Irked by increasing wave of corruption in the country, Benue State Govermor, Samuel Ortom, yesterday accused the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of been selective in the fight against corruption. Governor Ortom said most corrupt Nigerians who should have been arrested and imprisoned were walking freely on the streets in the country as sacred cows […]
The Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, has advised against electing new National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lukman, in a letter he wrote to the Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee (CEONCPC) Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, on the way to pilot the party said […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has advocated for a more comprehensive engagement of the Nigerian youth by government at all levels. Gbajabiamila said relegating the Nigerian youth to the background by the governments was inimical to the national development of the country being the most critical segment of any society. […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has advised federal and state governments in the country to draw lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and prioritise investments in the health and education sectors to drive economic development. President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, gave the advice yesterday in Abuja, at the award investiture on the President, Medical and […]
The police in Imo State yesterday arrested 67 persons suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and a native doctor for an alleged unlawful assembly. Commissioner of Police in the state, Isaac Akinmoyede, who stated this in Owerri, the state capital said the suspect were arrested in Orji, Owerri North […]
The Akwa Ibom StateHouse of Assembly has moved to checkmate the upsurge in street begging and hawking by underage children within Uyo metropolis, the state capital. The move followed a motion sponsored yesterday by a member representing Ini Constituency and the Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Emmanuel Bassey during the plenary. Leading the debate […]
With effect from next academic session, recommendations by the Education Review White Paper on restructuring and remodification of some extant education policies in the state would be implemented by the state. The decision taken by the State Executive Council was disclosed through a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs. Funke Egbemode. […]
The Yoruba World Congress (YWC) being led by emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye has commended Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, for taking the bull by the horn with the inauguration of the Yoruba security outfit codenamed Amotekun. In a statement through its Director of Communications, Moses Jolayemi, the group said, from the effort so far made […]
Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde yesterday flagged off reconstruction of the Akesan market in Oyo town which was razed by inferno on 5th January, 2020. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the project would gulp N781.7 million. Makinde had visited the ancient town on January 8 to commiserate with the traders in […]
Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi yesterday lamented his administration’s inability to go ahead with planned recruitment exercise aimed at accommodating job seekers following outbreak of coronavirus ravaging the country. Fayemi, who disclosed this yesterday said the sudden pandemic outbreak had prevented the state government from issuing appointment letters to successful job seekers in the […]