State News Archives — Page 13 of 28

January 5, 2021 No Responses

Edo To Conclude Fund Raising For Benin River Port In 2021

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government has appointed a transaction adviser for the Benin River Port project, noting that the state hopes to conclude designs and fundraising for the project by 2021. The...

January 3, 2021 No Responses

Rivers To Inaugurate Six Roads, Jetty

The Rivers State Government has concluded arrangement to inaugurates six completed road projects in seven Local Government Areas (LGA) of the State. The state Commissioner of Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who an...

January 1, 2021 No Responses

Diri:We’ll Diversify Bayelsa Economy In 2021, Create Jobs

Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri has pledged the commitment of his administration todiversify the state’s economy as part of measures to reduce total dependence on federal allocations in 2021. The governor made the remarks in hi...

December 30, 2020 No Responses

Lagos Assembly Passes N1.163tri 2021 Budget

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N1.163 trillion, seven weeks after the budget was presented to the Assembly by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The House passed the budget after the report of the...

December 23, 2020 No Responses

Delta Approves N40b For Construction Of Roads, Infrastructure

The Delta Government has approved N40 billion for construction of 14 roads, bridges, flyovers and flood drainage channels spanning over 136 kilometres across the state.The state Commissioner for Works, Chief James Augoye, and his Information counterpart, Mr Ch...

December 21, 2020 No Responses

Diri Extols Sylva’s Contribution To Bayelsa’s Development

Former Governor of Bayelsa State and now Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has been extolled for his immense contributions to the development of Bayelsa. Gov. Douye Diri stated this on Saturday night, during a grand receptio...

December 20, 2020 No Responses

Akwa Ibom Targets 300,000 Jobs With $4.6b Ibom Deep Seaport

Akwa Ibom State Government on Saturday said the approval of $4.6 billion by the Federal Government to build Ibom Deep Seaport (IDSP) will create jobs for over 300,000 teeming youths in the state. Mr Akan Okon, the Commissioner for Economic...

December 19, 2020 No Responses

Obiano Dethrones Three Traditional Rulers

Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has withdrawn the certificates of appointment of three traditional rulers in the state and also reinstated five others. Chief Greg Obi, Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affair...

December 16, 2020 No Responses

Residents, Traders Express Shock Over Demolition Of FESTAC Market

Some Festac Town residents and traders in Lagos State on Tuesday expressed shock and anger over the demolition of the Oyinlola Market popularly called ”23 Road Market” by government. They said the demolition showed the state government’s “insensitivity...

December 15, 2020 No Responses

Ogun To Establish Newspaper, Online News Platform

The Ogun Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Waheed Odusile, on Monday said that the state planned to establish a newspaper and online news platform to inform and mobilise the citizens for government policies and programmes. Odusile made the di...

November 25, 2020 No Responses

Sokoto Seeks N1.9b For Rural Electrification

November 23, 2020 No Responses

Katsina Disburses N2b Loan To 90,677 Traders, Small Businesses

The Katsina State Government has disbursed N2billion as loan to 90,677 traders and small business owners in the state to boost economic activities. Alhaji Abdulkadir Mohammed-Nasir, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Masari on Economic Empowerment made th...

November 19, 2020 No Responses

Katsina Presents N282.7b Budget For 2021

Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari on Wednesday presented a budget proposal of N282.7 billion for 2021 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for consideration. Masari, while presenting the appropriation bill christened “Budget of...

November 17, 2020 No Responses

Ondo Inaugurates Joint Committee To Boost Revenue

The Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS) on Monday in Akure inaugurated a Joint State Revenue Committee to boost revenue generation. The joint committee is made up of ODRIS chair and the chairmen of the 18 local government councils in...