The Ekiti State Government has banned roadside trading and indiscriminate parking of vehicles. To this end, the government said it would commence the full enforcement of the road traffic laws from Jan. 1, 2020, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The Head of the State Road Traffic Management Agency (EKSTMA),...
The Federal Government will gradually withdraw military operations in some volatile spots in the country, beginning from the first quarter of 2020. The withdrawal of troops will be done after an “assessment” to determine areas where peace has returned to enable civil authorities to assume full control of security. The decision...
Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, on Monday, signed the 2020 budget of N119.5 billion into law, promising that the budget would be fully implemented. The governor signed the budget in his office in Osogbo shortly after it was formally presented to him by the Speaker of the state House of...
Ministers can only travel out of the country eight times in a year, Information, Culture & Tourism Minister Lai Mohammed has disclosed. He said President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that no minister should go on foreign trips more than twice in a quarter. Besides, no minister on a trip outside the...
The Ekiti State Government has terminated the rehabilitation of Ilupeju-Ire Road, which was awarded to Messers Time Building & Construction Company for abandonment since 2016. The Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Aare ‘Muyiwa Olumilua, made this known while briefing journalists on the outcome of the Ekiti State Executive Council...
Mandaragirau, a village in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, was attacked Sunday night by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. The attackers also burnt down the community’s church and a school. They also abducted a man on their way out. The attack which occurred during the night was not repelled, residents...
The Zamfara Government says it has uncovered a 119-year-old (name withheld) on its payroll while trying to sanitise its wage bill. The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Rabiu Garba, disclosed at a news conference on Sunday in Gusau that the centenarian is surprisingly collecting salary. Rabiu made this revelation while shading...
The federal government said it has paid the October and November allowances of beneficiaries of the N-Power programme. It said the payment was made before December, 20 as earlier promised. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, made this known on Saturday in a statement sent...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State says the revocation of the land belonging to late icon of Kwara politics, Dr Abubakar Olushola Saraki by the State Government is a further demonstration of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq's vindictiveness and vendetta mission against the Saraki family. The party in a statement...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reassured Lagosians of his administration’s commitment to rid the State of traffic gridlock. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance Saturday evening while inspecting the removal of 2nd Lekki roundabout as part of Junction improvements for free flow of vehicular movements along the Lekki corridors. The State government...