The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Nuhu Ahmed Bamalli, over the death of two prominent princes in the emirate.
The two personalities, Alhaji Bashir Aminu (the Iyan Zazzau), and the Talban Zazzau, Abdulkadir Iya-Pate, had...
In fulfillment of his promise to ensure transparency and accountability in government, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom today assented to laws to establish the state Commission on Fiscal Responsibility as well as a Council on Public Procurement.
The Governor also signed a law for the establishment of Debt Management Office...
The Federal Government has suspended the proposed excise duty on telecommunication services.
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Pantami, announced this during the inaugural meeting of the Presidential Committee on Excise Duty for the Digital Economy Sector.
The programme held in Abuja on Monday.
Pantami had kicked against the...
Recovers cache of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, skunk, tramadol
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a notorious drug enclave known as Ama Hausa in Bonny Island, Rivers state where six suspects were arrested and a significant cache of illicit substances, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, skunk,...
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has pledged continued support for National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW and other unions.
Governor Ortom, who is Patron of the union made the pledge yesterday at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi, when the National President of NURTW, Comrade Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa led...
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, says the Dangote Refinery and Fertiliser projects will come on stream before the end of third quarter of this year.
He said this when Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) led a delegation of the bank to the project...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has extended the suspension of the executive and legislative council committees across the 16 local government areas of the state, a statement said.
“The Governor has today signed the Kwara State Local Government Councils’ (Suspension) Order 2020 which extends the subsisting suspension of the executive...
A former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has won the Presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for the 2023 general elections.
Mr Tinubu clinched the much-coveted ticket after polling over 1,271 votes to beat 12 other contestants.
Mr Tinubu is followed closely by Rotimi Amaechi who scored...
Explains benefits of voting APC in Saturday poll
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said his administration is determined to right the wrongs of the past, invest in human capital and physical infrastructural development, and improve the living standards of the people.
"We are in government to serve our people....
With Monday’s deployment of 19 commissioners to various ministries in Borno State, a total of six professors currently serve under the administration of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum as Governor.
The latest addition is Professor Mohammed Arab Alhaji who was deployed as commissioner of health, making him the first Prof (at...
