No fewer than 5,557 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), youths, women and other beneficiaries were on Monday presented with ATM cards, as Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya flagged-off the payment of the Public Workfare (PWF) and Special Grant Transfers (SGT) of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO)...
A former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who is serving a 12-year imprisonment for N7.1bn fraud and money laundering, has prayed the Court of Appeal in Lagos to grant him bail, pending the hearing of his appeal.
Kalu, who was convicted of the offences by Justice Mohammad Idris on...
Governor of Enugu State Rt. Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Tuesday presented 2020 budget proposal of 169, 567, 658,300 billion to the state house of Assembly for approval.
Gov Ugwuanyi disclosed that 2020 budget size which was 55.2% higher than that of 2019, was tagged “budget of responsive and accountable government”.
Presenting...
Kwara State Government has established an e-Government Delivery Team to drive its efforts to deploy modern technology for government operations and make Kwara one of the easiest states to do business in Nigeria.
That comes a few weeks after Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said Kwara would turn the page on the...
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, asked politicians interested in contesting the 2023 general elections to work hard because he would not allow electoral malpractices.
He asked those who may be planning to use their offices or security agencies to subvert the will of the people to...
The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbosola, to appear before it with the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Muhammed Babandede.
Aregbesola and Babandede are to brief the Senate on Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on latest visa on arrival policy...
Members of the House of Representatives have rejected an amendment to the Constitution seeking to make the president and governors serve only a term of six years.
Most of those who spoke during the debate on the bill expressed their opposition to it.
The sponsor, Mr. John Dyegh (APC-Gboko/Tarka Federal constituency...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed immediate constitution of a government panel to meet with the Labour unions in the state to discuss the national minimum wage.
“The Head of Service has been directed to work out the modalities of the workings of the panel,” spokesman of the Governor...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned one Malik Wakili for allegedly impersonating the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and defrauding the minister to the tune of N3,106, 216.
Wakili, who was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos, was said to have allegedly committed...
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has distributed 141 new vehicles of different brands to top government functionaries in the State with a view to ensuring smooth running of government.
Handing out the vehicle keys in Ado Ekiti on Friday, the governor stated that the dearth of necessary working tools...
