A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who is standing trial on charges of money laundering involving N2bn, has appealed to the Federal High Court in Abuja to vary some of the conditions attached to the N1bn bail granted him by the Federal High...
Kwara Government says it will secure the boundaries of all its tertiary institutions to prevent any encroachment on their properties.
Hajia Sa’adat Kawu, the state Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, stated this during a meeting she held with the heads of the state-owned tertiary institutions.
Kawu said the state...
The Federal Government will continue to implement “game-changing infrastructure projects” around the country to connect the nation’s economic zones and drive economic development, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
The Vice President further noted that most of the signature projects of the administration, including the Lagos-Kano Rail, Mambilla Hydro Plant,...
Former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has refuted claims that his administration sold 110 government properties to friends and cronies.
In a statement issued by his media aide, Dr Muyideen Akorede, in response to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazak’s reported claim that his predecessor sold 110 government properties to associates,...
President commends Gov for his giant strides
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari about some developmental challenges he inherited in the north central state and the steps he has taken to gradually reposition it.
“The Governor held a one-on-one meeting with the President on Monday...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday said it was preparing to conduct an aptitude test for 162,399 candidates out of 828,333 that applied to fill in the 3,200 job vacancies it advertised in April 2019.
The Public Relations Officer of Customs, Joseph Attah, a Deputy Controller, who made the...
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has blamed the porous borders for the proliferation of arms and influx of irregular migrants into the country.
He threw his weight behind the closure of the land borders and tasked paramilitary agencies to do all that was necessary to ensure internal peace...
The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Monday hailed the regional security outfit of the Southwestern States, code-named ‘Operation Amotekun’, saying it satisfied the yearnings of the people.
Soyinka, while describing the security outfit inaugurated last week as “a desirable New Year gift,” said he had earlier given up on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the finance bill into law.
He made this known via his Twitter handle on Monday.
“I am pleased to announce that this morning I signed into law the Finance Bill, 2019,” he tweeted.
He said the Finance Bill would support the implementation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill.
He...
Gov hails lawyer for ‘honesty’
At least 179 law students and new lawyers of Kwara State origin have each been paid N100,000 scholarship after online application processes and verification that lasted weeks, a government statement said on Saturday.
The payment, made straight to beneficiaries’ accounts, was done in two batches...
