President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has issued a directive temporarily halting ministers, agency heads, and government officials from embarking on public funded foreign trips for three months, starting April 1, 2024. The ban, aimed at cost reduction and responsible fiscal management, requires officials to seek presidential approval at least two...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the State of Osun has approved the release of N708 million to offset pension arrears of retired civil servants in the state.
The state Head of Service (HoS), Mr Festus Olowogboyega, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday in Osogbo that N508 million was approved for the...
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has called on the House Committee on Poverty Alleviation to expedite action on the passage of the National Social Investment Office Establishment Bill.
The Minister made the call on Tuesday in Abuja when members of the House...
The State of Osun Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu has disclosed that the state was now awaiting the results of 30 samples from the contact tracing it embarked on at the weekend through Monday.
The samples were sent to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC accredited Testing Centre,...
Delta Government on Thursday said it had taken steps to grow the economy of the state amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu disclosed this in Asaba while briefing newsmen on some of the decisions taken by the government to rejig the state’s economy.
He said part of the...
As part of efforts to further improve the security situation in the state, Governor Douye Diri, on Thursday, donated 14 operational vehicles to the various security agencies in Bayelsa State.
Senator Diri made the official presentation to the service commanders shortly after the 9th State Security Council Meeting in Government...
With coorporation and partnership, Nigerians will overcome the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, and chart a new course in nationalism and brotherhood, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
The president said this in a commendation statement he issued on Friday, to acknowledge the effort by the Nigerian private sector coalition...
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has reiterated the need to pay critical attention to the development of basic education, urging the federal government to take deliberate and urgent steps towards reducing the large number of out-of-school children in the country.
Obaseki gave the charge when he received the...
In celebration of the 2024 International Day of the Girl Child, Miss Esther Adesanya Adesioye, a 17-year-old law student, assumed the role of the Minister of State for Youth Development for one day. Adesioye, a 100 Level Law student at the University of Abuja, earned this honor after emerging...
seeks partnership with FG agric on projects
The governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has said that the state has developed a robust strategic plan to guide the adoption of agriculture as a viable pillar for expanding the state’s economy.
The governor, who stated this on Wednesday, during the...
