Tambuwal: Sokoto, Not One Of Poorest State In Nigeria

Tambuwal: Sokoto, Not One Of Poorest State In Nigeria

Sokoto State is not one of the poorest in Nigeria, contrary to a current report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Governor Aminu Tambuwal has said. In a statement issued on Monday by Malam Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser on...
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REC: Nine Political Parties Conclude Primaries In Edo

REC: Nine Political Parties Conclude Primaries In Edo

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo, Mr Johnson Alalibo, said nine political parties have so far concluded their party primaries and set to contest the forthcoming governorship election scheduled for Sept. 19, in the state. Alalibo disclosed this ...
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Borno Appoints New Heads For Maiduguri Flour Mills, Borno Express

Borno Appoints New Heads For Maiduguri Flour Mills, Borno Express

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has approved the appointment of Mr Mohammed Bukar as General Manager, Maiduguri Flour Mills. Spokesman for the Governor, Malam Isa Gusau in a statement on Wednesday explained that Zulum has also approved the appointment.....
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Adamawa Earmarks N550m Fertilizer For 2020 Farming Season

Adamawa Earmarks N550m Fertilizer For 2020 Farming Season

The Adamawa Government has earmarked the sum of  N550 million  to buy  fertilizer for the 2020 farming season. The  Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Umar Pella, disclosed this shortly after the State Executive Council’s ...
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Delta Seaports To Receive Seven Vessels Laden With Diesel, General Cargoes

Delta Seaports To Receive Seven Vessels Laden With Diesel, General Cargoes

Seven ships conveying diesel and other items are expected at the Delta Seaports between June 25 and June 30, 2020.  In its daily publication, ‘Shipping Position’, Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) on Wednesday explained that the vessels include MT Tornado...
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Okowa Constitutes Panel Of Enquiry On Okpe-Urhobo Forest Reserve Dispute

Okowa Constitutes Panel Of Enquiry On Okpe-Urhobo Forest Reserve Dispute

Governor  Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Thursday inaugurated a seven-member Judicial Panel of Enquiry to establish the ownership of Okpe-Urhobo forest reserve, particularly the purported de-reserved area. Okowa, who performed the ceremony at Government House, As...
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Borno Recruits 30 Doctors, 100 Nurses, Midwives

Borno Recruits 30 Doctors, 100 Nurses, Midwives

The Borno Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr Salisu Kwaya-Bura, on Thursday said the state government has recruited over 30 doctors and 100 nurses and midwives within the past one year. Speaking on Thursday in Maiduguri, Kwaya-Bura explained that.....
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COVID-19: NLNG Donates $300,000 Medical Equipment To Lagos State

COVID-19: NLNG Donates $300,000 Medical Equipment To Lagos State

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Thursday donated medical equipment to the Lagos State Government as part of its contribution to the $30 million Oil and Gas Industry Collaborative Initiative, spearheaded by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to fight ...
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Ekiti Farmers Seek Soft Loans, Tractors

Ekiti Farmers Seek Soft Loans, Tractors

Farmers in Ido-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government area of Ekiti State on Thursday  appealed to the state government to assist them with soft loans and tractors to boost their agricultural production. The Chairman of Ekiti State Farmers Association, Ido-Osi ch...
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Presco Extends Palliatives To 22 Host Communities In Edo, Delta States

Presco Extends Palliatives To 22 Host Communities In Edo, Delta States

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), foremost vegetable oils and fats producer in Nigeria, Presco Plc has delivered palliatives to its host communities across Edo and Delta States.  A statement issued on Thursday by the Relations Manager ...
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Delta Seeks N8b Loan To Boost Agriculture

Delta Seeks N8b Loan To Boost Agriculture

The Delta State Government has granted its approval for the state to access eight billion naira loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to develop agriculture in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who made...
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Lagos To Meet Telecoms Firms On E-Learning Data Subscription

Lagos To Meet Telecoms Firms On E-Learning Data Subscription

The Lagos State Government is to hold a meeting with telecommunications service providers on the issue of data subscription as part of measures to boost e-learning during the Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on Tuesday during the Fifteenth Update on the Manageme...
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Edo Varsity Workers Protest 11 Months Unpaid Salaries

Edo Varsity Workers Protest 11 Months Unpaid Salaries

Workers of Edo Government-owned Tayo Akpata University of Education on Monday protested over 11 months unpaid salaries and pension. The workers, who protested before the state Head of Service (HoS), Mr Anthony Okungbowa, lamented that their families had been m...
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Edo 2020: The Dilemma Of Edo Central People

Edo 2020: The Dilemma Of Edo Central People

By Ehichioya Ezomon, 08033078357 It’s official. Governor Godwin Obaseki will not contest on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19, 2020 governorship poll in Edo State. The party has disqualified him from the June 22...
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