Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, assented to the 2021 budget bill, passed by the State House of Assembly.
Assenting to the bill, estimated at One hundred and sixty-nine billion, eight hundred and forty-five million, seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand, five hundred naira (N169,845, 758,500.00),
Gov. Ugwuanyi thanked members...
The House of Representatives has resolved to do a repeat consideration of three bills, which did not get presidential nod.
They are, Physically Challenged
(Empowerment) Bill, 2019 (HB. 02); Students Loan (Access to Higher Education) Bill, 2019 (HB. 06); and Nigeria Health Infrastructure Development Bank (Establishment, Etc.) Bill, 2020 (HB. 908).
A...
The curfew in Ilorin metropolis is hereby lifted. This is effective from tomorrow, November 12.
Kwarans may however see increased joint patrols by security agencies within the metropolis and across the state. It is to strengthen the gains of the past weeks and keep criminal elements at bay.
Citizens are to...
Asia El-Rufai, wife of Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has demanded for the position of Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, for women in the administration of Bola Tinubu.
The governor’s wife said this at the celebration of Bola Tinubu by the All Progressives Congress, APC, Professional Women Council...
Urges Security operatives to ensure law , order
Osun Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adegboyega Oyetola has taken cognisance of the results of the governorship election in the State as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday.
He, however, noted that the party...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday extended its six-month-old strike indefinitely until the Federal Government meets its demands.
A member of the union, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the development to Channels Television following a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the striking varsity teachers at the University...
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has expressed optimism that the State's $12 million Cassava processing initiative will create jobs and enhance the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country.
The Governor urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to support the initiative to...
The ninth prosecution witness (PW9), Rouqayyah Ibrahim, a detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday December 8, continued her testimony before Justice Okong Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, revealing how former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, received diverted funds...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, has said that the governor-elect of the State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) scored only 178,374 votes in the just-concluded governorship election in the state and shouldn’t have been declared the winner.
The Independent National Electoral Commission...
