Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Wednesday, rolled out measures his government is taking to address issues of criminal trespass and damage by Hausa/Fulani pastoralists, kidnapping and banditry and other crimes in Ibarapaland and Oke-Ogun axis of the state. The governor, in a statement he personally signed said that...
The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has signed the state’s 2020 Appropriation Bill into law. While signing the document on Tuesday, the governor lauded the state House of Assembly for meeting the deadline of passing the bill before the December 31, 2019. The budget is christened ‘Budget of...
The Minister for Youth Development, Comrade Olawande Emmanuel Ayodele, has called on Nigerian youth to take the lead in driving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the world approaches the 2030 deadline. He made this call at a Youth Dialogue organized by the United Nations to mark International Youth...
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has directed both Public and Private Schools across the state to end the first term and vacate effective Friday 18th December, 2020. Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri directed that Schools that are yet to round off academic activities for the first term 20/21 academic...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has met with owners of the businesses affected in the Friday looting of public and private properties, assuring them of government’s support to get them back on stream. AbdulRazaq had earlier announced N500m recovery funds to assist businesses affected in the incident. In a meeting with...
The Minister Of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Has urged officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) to be firm, yet civil, while carrying out their duties, bearing in mind the core mandate of the security organisation which includes securing the lives of citizens as well as...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has released the sum of Four hundred and fifty million naira to the victims of the 2019 Presidential election violence in Abonnema. Speaking during a meeting preparatory to giving out the cash, Governor Wike said the gesture is in fulfilment of his promise to...
The Minister of Finance, Budget & National Planning, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed has reiterated that the Federal Government of Nigeria is prioritizing investments and curbing leakages through Strategic Revenue Growth Initiatives (SRGI). In a keynote address at the recently held ‘Ministry of Finance Incorporated (MOFI) Stakeholders Sensitization Workshop’ in Abuja,...
Kogi State Governor Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo on Wednesday visited his Kwara State counterpart and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq whom he praised for his Pan-African approach to issues of national importance and his legacy projects in the state. Speaking with newsmen at Government House Ilorin, Governor...
Tinubu says Nigeria will recover from challenges President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be the next President of Nigeria. President Buhari made the declaration in Lafia, capital of Nasarawa State, on Saturday at the APC Presidential Campaign rally that...