Governor: ‘Those sabotaging e-GIS system to be purged out of Govt’ Monthly tenancy set to kick off in Lagos The incessant issue of land grabbing may become a thing of the past anytime soon in Lagos State, as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu orders complete excision on untitled land across the...
Justice Hamza Mu'azu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 dismissed the application of a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele for a leave of the court to travel to the United Kingdom (UK) for medical...
Capital Projects take 64% Governor Babagana Zulum on Tuesday presented a budget of N267b for Borno’s 2022 fiscal year, from which the education sector got the largest share of N38 billion, representing 20.22% of the budget size. Addressing lawmakers at the State Assembly in Maiduguri, Zulum announced a total of...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Abuja inaugurated 30 hybrid Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered buses with the capacity to transport 3,000 passengers. The locally-manufactured buses were donated to the federal government by the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). Speaking...
Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has attributed the high price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to the rising price of crude oil and its derivatives at the world market. He, however, assured Nigerians that the NNPC Limited was working round the...
Former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has maintained that his administration fully paid civil servants employed by the State Civil Service Commission before his exit from office. His clarification follows claims that the former administration owed college of education lecturers seven months’ salary arrears. A statement by Alhaji Wahab...
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) UK Chapter and Chairman of the APC Committee of Diaspora Chairmen (APC-CDC), Hon. Tunde Doherty, has extended his warmest congratulations to the people and government of Nigeria as the nation celebrates its 64th Independence Anniversary. In a heartfelt message, Hon. Doherty reflected...
Assures discreet and transparent investigations The Nigeria Police Force has commenced investigations into the alleged professional misconduct, abuse of office and extortion of Twenty-Two Million Naira worth of Bitcoin from some citizens in Lagos State, levelled against a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nwawe Cordelia and others, serving at the...
Ex-Osun State Governor, Chief Bisi Akande, has faulted the call for local government autonomy saying only two tiers of government are recognised in federating states globally. Chief Akande spoke in his Ila residence at a press conference held to mark his 81st birthday anniversary on Thursday. The former interim national chairman...
President Bola Tinubu, Thursday in Abuja, urged the Government of the People's Republic of China to increase the $2 billion currency swap between Nigeria and China to enhance trade between the two countries. He also called for an upward review of the $50 billion aid package for Africa, which China's...