The United Bank for Africa on Monday boosted the fight against the coronavirus in Kwara State with a donation of N28.5m. Presenting the cheque to the state Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, who is the chairman of the Technical Committee on COVID19, in the state, Mr Kazeem Salaudeen, Head of...
The Ogun State State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has been nominated as the Best Governor of the Year 2021 by the Vanguard Newspaper in appreciation of his efforts in rebranding the State. Speaking after presenting the letter of nomination to the governor in his office at Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, the Deputy...
No fewer than 11 million Nigerians will benefit from the Federal Government’s palliative measure to cushion the effect of the coronavirus pandemic. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajiya Sadiya Farouk stated this on Tuesday. She spoke during the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19...
Abdullahi Adamu (APC- Nasarawa) has formally resigned his position at the Senate to enable him concentrate on his job as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. This is contained in a letter to Senate President Ahmad Lawan, read at Tuesday’s plenary. Mr Adamu said he was leaving due...
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Medical Directors for Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, Cross River State, and Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, Taraba State. They are Dr Bassey Eyo Edet, and Dr Aisha Shehu Adamu, respectively. Dr Edet hails from Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State, and graduated from...
Benue State Governor and Chairman, Zoning Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Samuel Ortom has dismissed insinuations in the media that the committee has thrown the presidential ticket of the party open. He insisted that the committee was being quoted on what it did not say. The governor who bared...
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has set up a 47-member panel of eminent citizens of the state, including three former governors, to help mobilise resources to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Panel which is officially known as Ekiti State COVID-19 Response Resource Mobilisation Committee has the former...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has confirmed the appointment of CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, as the 25th indigenous Force Public Relations Officer. CSP Adejobi was appointed in acting capacity on 16th February, 2022 after taking over from CP Frank Mba who was nominated by the Inspector-General of Police...
As committee tasks religious organisations, business owners to fumigate premises The Oyo State Containment and Decontamination Project on Tuesday expressed its readiness to contain the COVID-19 pandemic by embarking on immediate decontamination of all areas suspected to have come under the attack of Coronavirus. This was as the committee, led...
Bauchi Governor, His Excellency, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has reiterated his administration's commitment to strengthening the security of lives and properties of citizens of the state adding that any blasphemous act stands condemned. Mohammed was speaking today during a visit to Warji where he added that his administration will not...