The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, says he isn’t done running for president despite the fact that he has contested and lost six times. Speaking in an an interview on the Hausa service of the Voice of America in Abuja, he vowed to continue to...
Community leaders hail Gov's developmental projects Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday inaugurated the 4.779KM Yebumot-Adeta Roundabout and Adeta- Oloje roads. He instantly renamed the roads after two giants from Ilorin in honour of their contributions to growth and the prestige of the capital city. Yebumot Adeta is named after...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said its Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS) is on course in Bayelsa State and that allegations bordering on fraud in the programme were untrue. The apex bank made the clarification during a courtesy visit of its Yenagoa Branch Controller, Mr. Francis Ene-Asuquo, and...
48 bereaved families of Zabarmari farmers killed last Saturday, today received N600,000 each and bags of food items from a committee assigned by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum to transparently convey external donations to the victims. The fund came from combined support of N20m by the northern governors forum, and N5m...
The Peoples Democratic Party Senatorial Candidate for Kwara South, Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim has rejected the outcome of the National Assembly Elections declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara State with claims of gross electoral malpractice. In a statement released by the Director of Media and Communications...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has fixed March 14 for the commencement of the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination. The examination according to the board will be between March 14 and April 4. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday in Abuja,...
The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has commissioned Nigeria's first large-scale rapid diagnostic test (IVD) production facility and the second of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company, CODIX BIO Limited, an In-vitro Diagnostic (IVD) factory, is located along the Sagamu expressway, with a scope of production that concentrates...
The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating alleged crude oil sales revenue loss has summoned the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami to appear before as part of it’s ongoing investigation. Chairman...
On Thursday morning, Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, warmly welcomed Prince Shaibu Audu Abubakar, the ministerial nominee from Kogi State. During the meeting, Governor Bello acknowledged that Shaibu Audu's nomination as a minister-designate was a result of his loyalty, patience, and patriotism towards both the state and the nation. He praised...
State of Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Saturday, thanked all the citizens of the State, particularly women, for their unrelenting support for the Administration. This is just as the Governor pledged better days ahead for all the citizens of the State. The Governor said the numerous achievements of his administration in...