Former local government chairmen in Rivers State have threatened to resume office in the councils if Governor Siminalayi Fubara refuses to obey the recent Supreme Court judgement outlawing the use of caretaker committees to run council affairs. The former chairmen loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike,Continue Reading
North-West lawmakers caucus in the House of Representatives on Friday lauded President Bola Tinubu for signing into law the North-West Development Commission Bill into law. Recall that the President signed the bill into law on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, alongside the South-East Development Commission. The caucus is made up ofContinue Reading
A professor of Animal Science in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Ahmed Njidda, has emphasised the necessity of optimising available materials to enhance animal production efficiency for food security. The don highlighted the importance of tiger nuts and advocated for their adoption in feeding sheepContinue Reading
The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has said that members of Ekiti State Caucus in the National Assembly will join hands with other progressive-minded people to support Governor Biodun Oyebanji for a second term in office. Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, said that their support for Oyebanji wasContinue Reading
The Lagos State Government, on Thursday, undertook cleaning, de-flooding, maintenance dredging, and silt evacuation from System 63, Abraham Adesanya Primary Channel, as part of ongoing efforts to ensure water flows freely and to prevent flooding in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state. This was announced by the stateContinue Reading
The Gombe State Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Friday clamped down on traders in the Gombe market for unwholesome illicit practices. Our correspondent gathered that the traders had tampered with their mudus. A mudu is a measurement aid used for measuring grains, and many sellers have tampered withContinue Reading
The Federal Government says it has mobilised $2.2bn in external finance for the Nigeria health sector renewal investment initiative. This came as President Bola Tinubu approved the establishment of the Sector-wide Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit domiciled in the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. A statement signed FridayContinue Reading
The Spokesman to Osun State Governor, Olawale Rasheed, has said his principal is governing the state without drawing credit facilities and without taking security votes. Olawale, in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Friday, said the clarification was in response to figures credited to some opposition politicians, who had allegedContinue Reading
The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has condemned artificial inflation induced by market middlemen, lauding traditional rulers in the state for their approach to stop activities of those fixing prices of food items. In a statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, on Friday, Adeleke also tasked theContinue Reading
A former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has said that the chances of restructuring the country under President Bola Tinubu’s administration are slim. Odinkalu noted that owing to the “mechanics of presidentialism,” it remains unlikely that a sitting president would champion the devolution of moreContinue Reading