A bill to prevent Nigerian-trained medical or dental practitioners from being granted full licences until they have worked for a minimum of five years in the country has passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill is part of the measures to halt the increasing number of medical...
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Tuesday said his administration took the empowerment of youths seriously because engagement of the youths would engender peace in the state. Okowa stated this in Asaba during the inauguration of projects executed by Oshimili South Local Government Council. The projects include the reconstructed Oshimili South...
The Chairman of the Police Service Commission, PSC, Solomon Arase, has reiterated that he won’t tolerate issues of police misconduct and human rights abuses against members of the general public. Mr Arase, a former Inspector General of Police, IGP, made the assertion, on Wednesday in Abuja, when he was being...
The Edo State Government has paid December salaries and pension of workers and retirees, in furtherance of efforts by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to meet its obligations for the wellbeing of workers in the state. Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., in a statement said the governor...
says Prosperity Government has done well confident of re-election in November Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has emerged the standard bearer of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for his re-election in November this year. In the guber primaries conducted by the PDP panel headed by the Governor of Osun...
His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed today recieved his counterpart of Rivers State, His Excellency, Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike who paid him a new year visit. His Excellency, Governor Nyesom Wike was in Bauchi just to see his colleague in order to build their...
Owing to Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s performance on primary healthcare delivery, Borno State has emerged winner of the maiden Primary Healthcare Leadership Award both at the national and regional levels for the year 2022. The win entitled Borno to receive a prize of $700,000 for winning the national champion award...
Chairman of the South-West Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, on Wednesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor seized the opportunity of the meeting to brief the President as regards the precarious security situation in the region, especially Ondo state. "The...
As part of efforts to check cultism in the State, Governor Godwin Obaseki has said the State Security Council will meet with heads of tertiary institutions, youth groups, religious bodies and other stakeholders to proffer lasting solutions to the problem. The governor disclosed this during the monthly State Security Council...
Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, said that his administration remains committed to digitalising the educational system in the state with a view to bringing about qualitative education and enhancing teaching and learning. The governor equally stated that his administration is ready to partner with Korea International Cooperation...