Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has urged Nigerian governors to emulate their Kwara State counterpart AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq over the recent reduction of the Right of Way (RoW) charges for telecommunication companies. “We hope all other Governors emulate your patriotic gesture,” Pantami said in a...
Governor, State of Osun, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola, on Thursday, announced new set of guidelines that would guide the second phase of the gradual reopening of the state’s economy, following the lockdown imposed by the government in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. He also said all major markets would remain...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, led the members of the Economic Sustainability Committee in an interaction this afternoon with the leadership of the National Assembly on the draft Sustainability Plan, ahead of the submission of the Plan to the President. The virtual meeting, anchored from the Presidential Villa, was attended...
Lagos State Government has modified the protocols and guidelines recently announced by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Coronavirus Response, which gave a regulated permission for resumption of business and religious activities across the nation as part of measures to ease the nationwide lockdown. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, granted...
The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has given assurance that the proposed amendment to the Constitution would pay greater attention to issues that infringe substantially on the rights of women. The DSP gave the assurance while receiving...
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday swore in three permanent secretaries and members of the state’s Civil Service Commission, declaring that the time to reform the service is now. Governor Makinde, who also charged the newly appointed permanent secretaries and commission members to serve the state diligently in...
The Kaduna State Government wishes to pay deserved tribute to the citizens of the state for the perseverance and the dignified way many have borne the inconveniences occasioned by the enforcement of the Quarantine Order. The necessity to save lives and protect our people from Covid-19 made necessary the...
Demands Immediate 100% Increase The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the slashing of the 2020 budgetary allocations for basic health care from N44.4 billion to N25.5b, and the Universal Basic Education (UBE) budget from N111.7 billion to N51.1 billion, by Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
The State of Osun has recorded additional two new COVID-19 cases, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the State to 47. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Rafiu Isamotu who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, had on Tuesday...
The House of Representatives will continue to engage the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to better the lives of the Nigerian workers so that they could always put in their best, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said. The Speaker, who commended Nigerian workers for their sacrifices over the years, said the 9th...