• Education, enterprise, health, roads top agenda
• CAPEX takes 53% of budget; REX down to 47%
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday presented the 2020 budget estimates to the State House of Assembly, with provisions for critical infrastructure and human capital development taking the larger chunk of the budget.
The...
The federal government has fixed the ex-depot price of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, at N138.62 litre.
The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) disclosed this in a memo in Abuja on Wednesday.
The memo, which was signed by Mohammed Bello, manager, sales, PPMC, also disclosed that the new...
Kwara State Government has commended the private-sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) for donating 100 beds to the state, urging other well-heeled individuals and institutions to rally round governments at this time.
The government also commended some other corporate organisations and individuals who have been donating to the state, including those...
The Kaduna State Government will allow residents to restock on food and essentials on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the two days on which it would relax the restriction of movement every week. The government announced this at the end of the daily meeting of the State Standing Committee on Covid-19,...
Governor, the State of Osun, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has felicitated an elder stateman and former deputy governor of the State, Sooko Adeleke Adewoyin on the occasion his 80th birthday anniversary.
In a congratulatory message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, Governor Oyetola noted that as a man born...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has dismissed reports circulating in both traditional and online media suggesting that the Ministerial Press Briefing Session has been relocated from Abuja to London.
The Minister made the clarification in his opening remarks at the eighth edition of the Ministerial Press...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday led a delegation of state officials, traditional rulers and security commanders to Ibadan for a joint security meeting with his Oyo State counterpart Seyi Makinde and top officials of the southwestern state.
The meeting, which was called at the instance of AbdulRazaq, focused...
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong has advocated for more funding and incentives for small holder-farmers who are the mainstay of Nigeria's agricultural sustainability programme.
Governor Lalong said this while addressing the NEPAD Summit and technical roundtable discussion on strengthening small-holder farmer capabilities in the COVID-19 era at the Sheraton...
Governor Samuel Ortom has announced the merger of the Technical School at Benue State University Makurdi with Special Science Senior Secondary School Makurdi, which will now be known as Government Science and Technical College Makurdi.
Governor Ortom, who stated this today shortly after inspecting infrastructure at the Special Science Senior...
As IGP Orders Watertight Security Across Nigeria, Appeals for Calm
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, is deeply concerned about recent developments regarding planned nationwide protests by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). While being mindful of the right to...
