Category: State News

NCS Impounds N3.5m Smuggled Rice
October 26, 2019 No Responses

NCS Impounds N3.5m Smuggled Rice

The Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit Kaduna, on Friday, said it had seized 149 smuggled rice valued at over N3.5 million in Kaduna.In a statement on Friday, the command Public Relations officer, Abubakar Usman, explained that...
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Coscharis Motors To Unveil New Ford Edge October 30
October 26, 2019 No Responses

Coscharis Motors To Unveil New Ford Edge October 30

Sole representative of Ford Motor Company in Nigeria, Coscharis Motors has concluded plans to unveil new Ford Edge on October 30, 2019 at the International Conference Centre Annex, Abuja, venue of the 20th Abuja International Motor Fair.According to Abiona Bab...
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Oyo Acquires 300 Hectares For Ibadan Dry Port, Seeks Support From Land Owners
October 25, 2019 No Responses

Oyo Acquires 300 Hectares For Ibadan Dry Port, Seeks Support From Land Owners

The Oyo State Government has solicited the cooperation of  land owners whose properties have been earmarked for the new Ibadan Inland Dry Port to ensure realisation of the project. Under the proposed transformation of the state economy, the new inland...
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Egbemode Emerges Information Commissioner As Oyetola Inaugurates Cabinet
October 25, 2019 No Responses

Egbemode Emerges Information Commissioner As Oyetola Inaugurates Cabinet

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Thursday inaugurated his cabinet, almost a year after he was sworn-in as the governor. Oyetola, who was sworn-in as the governor on Nov. 27, 2018, appointed Mrs Funke Egbemode, the President Nigeria Guild of...
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Iwo Road: PDP Canvasses Support For Makinde
October 23, 2019 No Responses

Iwo Road: PDP Canvasses Support For Makinde

The South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the decision of Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to reconstruct the Iwo Road Interchange, describing the move as bold and courageous.The South-West PDP, in a statement issued on...
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INEC Projects 10,063 Ad Hoc Personnel For Bayelsa Poll
October 23, 2019 No Responses

INEC Projects 10,063 Ad Hoc Personnel For Bayelsa Poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to deploy 10,063 ad hoc staff for the November . 16 Bayelsa governorship election .Pastor Monday Tom, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Bayelsa said this at a Roundtable on INEC’s preparednes...
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Adamawa Assembly Approves 40 Special Advisers For Fintiri
October 22, 2019 No Responses

Adamawa Assembly Approves 40 Special Advisers For Fintiri

The Adamawa House of Assembly on Tuesday, approved 40 Special Advisers for Governor  Ahmadu Fintiri.The development followed a request by the governor, through a letter read by the Speaker, Aminu Iya-Abbas, at the plenary.The house also passed a resolutio...
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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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