President Bola Tinubu has greenlit the appointment of a dynamic team to the Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), aiming to fortify the commission's pivotal role in fostering a robust, transparent, and investor-friendly capital market. The newly appointed board members include Mr. Mairiga Aliyu Katuka, who assumes the...
Lagos State Government has assured practitioners in the tourism sector of necessary assistance that would help assuage the negative impact which COVID-19 has imposed on their businesses, assuring them of a soft-landing after the pandemic. The Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Pharmacist (Mrs.) Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf stated this at the...
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has commended NITDA for the provision of an ICT hub in the state. He made the commendation when he received NITDA officials in the Government House Yola Wednesday. The governor also saluted the federal agency for the provision of free internet services to the Adamawa people and...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has received the report from the Judicial Commission of Inquiry that Investigated Human Rights Abuses, Police Brutality and Extrajudicial Killings by the disbanded notorious police unit, named Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state. The report was submitted to him by the chairman of...
His performance exceptional, says varsity Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was on Sunday conferred with Honorary Doctorate of Letters (LLD), honoris causa by Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State. The University said Zulum was honoured for his “exceptional” performance since becoming Governor in 2019. The conferment...
An appeal has gone to the Kwara State Government to declare a work-free day for more civil servants in the State to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. Founder of The Adekunle Oyedepo Foundation, Prince Adekunle Oyedepo, made the appeal in a statement he released on Sunday...
reiterates commitment to workers' welfare Governor of Osun, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola , has approved immediate release of Nine Hundred and Twenty-Seven Million Naira (N927,000,000) for the payment of pensions of retirees in the State. Of the N927m, the sum of N877m will be used for the settlement of bonds of...
Arrests 4 notorious trans-border traffickers in Adamawa, 51 in Kano; seizes tons of illicit substances in Kebbi, Kwara, FCT No fewer than Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty (2,750,000) tablets of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilograms worth One Billion Three Hundred and Seventy Five Million Naira (N1, 375, 000,000)...
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...
The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Udom Emmanuel has approved the enlargement of the Technical Committee on the Implementation of Ibom Deep Sea Port by the addition of four more persons, to accommodate the input of the host communities. The names are to be submitted by the Chairman...