President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in New York restated the commitment of the Nigerian government towards ensuring that there is a rapid and strategic transition to renewable energy in response to the world-wide efforts for the preservation of the environment. Speaking at a Leaders’ Closed-Door Meeting on Climate Change convened by...
The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, has charged the leadership of the Federal Character Commission on the need to ensure equity and fairness in the discharge of their duties. The Governor also tasked the Commission on equitable distribution of the nation's resources ranging from commonwealth, infrastructure and...
The Buhari administration will continue to push its business reform agenda for which the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC was established, so as to create an enabling environment for more investments in the country, including from Nigerians abroad according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo spoke at...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s economy may slip back into recession. Buhari spoke at the presentation of the 2021 budget estimates to the Joint Session of the National Assembly on Thursday in Abuja. The president explained that Nigeria’s economy is being battered by the global economic fallout from COVID-19, adding that...
Directs security heads to invite, warn parties Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed sadness over reports of violence largely involving some supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during their recent campaigns. Zulum, in a statement issued on Thursday by his...
The House of Representatives will collaborate with the national leadership of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the proposed law it is working on to address police brutality and other issues, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has said. Also, the NBA President, Olumide Akpatta, has...
Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal that sacked him on Friday as “a miscarriage of justice”. The Election Petition Tribunal in Osun State had declared Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the July 16 governorship election in...
Lagos State is set to stop the payment of pensions to former governors and their deputies. It is all to keep the cost of governance low, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said today at the House of Assembly where he unveiled a 2021 budget proposal of N1,155 trillion. He drew applause as...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday officially inaugurated a 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Iperu-Remo, Ogun State. The project is a collaboration between the Ogun State Government and the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals. The VP, who ascribed the development of the...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Monday listed 6 recommendations for consideration by President Muhammadu Buhari in response to the lingering Boko Haram crisis in the northeast. Zulum made the observation when Presidential delegation led by the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmed Lawan visited him on Tuesday...