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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 meeting. The...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

October 26, 2019 No Responses

Coscharis Motors To Unveil New Ford Edge October 30

Sole representative of Ford Motor Company in Nigeria, Coscharis Motors has concluded plans to unveil new Ford Edge on October 30, 2019 at the International Conference Centre Annex, Abuja, venue of the 20th Abuja International Motor Fair.According to Abiona Bab...

October 23, 2019 No Responses

INEC Projects 10,063 Ad Hoc Personnel For Bayelsa Poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is to deploy 10,063 ad hoc staff for the November . 16 Bayelsa governorship election .Pastor Monday Tom, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Bayelsa said this at a Roundtable on INEC’s preparednes...

October 22, 2019 No Responses

Adamawa Assembly Approves 40 Special Advisers For Fintiri

The Adamawa House of Assembly on Tuesday, approved 40 Special Advisers for Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.The development followed a request by the governor, through a letter read by the Speaker, Aminu Iya-Abbas, at the plenary.The house also passed a resolutio...

October 18, 2019 No Responses

Oyo To Spend N8b On Iwo Road Interchange Expansion

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has disclosed that about N8 billion will be spent on the expansion of Iwo-Road interchange in Ibadan, the state capital.Makinde, who made this known on Friday, when he visited Adogba Central Mosque at Iwo-Road,...

October 17, 2019 No Responses

Enugu Airport: Buhari Approves N10b For Rehabilitation

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of N10billion Special Intervention Fund for immediate repairs and upgrade of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Spokesman in a statement, said this was the high po...

October 16, 2019 No Responses

Delta Proposes N389b Budget For 2020

The Delta State Government has proposed a N389 billion budget for the 2020 fiscal year.The State’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Asaba.Aniagwu said that the budget approval was par...

October 15, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Seeks N’Assembly’s Approval For N10.06bn Refund To Kogi

The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari for an approval to pay Kogi State Government N10.069 billion being refund of money spent by the state on behalf of Federal government. The request was contained in a letter...

October 14, 2019 No Responses

INEC Okays 867, 088 Electorate For Bayelsa Gubernatorial Poll

A total of 867, 088 eligible voters are expected to vote in the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.INEC National Commissioner supervising elections in Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers State,...