Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has constituted a 9-member Administrative Panel of Inquiry to look into the recent loss of lives and/or other grievous bodily injuries to private citizens and security personnel, resulting from the hijack by miscreants of the otherwise peaceful #ENDSARS protests. The panel will also look...
Gov commends firefighters’ preparedness, says govt will continue to support them Residents hail AbdulRazaq’s late night visit to victims Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commiserated with residents of Alagbado, a suburb of the capital city Ilorin, on the late night fire outbreak at a petrol station. Driving himself alongside...
A major feature of Nigeria’s economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic as indicated in the Economic Sustainability Plan currently being implemented, has been the openness to new and creative ideas, all in a bid to save jobs, protect businesses, and attract new investments, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...
Hours after the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, announced the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari for the extension of naira swap deadline by 10 days, the House of Representatives has rejected the decision. The CBN governor on Sunday said Mr Buhari gave permission for the deadline...
The Kaduna State Government is targeting a revenue of N1.6bn from the Kaduna Galaxy Mall currently being constructed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. Managing Director, Kaduna Market Development and Management Company, Muhammed Bayero, said the mall, which was about 50 per cent completed, would attract investments to the...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, yesterday (Friday) paid visits to families of over 30 fishermen killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday at Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA), some kilometers away from Dikwa. Zulum was in Dikwa town where the fishermen lived and from where they...
The Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured that the Ninth National Assembly will expand the political space for women in the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution. Senator Omo-Agege stated this in Abuja when he hosted a delegation...
The Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Elon Musk, has put the current value of Twitter at $20 billion, less than half the $44 billion he paid for the social media platform just five months ago, according to an internal email seen by American news media. The email to employees referred...
Following the abduction of students at Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, Gov. Samuel Ortom has ordered the closure of all boarding schools in Benue State. Mr Ortom, who announced the decision on Thursday when he visited the Maximum-Security Custodian Centre (MSCC) in Makurdi, condemned the abduction of students...
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has sent his warm felicitations to the President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his 71st birthday while describing him as a great leader with exceptional vision. In a letter signed by the Governor, he described Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as a man who is...