NIGERIA has joined more than 100 other countries to participate in the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s “solidarity trial treatment” for COVID-19. The arrangement is part of the efforts of the international health organisation’s effective treatment regimen and vaccine to combat coronavirus in the shortest possible time. Minister of Health Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who announced this […]Read More
…Govs Promise Permanent Solution To Security Challenge In South West Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday joined his counterparts in the South West to renew the call for the creation of State police as one of the major steps to stem the growing tide of insecurity in the region. Governor Sanwo-Olu, alongside Governors […]Read More
Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has blamed the deplorable state of tertiary health institutions in the country on the inability of state governors to fund basic primary and secondary health facilities under their respective care. Adewole, who stated this at the Senate plenary on Tuesday, said state governments had “literally abandoned” health care. He […]Read More
Seventeen persons, among them a legislator, were arrested in Lagos and Ogun states by personnel of the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, over offences ranging from alleged ballot snatching, disruption of election process and impersonation during the governorship/state Houses of Assembly elections. One of the thugs reportedly opened fire on the troops, injuring an […]Read More
The Nigeria Customs Service has said that it distributed about 32,576 bags of 50kg rice; 1,790 kegs of 25 litre vegetable oil; 32,329 bales of used clothes; 47 bags of 50kg sugar and about 2,675 pairs of shoes to registered orphanages in the six South-West states. The Chairman of the Sub-committee on the Distribution of […]Read More
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has explained the rationale behind its decision to dissolve her state executives in Ogun and Imo states, accusing Govs. Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha of engaging in anti party activities. This was as the National Working Committee NWC swiftly appointed a caretaker committee for both states .Confirming the dissolution […]Read More
The Federal Government yesterday laid the foundation of the first gold refinery in Mowe, Ogun State, to enhance the country’s sustainable economic growth. Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bwari, who performed the ceremony in Mowe, said government and promoters of the refinery identified gold as a strategic commodity. Bwari commended the […]Read More
..Only Genuine Reconciliation Can Engender Victory, Compensation, Says Lagos Gov Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, and his Borno State counterpart, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, continued their reconciliatory efforts to pacify aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Southwest over the outcome of the recent party primaries, with a call on […]Read More
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday released the Internally Generated Revenue at State level for half year 2018, which tracks the performance of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory in terms of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). During the period under review, the states and FCT generated a total of N579.490 billion, as […]Read More
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State yesterday presented the 2019 budget estimate of N402.63 billion to the House of Assembly. This represents 17 per cent increase of last year’s estimate, which was N345.4 billion. Education got the lion’s share of N88.57 billion (22 per cent).A breakdown of the “Budget of Enduring Legacy” shows that N254.005 […]Read More
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