The Oyo State House of Assembly has approved the request of Governor Seyi Makinde to access a total of N22.5 billion contractor financing loan facility and support intervention fund for the State's health sector from the First Bank of Nigeria and the Central Bank of Nigeria respectively. The house okayed...
The 2020 cropping season will begin in Kwara State on Wednesday, May 20th, with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development deploying tractors, planters, boom sprayers and harvesters to create awareness about mechanised farming. This is in realisation of the import of appropriate mechanisation technologies for agricultural growth and development...
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has described the appointment of Prof Ibrahim Gambari as Chief of Staff to President Buhari as a great asset to Nigeria and Africa ''in a broader sense.'' In a letter of congratulations addressed to Prof Gambari, dated May 18, 2020, the former UN Secretary-General wrote: ''I...
Governor Samuel Ortom has announced the merger of the Technical School at Benue State University Makurdi with Special Science Senior Secondary School Makurdi, which will now be known as Government Science and Technical College Makurdi. Governor Ortom, who stated this today shortly after inspecting infrastructure at the Special Science Senior...
Kwara state government has lost a Federal Character Commission (FCC) Commissioner-designat, James Kolo. The late Kolo died Tuesday at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) after a brief illness. He hailed from Patigi, Patigi local government area of the state. State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with the Patigi community and...
The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, released a food advisory, which he said experts have certified as immune boosters that could help the human body prevent attacks of COVID-19. The governor, who is also the chairman of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, while addressing newsmen...
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun MFR has charged the customs officers operating in the State to be humane in their dealings with residents. Abiodun gave the charge while playing host to the State Area commander of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Ojobo Michael Agbara. At the meeting, the Governor...
The State Government of Osun has said it is putting plans in place to diversify its economy, with more focus on agriculture and mining, as part of its post COVID-19 economic revival strategies. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, dislcosed this after the fifth virtual...
Amidst the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Niger State Government has called back all contractors handling various projects to sites. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello disclosed while inspecting some road projects under construction in Minna the state capital, said life cannot be put on hold because of Coronavirus. Governor Sani Bello said normal...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has intervened in the planned strike action by the Joint Health Sector Union and the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals (JOHESU), FCT chapter, over issues of irregularities in salary payment, among others. The Speaker, at a meeting with the officials of...