The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. Speaker Abbas said the dismissal of the petitions against Tinubu’s victory in the February 25, 2023 presidential election has only added more legitimacy...
The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, has urged the new Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri to run an all-inclusive government. Secondus spoke in Abuja on Friday while receiving Diri and his deputy, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo at the party’s campaign headquarters, Legacy House shortly...
Ibanga Isine, a journalist with the Next Edition newspaper, has won the 2019 Nigerian Investigative Journalist of the Year Award given by the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). Isine also emerged winner for the online category, with his report published in April 2019 on “How bribe-taking security operatives...
Gov commends firefighters’ preparedness, says govt will continue to support them Residents hail AbdulRazaq’s late night visit to victims Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with residents of Alagbado, a suburb of the capital city Ilorin, on the late night fire outbreak at a petrol station. Driving himself alongside...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, announced he was raising the number of households being targeted for palliatives from 300,000 to 400,000 households. Each household will be made up of six family members to be multiplied by 400,000 which, by implication, moves Zulum’s new target to two million...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asks the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to restore police security attached to the Rivers State Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic. The party stresses that the withdrawal of the police from the Rivers Task Force amounted to politicizing the efforts to check the spread...
The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday inaugurated Osun Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO) as part of the Administration's efforts towards lifting the state out of economic misery. This is even as the Governor said his Administration was resolved to set the State on the path of...
The Committee on Customs and Excise of the House of Representatives has been inaugurated, with the Chairman, Hon. Leke Abejide, reeling out the items on the agenda of the committee in the next three and a half years. Hon. Abejide, in his address at the inaugural meeting of the committee...
After a long drawn delay, civil flight operations are set to soon resume at the Military Airport in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. This is sequel to the signing of a 'Joint Use Agreement' between the Nigeria Air Force, NAF; Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN; Nigerian Airspace Management Agency,...
Tertiary Institutions Resume Sept. 14; Basic Schools, Sept. 21 Governor Launches COVID-19 Care Pack For Home Treatment All tertiary institutions in Lagos State are to re-open for academic activities from September 14, 2020. This was the directive by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the 18th state-wide briefing held at the...