Professor Pat Utomi, one of the political stakeholders in the country has said that the Labour Party (LP) is in touch with a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi. Obi, a former presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dumped the party on Wednesday to...
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Thursday commissioned a Recycling hub in Yola. The factory located at Sangere Bode along Numan Road is the first of its kind in the state. The factory will turn plastic waste into creating green job opportunities for youths in the state. Governor Umaru Fintiri while speaking thanked the...
Aspirants in the just concluded gubernatorial primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State have been admonished to marry their differences and work together for the victory of the party in the state. Akwa Ibom State Governor and head of the 5-man PDP primary election committee in Ekiti...
Following the abduction and gruesome murder of a five-year old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, by a private school proprietor, the Kano State government has ordered for revocation of operational licenses of all private schools in the state. The state commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sanusi, announced the decision at a press conference,...
challenges Abdulrazaq to account for over N.3trillion revenues A former Governor of Kwara State, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has insisted that the allegation leveled against him by the state government is preposterous, naive unspecific and generally unfounded. In a statement signed by his former chief press secretary, Wahab Oba, the former...
Lagos State’s N1.163 trillion 2021 appropriation bill ratified, last Monday, by the House of Assembly has now become a law. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu signed the financial document into law on Thursday at a simple ceremony held at the State House in Marina, ushering Lagos residents into the New Year with...
The Benue State Government has released over N1.5 billion naira to facilitate implementation of the State COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus Programme, B-CARES. Governor Samuel Ortom made this known Thursday, April 14th, 2022 while launching the commencement of the programme which featured distribution of cheques to beneficiaries at Government...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo departed Abuja on Sunday for Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, to participate in the annual summit of the Africa CEO Forum. The vice president will participate in the event alongside other leaders in the continent and beyond. Mr Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the forum would...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has granted 12,000 Expatriate Quota licences to foreigners seeking to work in Nigeria whilst it has treated applications from 2,000 companies. This was revealed by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, whilst delivering his goodwill address titled, ‘That business may thrive in Kaduna’, on...
As news of one the most brutal terrorist attacks on innocent people emerged from the Northeast, President Muhammadu Buhari said he is deeply shocked by the brutal killing of tens of people by the Boko Haram/Islam in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Gubio village, Borno State. The President, who was...