sustains 50% fare cut on public transport, meets private operators against hiking fares Governor applauds security agencies’ response to skirmishes, warns against arson, violent demonstrations In the wake of reported disturbances in some parts of Lagos State yesterday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has sent a passionate appeal to residents to...
The Federal Government will soon roll out additional stimulus packages for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country. Special Assistant to the President on MSME in the Vice President’s office Tola Johnson made this disclosure in Abuja at a virtual press briefing on the coming National MSME clinic...
The construction of the N2.5bn oncology and diagnostic centre donated to Kwara State Government is slated to begin in August and ready for completion 12 months after, business mogul Abdul Samad Rabiu (ASR), founder of the ASR Initiative, said on Tuesday, adding that the specialist facility would be the...
Twelve new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria, says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. Nine were recorded in Osun State, two in Edo State and one in Ekiti State. “As at 12:30 pm 1st April there are 151 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria,” said NCDC. Nine have...
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the N10.59 trillion 2020 appropriation bill into law. The president signed the budget document into law on Tuesday in the presence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ahmad Lawan, the senate president, Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, amongst other principal officers. “It is my...
The Deputy Inspector General of Police in Charge of South West, Leye Oyebade, has assured that the police would redouble efforts to ensure that peace reigns in the state of Osun. The DIG gave the assurances during a courtesy call on Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, at the Okefia Government...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned what it described as an attempted arrest of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai by security operatives at an airport, warning that the incident reflects a growing pattern of political intimidation and selective law enforcement in Nigeria. In a statement issued on Tuesday...
Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central States Governor's Forum (NCSGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has decried the low level patronage by Nigerlites into the State Contributory Healthcare Scheme. The Governor stated this while receiving a report/presentation of the end of year review and performance of the State Primary Healthcare Memorandum...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Saturday, donated two locally-fabricated modular fumigators and drones to the Oyo State government to assist the state in its effort to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus. Oba Ogunwusi, who was received at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan,...
Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed his determination to revive and complete the almost 12 year old Osun Airport project to exit Osun as the only state in the South West without an airport. He made the declaration at the flag off of the upgrade of Ibadan Airport to Ladoke Akintola...