Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun said Nigeria needs more universities to tackle the problem of access to tertiary education in the country. The governor also advocated an increase in the carrying capacity of existing institutions. The governor made this known during the official opening ceremony of the Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye,...
In a critical move to combat the escalating in northeast Nigeria, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) revealed on Thursday that the Government of Ukraine has generously donated 25,000 tons of wheat. This donation, a part of Ukraine’s humanitarian initiative "Grain from Ukraine," spearheaded by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,...
The Imo State Government today met with the United States Ambassadorial team on a COVID-19 vaccination in the State. Gov. Uzodimma in his address commended Kathleen Fitzgibbon, US Deputy Chief of Mission and her team for their support in the fight against the deadly pandemic. The Governor called on all religious...
others for transmission to Senate The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday signed 10 bills passed by the House for transmission to the Senate for concurrence. One of the bills is the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Bill, 2021 passed by the House...
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has acknowledged the receipt of the sum of N19, 333,333,333.36 (Nineteen Billion, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Million, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Thousand, Three Hundred and Thirty-three Naira, Thirty-six Kobo) recovered the EFCC from the Kogi State Salary Bail-out account domiciled in Sterling Bank...
The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola on Monday said that his administration's policies and programmes are driven by the people's demands as reflected in the wide acceptance of the tremendous achievements of the administration by the people in the last one and half years. He said the...
President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as he is declared Governor-elect in Saturday’s Ekiti State Gubernatorial election. The President said the victory is well deserved considering Oyebanji’s contributions to the development of the State and the party, before his nomination as the...
assures of improved ties with parliaments of both countries The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has said that the over 50 years of diplomatic relationship between Nigeria and China has produced many outcomes of mutual benefits for both countries. The Speaker, who acknowledged the...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the degenerate welfare and working conditions of the nation’s judiciary, are “serious and would be treated as such,” even as he cautions on the dire state of the country’s economy “currently battling insecurity, corruption and economic challenges,” aggravated by the COVID-19 and the war in...
Demands IOCs to relocate their headquarters to Rivers Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says the Niger Delta Region is safe for companies to conduct their businesses. He has therefore dismissed multinational companies who use insecurity to justify their refusal to relocate their operational headquarters to the Region. Governor Wike made...