The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has expressed grief over the death of Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu of Ondo State, saying it is a painful loss. Governor Akeredolu was reported to have passed away on Wednesday at the age of 67. Speaker Abbas described Akeredolu’s...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called for more functional and effective ways of strengthening the whistle blowing policy of the government in order to solidify the fight against economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption. He made the call...
The attention of the Kogi State Government has been drawn to reports in sections of today's press credited to Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director General, National Centre for Disease Control (DG NCDC) insinuating that states which are yet to record cases of COVID-19 are either negligent in testing and...
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, paid an unscheduled assessment visit to Oba Akinbiyi High School, Oremeji, Ibadan, to physically assess the structural challenges reported to be troubling educational activities in the school. The governor was accompanied by the Commissioner for Education, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye, officials of the...
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has said that the partnership between states and Federal Government on peer review was needed to solve the myriads of challenges facing the country. Okowa stated this on Monday when the Chairman and members of the Implementation Monitoring Committee of the National Economic Council (NEC)...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received newly-posted Ambassador of Greece to Nigeria, Mr Ioannis Plotas. He arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to meet the usual reception ceremonies, beginning about 11am on Tuesday. Plotas came to formally present his Letters of Credence to Buhari. However, much of the interface between the President and...
The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed the chances of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to win the 2023 presidential election. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Friday, Mr Atiku said the Labour Party won’t pull up any...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to come clean on the N5.8 billion National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) scandal for which he was reportedly fingered by an investigative committee of the House of Representatives. The party also charges the Buhari Presidency to immediately prosecute the...
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in State House Abuja stated that despite the disruptions in global economy and internal troubles, the Nigerian economy has continued to be resilient and maintains an upward trajectory. Speaking at the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on the National Economy, President Buhari said the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Says Intelligence Reports From People Crucial To Community Policing Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has urged the new Commissioner of Police posted to the state, CP Oyeyemi Oyediran, to work harmoniously with other security agencies to tackle the security challenges in the state. Governor Akeredolu, while assuring the...