised labour unions held a low-key event to commemorate the 2020 Workers’...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday supervise the first oil drilling in Northern Nigeria with the fields located in Bauchi and Gombe States. The ground-breaking ceremony of the Kolmani OPLs 809 and 810 at the Kolmani field site in Bauchi and Gombe States will take place on Tuesday, the first...
The stage is set for the first ever Governor Douye Diri National Scrabble Championship, which holds this weekend in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Almost 400 participants from across Nigeria and Europe, including former world champion, Wellington Jighere as well as no fewer than four former African champions have booked...
Plays Host to NCS CG, to Leverage Partnership for Training, Border Control The Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, today, 3rd August 2023, paid a significant visit to the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr. Solomon Arase, fdc, at the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters, Jabi,...
The Nigerian government spent about N722.3 billion on subsidy of imported petroleum products in 2018, the latest Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) audit report has revealed. The amount was deducted from the N2.3 trillion the government realised from sales of domestic crude oil allocation in 2018, the report stated. The...
House of Representatives has approved N346.388 billion budget for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This approval followed the unanimous adoption of a report by the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) during plenary yesterday. Presenting the report, the Chairman of the committee, Olubunmi Ojo, said the House received...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday launched 100 tricycles to ease transportation challenges, stimulate macroeconomic economic activities, and reduce poverty. The government also officially enrolled members of the Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN) on the informal package of the state’s health insurance scheme — a step the body...