The Federal Government will use part of the N2.3 trillion stimulus package to purchase locally produced items as buyer of last resort in line with its Economic Sustainability Plan, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President stated this on Friday at the virtual edition of the 2020...
The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ahmed Tinubu, has said that he will build on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari in the last seven years. Mr Tinubu stated this on Tuesday in Jos at the flag off of APC presidential campaign for 2023 general elections. The APC...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday said over 1000 schools need reconstruction and equipment with modern teaching facilities across the 16 local government areas of the state. He added however that the administration has activated plans to gradually fix the facilities, equip them, and train and motivate teachers to...
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has been awarded with the honourary fellow of the Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyors ( NIQS) for his commitment to transparency and good governance. Presenting the award to the Governor in Abuja, the NIQS President, Mr. Michael Shonobi maintained that after a dispassionate monitoring...
Following the vandalization and looting of palliatives from some warehouses in Jos and Bukuru on 24th October 2020, it has become expedient for the Plateau State Government to condemn the action and further make some clarirications about the items to clear the erroenous impression that they were being hoarded. The...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council in Kwara state has called for the cancellation of the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria following the verdict of international observers that the election was lacking in transparency. The International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) Joint...
The Government of Oyo State has approved the purchase of 106 brand new buses for the mass transit scheme in the state, while also approving the construction of two link roads around Akobo and junction improvement contracts in the Challenge area of Ibadan. The Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Dr....
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a lifting of the blanket visa ban clamped down on Nigerians by the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The President canvassed this position on Monday during a telephone conversation with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al...
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum travelled to Mafa town in Mafa local government area where he cast his vote amidst cheers from supporters. Zulum had on Friday during a statewide broadcast congratulated all political parties for playing the game according to the rules during the electioneering campaigns. The Governor...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has urged election observer missions and monitors in Nigeria to get balanced views by speaking to a broad range of stakeholders before making their conclusions on the outcome of the forthcoming general elections. He noted that being a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural,...