President Muhammadu Buhari insists that the cashless policy and Naira swap by the Central Bank have short and long term benefits for the country in dealing with insecurity and corruption, but agrees that the apex bank should take the recommendation of a parliamentary Committee to rectify identified problems.
His comments...
The Northern Governors Forum has inaugurated a Committee on Youth and Civil Society in order to enhance engagement towards tackling the challenges of the region.
While parforming the inauguration in Kaduna, Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau State Simon Bako Lalong said the setting up of the committee...
In what aligned with his signature care for the underprivileged, Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Friday attended a New Year funfair that the administration held for adopted and special children and inmates of the Juvenile Correctional Home.
The Governor danced and took pictures with the children and their caregivers,...
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly lauds Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who has been elected as President of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF), in his capacity as Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF).
The election was held after a conference in Casablanca region, Morocco, at the weekend.
Receiving...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed and his co-defendants bail upon terms and condition given by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Delivering ruling, Justice Adeyemi Ajayi ordered that the defendants shall not leave the Federal Capital Territory, and...
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State says harmonized state and local government revenue law will reduce corruption and boost Internally Generated Revenue in the State.
The Governor stated this while declaring opened a 3-day training and interactive workshop on harmonized state and local government revenue law 2020 held at...
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said the fifth columnists behind the current nationwide fuel and new Naira notes scarcity want to foist a political crisis on the country.
Speaking at Ekiti Parapo Pavilion in Ado-Ekiti, venue of the presidential campaign rally on Friday, Asiwaju Tinubu said...
The Federal Government has said it is working out a stimulus package that will take the country’s economy out of global recession to positive growth in 2021.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this while fielding questions from State House Correspondents on Thursday, following a...
Orders construction of 5 general hospitals
'Borno first to get eye/dental hospitals in all senatorial zones'
Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday inaugurated the state-of-the-art eye and dental hospitals as well as a mega secondary school in Biu Local Government Area in the southern part of the...
The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola has released the sum of Seven Hundred and Eight Million Naira (708,000,000.00) to pay pensions of retirees in the State.
The Head of Service in the State, Dr. Festus Olowogboyega Oyebade disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. He restated the Governor Oyetola-led...
