Category: State News

Plateau To Revamp Jos Breweries
June 14, 2020 No Responses

Plateau To Revamp Jos Breweries

Plateau Government has allocated portions of land of the Brewery Agro Research Company (BARC) in Zallaki community of Bassa Local Government Area to different categories of qualified people, as part of efforts to revamp the Jos International Breweries (JIB). The...
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Imo Targets N5b Monthly IGR
June 13, 2020 No Responses

Imo Targets N5b Monthly IGR

The Imo State Government is to raise the state’s monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to N5 billion in the next “few years””. Governor Hope Uzodinma, who made the promise at the maiden stakeholders’ forum held on Friday in Owerri to...
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Kwara Flags-Off Distribution Of Tractors To Farmers
June 10, 2020 No Responses

Kwara Flags-Off Distribution Of Tractors To Farmers

The Kwara State Government has flagged-off the distribution of tractors to farmers at subsidised rates as part of strategies to strengthen large scale farming in the state. Mr AbdulQowiy Olododo, the Technical Assistant to the Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Ag...
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Tony Attah, MD/CEO, Nigeria LNG Limited’s Speech During A Visit To Governor Nyesom Wike
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Tony Attah, MD/CEO, Nigeria LNG Limited’s Speech During A Visit To Governor Nyesom Wike

I must start by offering the good wishes of the Nigeria LNG family and our sincere appreciation for the tremendous efforts of the Government of Rivers State, under your astute leadership, in fighting the onslaught of the Coronavirus pandemic in...
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Customs Confiscates N3.2b Items, Arrest Eight Suspects
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Customs Confiscates N3.2b Items, Arrest Eight Suspects

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Border Drill Operation Sector 4, Katsina said it seized various goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) worth N3.2 billion from January 2020 to date. Aliyu Mohammed, the sector coordinator, Border Drill Operation Sector 4, Katsina,....
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Lagos APC Bans Justice Forum, Mandate Group, Others
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Lagos APC Bans Justice Forum, Mandate Group, Others

The Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) has announced the dissolution of all political groups within the All Progressives Party (APC) in the state. The 27-member GAC, the highest decision-making organ of the party in the state, announced the dissolution on Tu...
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Mother Of 13 Gives Birth To Quadruplets In Zaria
June 9, 2020 No Responses

Mother Of 13 Gives Birth To Quadruplets In Zaria

A 34-year-old housewife, Hauwa’u Sulaiman, of No. 70 Alfadarai in Zaria, also a mother of 13, gave birth to a set of quadruplets at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Zaria, on Friday, June 5.Sulaiman told the News Agency of Nigeria...
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El-Rufai To FG: Transfer Ecological Funds To Environment Ministry
June 7, 2020 No Responses

El-Rufai To FG: Transfer Ecological Funds To Environment Ministry

Kaduna State Governor,  Nasir El-Rufai on Saturday canvassed for the transfer of the Ecological Fund to Federal Ministry of Environment, which has the expertise and national reach to manage the fund more efficiently. The governor made the call when the...
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Fayemi Pledges To Continue Ekiti Airport Project
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Fayemi Pledges To Continue Ekiti Airport Project

The Cargo Airport, currently being built by the Ekiti State government in Ado Ekiti, will continue, notwithstanding the present unfriendly economy, Gov. Kayode Fayemi has said.The governor, who said this on Friday in Ado Ekiti, while on an inspection visit...
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Niger Inaugurates 2020 Farming Season, Subsidizes Inputs
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Niger Inaugurates 2020 Farming Season, Subsidizes Inputs

The Niger State government on Thursday inaugurated the 2020 farming season and announced subsidies for essential farming inputs to farmers in the state. At the event, Gov. Abubakar Bello explained that the administration would provide fertilizers to farmers fo...
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Ekiti, Ondo To Give Olumilua Befitting Burial
June 5, 2020 No Responses

Ekiti, Ondo To Give Olumilua Befitting Burial

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said that the governments of Ekiti and Ondo States would work out a modality to give a befitting burial to former Governor of the old Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua, who passed on...
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Kaduna Explains Safe Reopening Modalities
June 4, 2020 No Responses

Kaduna Explains Safe Reopening Modalities

Kaduna State Government is working out modalities on safe reopening of the state. The state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftancy Affairs, Jafaru Sani, said this shortly after a closed door meeting with traditional rulers chaired by Gov. Nasir El-Ra...
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Lagos Earmarks N103b For Infrastructure
June 4, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Earmarks N103b For Infrastructure

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it  earmarked N103 billion for the aggressive development of infrastructure across the state. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube, made this known during the 2020 Ministerial Press Brief...
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Customs Impounds N253m Smuggled Items
June 3, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds N253m Smuggled Items

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Kebbi State confiscated various smuggled items valued at N253 million betweem February and May, 2020. The Kebbi Area Comptroller of Customs, Yusuf Garba, made the disclosure at a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi on...
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