Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has appointed Alhaji Abdulmajeed Abdullahi as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) for Harmony Holding Limited (HHL), a company owned by Kwara Government.
Recall that Governor AbdulRazaq dissolved the board of directors of all state-owned companies after a recommendation by the State House of Assembly...
• Passes confidence vote in KWIRS’ new leadership
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday said citizens’ aspirations would always drive the budget process under his administration as part of a larger strategy to deepen participatory democracy and ensure good governance.
“Democracy is all about the people. It is meaningless when...
Dr Dakuku Peterside, Director-General, Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), says corruption discourages investment and growth of the country.
Peterside told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that corruption impacted negatively on the society and should not be encouraged.
“Now the other dimension of corruption which our people keep ignoring is...
Ibanga Isine, a journalist with the Next Edition newspaper, has won the 2019 Nigerian Investigative Journalist of the Year Award given by the Wole Soyinka Center for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ).
Isine also emerged winner for the online category, with his report published in April 2019 on “How bribe-taking security operatives...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says the federal government still owes contractors working on federal road projects up to N306 billion, defending why the government should raise VAT and borrow more.
Fashola was speaking against the background of a report by a national daily on Monday that...
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the appointment of the new chairman and members of the Federal Inland Revenue Service.
His message was conveyed in a letter which was read out by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary on Tuesday.
The presidency on Wednesday...
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus keyamo (SAN), has denied justifying the re-arrest of Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore.
Keyamo made the rebuttal on his official Twitter handle on Tuesday.
The minister himself had been arrested in the past for activism and for calling for the secession...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has announced the appointment of Mr. Adedamola Adekunjo as the new Managing Director with immediate effect.
The former boss, Sanusi, who was appointed by immediate past administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, was shocked at development because he expected his appointment to be renewed being...
Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka on Monday said he was opposed to the hate speech Bill because it would limit free speech and access to information.
He said though he had been a victim, he would not support any attempt to “terminate recourse to information”.
He warned against using state apparatuses...
