Category: State News

Asaba Airport To Generate N100m Annually
November 7, 2019 No Responses

Asaba Airport To Generate N100m Annually

Delta State is to generate N100million annually from the concession of Asaba Airport. The State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa stated this while presenting the 2020 appropriation bill of N389 billion to the state House of Assembly on Wednesday, in Asaba. He...
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Oyo Targets N4b Monthly IGR
November 7, 2019 No Responses

Oyo Targets N4b Monthly IGR

Oyo state government has set modalities in place to attain  N4billion monthly internally-generated revenue by Decmber 2020. A statement issued on Wednesday by the State Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, quoted Mr John Adeleke, the Chairman, Oy...
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Oyo Re-awards Moniya-Iseyin road for N9.9bn
November 6, 2019 No Responses

Oyo Re-awards Moniya-Iseyin road for N9.9bn

The Oyo State government has approved N9.9 billion for the reconstruction of Moniya-Iseyin road. The State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Prof. Rapheal Afonja, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Ibadan shortly after the state Executive Council meet...
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Enugu To Train 120 On Tomato Farming
November 5, 2019 No Responses

Enugu To Train 120 On Tomato Farming

The Enugu State Government has concluded plans to train 120 farmers on how to grow tomatoes massively in the state.Mr Benjamin Onuze, Acting Director, Technical Services, Enugu State Agricultural Development Programme (ENADEP), made this known in an interview ...
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Kaduna Sets Aside N3b To Construct Houses For Low Income Earners
November 5, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna Sets Aside N3b To Construct Houses For Low Income Earners

Kaduna State Government has earmarked N3 billion for the construction of houses for low income earners in 2020.  The Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Fausat Ibikunle  made the disclosure while defending the ministry’s budget before t...
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Lagos To Relocate Trade Fair To Permanent Site
November 4, 2019 No Responses

Lagos To Relocate Trade Fair To Permanent Site

The Lagos State Government is to relocate the Lagos International Trade Fair from Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) to a permanent site.Speaking on Monday after visiting some pavilions at the ongoing 2019 Lagos International Trade Fair, taking place at the Tafawa...
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ENL Explains N4b Expenditure, Set 2022 completion time for Ibadan Road Project
November 4, 2019 No Responses

ENL Explains N4b Expenditure, Set 2022 completion time for Ibadan Road Project

ENL Consortium Limited, the company handling the construction of the East Wing section of Ibadan Circular Road project, has expressed its commitment to the completion of the road in 2022.  Meanwhile, the company said it has committed about N4 billion...
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Kaduna To Export Ginger, Maize
November 1, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna To Export Ginger, Maize

The Kaduna State Government is working toward including ginger and maize as part of its export products in 2020. The Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabiu Sani disclosed this while defending the ministry’s 2020 budget before the Ho...
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Makinde Suspends ENL’s N65b Road Contract
October 31, 2019 No Responses

Makinde Suspends ENL’s N65b Road Contract

Citing slow pace of work, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has suspended construction work on the Ibadan Circular road project.The Governor who made an on-the-spot assessment to the 32 kilometre road on Thursday, expressed his disappointment at the pace of...
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DPR Warns Depot Owners, Oil Marketers Against Diversion, Price Hike
October 31, 2019 No Responses

DPR Warns Depot Owners, Oil Marketers Against Diversion, Price Hike

The Department of Petroleum Resources in Cross River has warned depot owners and marketers to desist from diversion of product, saying that anyone caught would face appropriate sanctions.The Operations Controller of DPR in Cross River, Mr Philip Awolu, gave th...
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Kaduna Raises Women Empowerment Fund to N1b
October 31, 2019 No Responses

Kaduna Raises Women Empowerment Fund to N1b

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday said the government would raise the State Women Empowerment Fund (KADSWEF) to N1 billion from 2021. The governor said this in Kaduna while opening the 4th Kaduna Women Economic Empowerment Summit. “We are...
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Oyo Approves N526m As Running Costs For Primary, Secondary Schools
October 29, 2019 No Responses

Oyo Approves N526m As Running Costs For Primary, Secondary Schools

The Oyo Government has approved the release of N526 million as running costs for its 2,500 primary schools and 640 secondary schools.  A statement issued on Monday by Mr Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde explained that...
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NDDC To Distribute 32 Waste Disposal Trucks
October 26, 2019 No Responses

NDDC To Distribute 32 Waste Disposal Trucks

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is set to distribute 32 waste disposal trucks to the nine states covered by the commission, an official said.The states are Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers.A statement...
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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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