President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja granted full scholarship up to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree level to three secondary students who emerged winners at the year 2020 Young Nigerian Scientists Presidential Award Competition. The scholarship is in any science-related discipline of their choice at any university in the...
The Kwara State Government has approved the auditing of the state and local government payrolls to weed out ghost workers. The exercise would also be used to cut the monthly wage bill, and free up resources for infrastructural development. The Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Aisha Ahman-Pategi,...
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said he has no record of the amount of money stolen by the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. The AGF added that he wouldn’t also know about $5bn Abacha loot allegedly recovered between 1999...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, will visit Ekiti today to resolve the crisis between Governor Kayode Fayemi and some aggrieved monarchs, The Nation can authoritatively report. A source said Fayemi and the aggrieved monarchs had visited the Ooni at separate times to brief him on the crisis and...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has warned the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, against treating the traditional institution in Yorubaland with levity. Alaafin said unlike in some tribes, where there was nothing attached to their traditional institutions, the Yoruba traditional institution was “ancestral and spiritual.” The monarch...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde  has said   he decided to  reshuffle his cabinet reshuffle and delay releasing grant  following questionable actions in one of the ministries. Makinde said this when a delegation of  the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Oyo State chapter, led by  Samson Adedoyin visited in him on Friday. He...
Lamido Sanusi says his dethronement as Emir of Kano is unjustifiable but won’t take legal action against the Kano State Government. The former Central Bank Governor, who has had a frosty relationship with Governor Umar Ganduje since 2017,  was sent packing by the state government on Monday for “total disrespect...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Friday signed into law the state’s Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Establishment Bill, saying the bill signified the declaration of war on criminals in the state. Presenting the bill to the governor at the event held inside the Executive Council Lounge, Government Secretariat,...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the release of the dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, who was banished to Awe, a town in Nasarawa State. He was dethroned on Monday. Justice Anwuli Chikere granted the interim order following an ex parte application moved by his lead counsel,...
Labour leaders say Gov won’t be liable if LGs default Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday said he was hesitant to ink the minimum wage deal with labour because he was not convinced that the local government councils can afford the table that the negotiation panel has proposed. AbdulRazaq...