Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital, X-rayed the country’s security challenges and concluded that one sure way to confront them headlong was to decentralise Nigeria’s current centralised policing system to meet the nation’s current realities. While acknowledging the efforts of the Federal Government through the...
The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved projects to shore up power supply across the country. Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mr Aliyu said that the...
Says Osun is committed to Responsible Mining. Governor Ademola Adeleke has reiterated the resolve of his administration to ensure sustainable and secure mining practices in the state. Senator Adeleke gave this assurance while inaugurating the state Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee headed by Professor Lukman Jimoda in Osogbo. Addressing the...
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has promised that his administration would provide and guarantee the enabling environment for United Kingdom investments in the state. Governor Diri gave the pledge on Monday when he met with the United Kingdom's High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mrs. Catriona Laing, in Abuja. He requested the...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has stated that this is not a time for endless criticism, but a time for all privileged Rivers people to make their contributions to ensure that coronavirus is defeated in the state. Receiving a Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction , Reagents and Busters for RT-PCR...
Representatives of civil society groups, government and private institutions, and the media on Monday, asked the Senate to drop further consideration of the anti-social media bill, in the interest of Nigerians. Our correspondents observed that only three speakers out of the 62 individuals, institutions and groups, who submitted memorandum and...
Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum, is currently in Oxford, United Kingdom, where he addressed a group of participants at a four-day working retreat that aims to strengthen Borno’s peace-building efforts through attracting more support from the international community. The retreat, which focuses on support for victims of Boko...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration for heeding his call and finally labelling bandits wrecking havoc on citizens across the country as terrorists, but said "this is not enough." He then called on the President to be bold enough to go a step...
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, on Tuesday joined the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other APC Governors at the mega rally in support of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State. The APC campaign grand finale was held at the Osogbo Township Stadium,...
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN, has commissioned a newly acquired firefighting Truck as part of his administration’s commitment to increase firefighters capacity to combat fire disaster in the state. The State-of-the-Art Firefighting Truck was donated to the state by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Interior. The Honorable...