urges constructive engagement with govt The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that the subsidy on fuel, if not curbed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would have cost the country a whopping N5.4 trillion by the end of 2024. Governor Abiodun noted that it would have been disastrous...
As Gov. Diri assures continuity of programme calls on Southern Ijaw Youths to shun violence, key into prosperity government "Indeed, today is one of my happy days, today is one of the prosperous days of this Prosperity Government, to stand for teeming women, youths graduating with skills that they...
Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning says the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) increase from five per cent to 7.5 per cent will take effect from Feb. 1. Ahmed said this during the inauguration of the Chairman and Board members of the Federal Inland...
appoints Deputy Chief of Staff Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has accented to the 2025 appropriation bill of N615,857,950 billion into law. Zulum presented the budget estimate of N584.76 billion on the 9th of December, 2024, passed by the State Assembly on 24th December with a marginal increase...
promises timely completion of legacy projects Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Friday signed the 2022 Appropriation of ₦100, 753,993,241.60K into law with a promise to complete all ongoing legacy projects and consolidate on other achievements recorded in the past three years. The 2022 Appropriation, christened “Budget of Legacy...
Suspended council chairmen laud Gov’s tolerance Our door is open to all Kwarans Top leaders of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State on Tuesday pledged their loyalty to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq whose leadership style, humility and attachment to the poor they described as a breath of...
Ogun, Nigeria's top investment destination, is set to reap huge benefits as the largest protein producer in the world, JBS of Brazil, has indicated interest in investing $2.5bn in the livestock subsector of Nigeria's economy. The Controlling Shareholder of the company, Mr. Wesley Batista, gave this indication when officials of...
Abdulganiyu Abdulqadir, the Press Officer on Local Matters to Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has hit back at Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary, CPS to Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, describing his recent article as a literary charade. In an article written titled, "Re - A Note on the...
More than $300m (£230m) seized from Nigeria's former dictator is set to be returned to the country from Jersey. The money was laundered through the US under the presidency of Sani Abacha in the 1990s, before being transferred to the Channel Island, according to Jersey's Civil Asset Recovery Fund. The sum...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a state of emergency in Rivers State, citing a prolonged political crisis and escalating security concerns. In a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, he announced the immediate suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the Rivers State...