Just as global technology giants including Google Inc., HUAWEI, and top social networking company, Facebook, another international tech heavyweight, Microsoft Corporation, has disclosed plans to partner with the Federal Government for the benefit of the Nigerian people, especially young people. Specifically, Microsoft is now offering support for the Digital Transformation...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has sought a refund of over N32billion his predecessors spent on Federal Government’s projects, especially on roads in the state. Udzodinma paid a visit President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking with State House correspondents after the meeting, he said he raised...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has sympathised with his counterpart in Niger State, Mohammed Bago, over last month’s flood disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area. During a visit on Tuesday at the Government House in Minna, Zulum announced the donation of N300m to support victims of the disaster. Zulum noted...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to suspend him from the party. The minister stated this while reacting to calls on the leadership of the opposition party to sanction him for working against the party and accepting a ministerial appointment...
Arrests drug kingpin ‘Warri kinsman’ over drug shipment couple, 2 daughters, family friend detained for running drug ring recovers $17.7million travelers’ cheques in children books going to Malaysia Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine consignments concealed in lipsticks and property title documents going...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians especially the elite to be fair in their criticism of his administration. Speaking Thursday in Abuja when he received in audience Reverend Yakubu Pam, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, President Buhari said: “Those criticising the administration should be fair in...
The Ogun State Government on Wednesday launched its e-bikes and tricycles under the Ogun State E-Mobility Programme. The programme, which aims to reduce the cost of transportation in the state, would also ensure a cleaner environment by reducing carbon emissions. Speaking at the launch of the first phase of 2,000 electric...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has celebrated a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his 69th birthday, which comes up on March 29. Gbajabiamila, who was full of praises for the Jagaban of Borgu Kingdom, said the Asiwaju...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday flagged massive infrastructural projects across 600 schools in the state, a development he said has turned the page in the history of basic education after many years of official blacklist by the federal government. Speaking at the flag off ceremony in Otte town...
Calls For Huge Investment In The State Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Thursday called on potential investors across the globe to come and invest in the Sunshine state. Governor Akeredolu noted that his administration has deepened the ease of doing business in the state. The Governor spoke during a...