Luck ran out on a gang of illegal checkpoint operators at Abinsi, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday, October 24, 2021 when Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom bursted their operations. Governor Ortom's attention was drawn to the activities of the illegal revenue operators when he noticed the...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, yesterday (Friday) paid visits to families of over 30 fishermen killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday at Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA), some kilometers away from Dikwa. Zulum was in Dikwa town where the fishermen lived and from where they...
Governor launches programme Monday Support based on state govt’s payment of counterpart funds One PHC per ward to receive N4.6m to upgrade facility Kwara State has secured a World Bank funding to support infrastructure upgrade in at least one primary healthcare facility in each of the 193 wards of...
Former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has urged Kwarans to pray and strive for peace, unity and prosperity in the state and indeed the country. In his new year message, Alhaji Ahmed thanked Allah for making it possible for Kwarans to witness a New Year and decade and...
No fewer than 50 people were arrested in the early hours of Saturday at a night club in Ilorin, the Kwara capital, by the state Technical Committee on COVID-19. The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 in the state, Dr Femi Oladiji, disclosed this on Saturday in Ilorin at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari will today Saturday, June 4 in Accra, Ghana attend an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region. The Summit which will hold at the Presidential Palace, Accra, also known as...
Deploys Heavily Armed Tactical Squads, UAVs The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, today patrolled the entire 163km stretch of the Abuja-Kaduna expressway for hands-on assessment of the security challenges and to personally supervise the operational deployment of officers drawn from the Police tactical squads...
Nigeria's petroleum sector will attract over $15billion annual investments The All Progressives Congress (APC) congratulates President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) 2021 into law as passed by the National Assembly, ending the long jinx which has seen the PIB delayed since early 2000s. The new Petroleum...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, believes that “ensuring the education of women and empowering them is an existential issue for Nigeria and the rest of Africa”, otherwise holding women down means holding their societies down. Prof. Osinbajo stated this Monday in a keynote address at a webinar organized by Women...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, wishes to dissociate itself from claims by Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, currently circulating in the social media, that he was advised by the Commission to maintain a low profile in the wake of the indictment of his friend, Abbas Ramon alias Hushpuppi...