The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on March 23, 2020 presented three witnesses against Abba Yusuf, a permanent Secretary in the Borno State Road Maintenance Agency, BORMA, who is facing a 36-count amended charge before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of a Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. Yusuf is being prosecuted...
Kogi State Governor His Excellency Yahaya Bello, CON, has granted a substantial boost to the healthcare sector by approving a one hundred percent hazard allowance for medical doctors and other health workers in the state, effective immediately. This important decision was announced during a courtesy visit by the pioneer medical...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday in Abuja met with Mr. Won Hee-Ryong, the Special Envoy of the President of South Korea, to discuss the areas in which a further expansion of investment and trade ties across key sectors of Nigeria's economy can expeditiously occur. The meeting at the State House...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has recalled his role in the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, maintaining that the Katsina-born leader would have lost the election if not for his efforts. Tinubu made the comment on Thursday while addressing party delegates at the...
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday, in Maiduguri, declared open the 8th meeting of the North East Governors Forum (NEGF). Shettima is on a two-day official trip to Maiduguri for commissioning of projects executed by Governor Zulum, flag off of palliatives distribution by the northeast development commission and the opening...
In response to high transportation costs, Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved re-scheduled working days for various categories of civil servants and an extension of payment of palliatives for public servants for the next two months. The approval which was contained in a circular from the Office of the Head of...
As Governor Meets Business Leaders at 7th Corporate Assembly ‘We’ve Fulfilled All Suggestions on Regulatory Interventions’ Lagos State Government will be delivering a new hub of commerce at Cappa in Oshodi area to provide subsidised workspaces for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) operating in the State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu,...
AbdulRazaq says Ilorin Durbar, other festivals now institutionalised Emir leads royal chiefs, aides on annual Bareke Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has shown enough commitments to public welfare and development to deserve a new mandate, Emir of Ilorin Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari (CFR) said on Monday. Speaking during the yearly Bareke...
The senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Wednesday, urged federal government to prioritise maternal mortality in its budget to curb the rate of deaths during childbirth. Senator Natasha made the call during the 2024 Budget Defence/Interactive Session between Senate Committee on Women Affairs and the Honourable...
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said workers are critical to national growth, noting that whatever developmental mileages the administration has made across sectors are linked to the workforce. Speaking at the 2021 commemoration of the annual May Day in Ilorin, the Governor also reassured Kwara workers of his administration's...