Category: State News

Controversy Trails Makinde’s N8b Iwo Road Project
October 21, 2019 No Responses

Controversy Trails Makinde’s N8b Iwo Road Project

The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has  criticised plan by the Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration to spend N8 billion on a proposed reconstruction of the popular Iwo Road interchange in Ibadan, the state capital.   The...
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Benin Agog As Delegates Arrive For 2019 Art, Culture Festival
October 19, 2019 No Responses

Benin Agog As Delegates Arrive For 2019 Art, Culture Festival

Ahead of Monday’s opening ceremony of the 2019 National Festival of Art and Culture (NAFEST), no fewer than 3,000 delegates have arrived in Benin City, Edo State capital.The Edo Commissioner for Art and Culture, Mr Osazee Osemwegie-Ero, made the disclosu...
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Calabar Carnival: Cross River, Security Agencies Assure Tourists Of Safety
October 19, 2019 No Responses

Calabar Carnival: Cross River, Security Agencies Assure Tourists Of Safety

The Cross River State Government has assured residents and tourists coming for the 2019 Annual Calabar Carnival of adequate security.Mr Ani Esin, the State Security Adviser, South, to Gov. Ben Ayade, gave the assurance on Saturday in Calabar, during an...
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Ogun Marks 526 Buildings For Demolition
October 19, 2019 No Responses

Ogun Marks 526 Buildings For Demolition

The Ogun government on Saturday sealed off two dilapidated buildings in Abeokuta and ordered occupants of the houses to move out within 24 hours. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Urban and Physical Planning, Mr Nafiu Adebiyi, told Journalists during an...
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Makinde Appoints Special Assistants On ICT, Youth, Sports
October 19, 2019 No Responses

Makinde Appoints Special Assistants On ICT, Youth, Sports

Oyo State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of two Special Assistants on Information Communication Technology(ICT)/ E- Governance and Youth and Sports. A statement issued on Friday, in Ibadan, by the Special Assistant (Print Media) to the...
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Oyo To Spend N8b On Iwo Road Interchange Expansion
October 18, 2019 No Responses

Oyo To Spend N8b On Iwo Road Interchange Expansion

Governor  Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that about N8 billion will be spent on the expansion of Iwo-Road interchange in Ibadan, the state capital.Makinde, who made this known on Friday, when he visited Adogba Central Mosque at Iwo-Road,...
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Enugu Airport: Buhari Approves N10b For Rehabilitation
October 17, 2019 No Responses

Enugu Airport: Buhari Approves N10b For Rehabilitation

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of N10billion Special Intervention Fund for immediate repairs and upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Spokesman in a statement, said this was the high po...
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New Oil, Gas Parks For Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa
October 17, 2019 No Responses

New Oil, Gas Parks For Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday in Abuja, approved the establishment of oil and gas parks in Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa states. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents afte...
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Delta Proposes N389b Budget For 2020
October 16, 2019 No Responses

Delta Proposes N389b Budget For 2020

The Delta State Government has proposed a N389 billion budget for the 2020 fiscal year.The State’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba.Aniagwu said that the budget approval was par...
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Enugu Hands Over 65 Innoson Security Vehicles To Police
October 16, 2019 No Responses

Enugu Hands Over 65 Innoson Security Vehicles To Police

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Tuesday in Enugu handed over sixty five (65) patrol vans to the state command of the Nigeria Police to aid its security operations. The sixty five (65) patrol vans were among the 100...
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Lagos Pledges To Pay Above N30,000 Minimum Wage
October 15, 2019 No Responses

Lagos Pledges To Pay Above N30,000 Minimum Wage

Lagos State will pay its workers above the N30,000 new national Minimum Wage,  State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu  has said.Sanwo-Olu made the promise on Tuesday when the state leadership  of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigeria Labour Co...
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Shippers Council Donates Household Items To Kano Old People’s Home, VVF centre
October 15, 2019 No Responses

Shippers Council Donates Household Items To Kano Old People’s Home, VVF centre

The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has donated some household itemś to the Kano State Old People’s Home and the Vesico Virginal Fistula (VVF) centre in the state.The items presented to the beneficiaries by the Executive Secretary of the NSC, Mr...
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Buhari Seeks N’Assembly’s Approval For N10.06bn Refund To Kogi
October 15, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Seeks N’Assembly’s Approval For N10.06bn Refund To Kogi

The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for an approval to pay Kogi State Government N10.069 billion being refund of money spent by the state on behalf of Federal government. The request was contained in a letter...
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INEC Okays 867, 088 Electorate For Bayelsa Gubernatorial Poll
October 14, 2019 No Responses

INEC Okays 867, 088 Electorate For Bayelsa Gubernatorial Poll

A total of 867, 088 eligible voters are expected to vote in the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.INEC National Commissioner supervising elections in Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers State,...
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