The incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is to decide the date of the national housing and population census after his inauguration on May 29. Daily Trust on Sunday reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the postponement of the 2023 census earlier scheduled from May 3 to 7, 2023...
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says he will begin to commission roads and other projects executed in the 23 Local Government Areas of the State from January 2021 to shame critics who have accused him of concentrating development in Port Harcourt alone. Governor Wike gave that assurance during...
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State and his deputy, Dr Emmanuel Akabe were sworn in for the second term in office by the State Chief Judge, CJ, Justice Aisha Bashir on Monday. In his inaugural speech at the Lafia Square, the governor expressed gratitude to the people of the state...
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has called on Nigerians to use the New Year to renew their commitment to collective prosperity, growth and development by contributing more to nation building. In his New Year message, Senator Omo-Agege stressed the need for citizens to continue to demonstrate...
Rep. Aliyu Betara (APC-Borno) has officially declared his intention to run for the office of the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, ahead of the June 5 inauguration. Betara accused Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of sponsoring an unpopular candidate to succeed him. Betara, the incumbent Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, spoke...
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 President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on his new appointment as the Chief of Staff to the President. The Senate President also congratulated Senators Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia and George Akume on their appointments as Deputy Chief of...
Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved and released N624.3m for payment of scholarship to 23,776 citizens of Borno State in 49 tertiary schools across Nigeria. Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation,Dr Babagana Mustapha Mallambe who announced this in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that payments to...
In what has become a family tradition, the former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commenced the distribution of cash and food items to the aged women and the Baba Saraki Alasalatu group in Ilorin. The gesture, according to the Coordinator of the Saraki Ile-Arugbo Welfare Home,...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has received the report from the Judicial Commission of Inquiry that Investigated Human Rights Abuses, Police Brutality and Extrajudicial Killings by the disbanded notorious police unit, named Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in the state. The report was submitted to him by the chairman of...