State News Archives — Page 18 of 27

July 21, 2020 No Responses

APPEALS Project Admits 12 More States, Empowers 10,200 Women, Youth

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com The Agro-Processing Productivity Enhancement And Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS) has selected not less than 10,200 Women and Youth for training on all value chains and business modules on agribusinesses. Meanwhile, the Project Coordinating Unit (PCU) of the Federal...

July 19, 2020 No Responses

Kogi To Establish Rice Mill

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has promised to establish a rice mill in Ibaji Local Government Area of the state in honour late John Abbah, a legislator from the area. Bello made the promise in Ejule-Ojebe, the hometown of late...

July 19, 2020 No Responses

INEC Publishes Final List Of Candidates For Edo Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has published the final list of candidates for the Sept. 19 Governorship Election in Edo State. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and...

July 18, 2020 No Responses

Oyo To Clamp Down On Illegal Travel Agencies

Oyo Government will soon begin registration of all travel agencies in the state to curtail the spate of human trafficking being perpetrated by illegal agencies who take advantage of vulnerable Nigerians. Mrs Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu, the Senior Sp...

July 18, 2020 No Responses

Ekiti Makes U-Turn, Postpones Reopening Of Churches, Mosques

The Ekiti State government has postponed the reopening date of worship centres earlier scheduled for July 17 to Aug. 14. Services in worship centres including Mosques and Churches had been suspended since March following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.....

July 13, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Warns Personnel Against Collecting Bribe From Motorists

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, has warned its personnel to desist from collecting bribe from motorists in the state. The Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Ahmed Umar, gave this warning in an interview with the News...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Ogun Partners CBN On Oil Palm Production

The Ogun Government is collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to boost oil palm production in the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, made this known during an inspection tour of Apoje Farm Settlement, where...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Robbers Attack TVC, NTA Correspondents

Armed robbers on Thursday attacked Mr Godwin Agwam, Nasarawa State Correspondent of Television Continental (TVC) and Mrs Victoria Ojito of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) in their residence at Sabon-Gari, Lafia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Kano Spends N8b On Scholarships, To Sponsor 1,000 Students To China

The Kano State Scholarship Board on Thursday said it spent over N8 billion on scholarships for Kano indigenes studying at home and abroad in the last five years. The Executive Secretary of the board, Alhaji Abubakar Zakari, disclosed this in...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Customs Impounds 157 Vehicles, 6,340 Bags Of Rice, Others

Between January and June, 2020, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone ‘B’, seized 625 goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.668billion, compared with 425 items with DPV of N762 million confiscated within same period in...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Secures Conviction Of 39 Traffic Offenders

The Nasarawa State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has secured the conviction of 39 traffic violators at a mobile court in Garaku, Kokona Local Government Area of the state. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Mohammed explained in...

July 9, 2020 No Responses

Anambra Generates N26.4b In 2019

The Anambra state Government on Thursday said it realized N26.4 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2019. Mr David Nzekwu, Chairman of the State Internal Revenue Service, stated this while defending the agency’s financial transactions in 2...

July 6, 2020 No Responses

Ganduje: APC ‘Il Win Edo Governorship Election

The National Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed optimism that the party will win the Sept. 19 Edo Governorship election.Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, the leader of the council said this shortly after the inauguration of the c...

July 5, 2020 No Responses

Police Averts Chaos As Customs, Traffic Officers Clash

The Police in Kwara on Saturday averted a bloody clash between personnel of the state Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over a minor incident. The Chief Executive Officer of KWARTMA, Mr Yekeen Bello, who confirmed...