Tag: State News

The Oyo State Government on Tuesday approved N12.5 billion for the construction of the Ibadan-Odo Oba road.  The 35.6 kilometers road starts from Iwo Road interchange through Olodo to Lalupon and terminates at Odo Oba, the Oyo State boundary with Osun.&n...

The Yobe State Government, on Tuesday, disclosed that it will utilise N10.8 billion of the N18 billion refund received from the Federal Government on road construction projects.   The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recent N18 billion...

Oyo State Government has approved N603.8 million for the purchase of operational vehicles for security agencies in the state.  Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, made this known in Ibadan on Tuesday at the end of the....

The Osun Government has alerted residents in the state to be security conscious following reports of attacks by suspected kidnappers disguised as commercial transporters.   The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbem...

The Bayelsa State Government and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have agreed to partner on key infrastructure projects for the benefit of the people of the state.   Speaking when he hosted the NDDC Interim Administrator, Dr. Efiong Akwa and...

The Lagos State Government is considering a total ban of commercial motorcycles in all local government areas of the state.   The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Gbenga Omotoso made this known at a stakeholders forum organised to...

Zamfara State Government has budgeted N17.1billion for COVID-19 action recovery and economic stimulus programme tagged, “Matawalle Vision 2023’’. Performing the formal inauguration of the project, Gov. Bello Matawalle said it was designed to address the ...

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has approved the recruitment of 350 persons into the Amotekun Corps to ease the pressure on the Ondo State Security Network.   Akeredolu announced this at an award programme organised by Ondo State Agribusiness ...

The Taraba Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Saturday, conducted a clearance operation at the Roadblock area of Jalingo to achieve ease in traffic flow.   Sector Commander, Selina Williams, who supervised the operation, told Journalists ...

An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded two men in a correctional centre for allegedly being in possession of human head, exhuming and cutting off head of a six-year-old boy.    The defendants, Lukuman Kusimo, 55, and Oluwaseyi Olojede, 5...

The feud between the management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc and one of its host communities, Maroghioba, will not escalate into full blown crisis. The assurance was given on Friday by the Iyase of Udo, near Benin, Chief Patrick...

Mr Idris Abiola-Ajimobi, son of the late Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Tuesday declared his interest to contest the Ibadan South-West State Constituency II seat on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 elections. Abiola-Ajimobi made...

The Ondo State government, says over 800 health workers have been employed to fill the gap in the health sector in the state in the last one year.   Dr Francis Akanbiemu, Permanent Secretary, State Primary Health Care Development Agency(OSPHCDA),...