Welcoming recommendations of a national townhall meeting on Enhanced Security and National Unity recently held in Kaduna, the National Economic Council (NEC) rose from its monthly meeting today strongly affirming the unity of the country, emphasizing that staying as one country remains the best option for Nigeria.
The Council’s position...
The coronavirus pandemic has driven the global economy into a downturn that will require massive funding to help developing nations, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday.
“It is clear that we have entered a recession” that will be worse than in 2009 following the global financial crisis, she said in...
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has signed into law three bills passed by the Niger State House of Assembly.
The bills include the Niger State Tertiary Institutions Law, with an operational date starting from the 8th of May 2019.
The new law increases the retirement age of Academic Staff of the State-owned...
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...
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has flagged off the N5bn credit guarantee scheme for agribusiness in the state.
The beneficiaries which include producers, agregators and marketers will access soft loans under the scheme.
Governor Umaru Fintiri while speaking in the Government House Yola said the scheme is one of the main components...
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has congratulated the 71 students of four tertiary institutions in Kwara State who benefitted from the annual scholarship Programme of his foundation, the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation (ABSF), for the 2024/2025 academic session.
Saraki in a statement released in Abuja today expressed happiness...
The incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is to decide the date of the national housing and population census after his inauguration on May 29.
Daily Trust on Sunday reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the postponement of the 2023 census earlier scheduled from May 3 to 7, 2023...
The Olubadan-in-Council has given the green light to Owolabi Olakulehin, the Olubadan designate, for his coronation as the Olubadan of Ibadanland. The council's endorsement came following a special meeting at the Oja-Oba palace in Ibadan.
During the meeting, attended by 10 council members, the Otun Balogun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Abimbola...
The Kwara State Government has settled the ₦22.5Million outstanding Licence Fee to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) which accumulated since 2006.
The state governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, gave the approval for the immediate payment of the ₦22.5m to the Commission.
The state Commissioner for Communications, Hon. Olabode George Towoju, in a...
Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has vowed to pursue and recapture all inmates who escaped from the Abolongo Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, on Friday night during a vicious attack on the facility by yet to be identified gunmen.
The Minister gave the assurance whilst making...
