Category: State News

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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Sanwo-Olu Appoints New GM For LASTMA
October 14, 2019 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Appoints New GM For LASTMA

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has appointed Olajide Oduyoye as the new General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. The LASTMA Public Relations Officer, Olumide Filade, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen i...
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Kaduna Proposes N245.4b Budget For 2020
October 13, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna Proposes N245.4b Budget For 2020

The Kaduna State Government, on Saturday, at a town hall meeting, said it had prepared a budget of N245.4 billion for the 2020 fiscal year. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the town hall meeting was held at Gen....
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Customs Port Harcourt Area II Command Generates ₦81.2b Revenue In Q3
October 11, 2019 No Responses

Customs Port Harcourt Area II Command Generates ₦81.2b Revenue In Q3

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II Command Onne Port generated a total revenue of eighty-one billion, one hundred and ninety-six million, six hundred and ninety-seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty- eight naira, and fifty-seven kobo (₦81,196,697,8...
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Accident Claims Five lives In Jos
October 9, 2019 No Responses

Accident Claims Five lives In Jos

Road accident involving an articulated vehicle and a Volkswagen Sharon bus at Hawan Kibo area of Plateau has left five persons dead.According to Andrew Bala, Public Education Officer of the Plateau Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the crash...
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Dickson: You Cannot Have Democracy Without A Vibrant Media
October 5, 2019 No Responses

Dickson: You Cannot Have Democracy Without A Vibrant Media

The Governor òf Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that Democracy in Nigeria cannot grow without a vibrant media.The Governor called on those in governance to tolerate contrary views and supposedly offensive reportage of events by t...
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