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Ahead of the Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election holding today, two major power blocs within the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have put aside their political differences. Former senate leader and APC governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, Senator Teslim Folarin, and the minister of power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, publicly […]
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has again reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to sustaining security services through the budgetary process. The governor, in a statement issued on Friday by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, insisted that, “under my watch, we don’t operate security votes in the sense Nigerians understand it.” According to him, Osun State […]
The Jigawa State Government has been awarded an excellence award for improving its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) by over 200 per cent in two years. According to a 2024 report, the state now ranks third highest in IGR growth in the Northwest and 14th among all Nigerian states. It grew from N27.54 billion in 2023 […]
Senator Ibrahim Lamido has launched a wide-reaching empowerment initiative across his senatorial district, distributing over 100 brand-new vehicles. Senator Lamido’s legislative aide, Lamir Amin, stated that the vehicles include Toyota Sienna vans, 18-seater buses, and tractors to support agricultural productivity and improve transportation for his constituents. In an earlier phase of his intervention, the senator […]
Many residents of Maiduguri living on waterways and victims of the September 2024 flooding which destroyed lives and property, and displaced many, are still occupying their houses despite warning from the state government that they should vacate the areas during the rainy season. A resident of Fori area of Maiduguri, one of the areas that […]
The organised labour has raised concern over the federal government’s decision to spend N142 billion on constructing modern bus terminals across the six geo-political zones, warning that the plan could risk becoming another white-elephant project if not carefully executed. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said that the plan, though ambitious, risks diverting scarce resources from […]
The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy Development (Centre LSD) has called on governments at all levels to prioritise funding and policy reforms that institutionalise male engagement in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) prevention and gender equality. Centre LSD also asked donors and development partners to join the Ford Foundation in funding this critical endeavour as more resources […]
The federal government has announced plans to connect the Baro Inland Port to the Lagos-Kano Narrow Gauge. Minister of Transportation, Sen. Said Ahmed Alkali made this disclosure in Abuja during an interactive session with House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Rehabilitation and Operationalisation of the Baro Inland Port. The minister’s role is to convene […]
The national coordinating unit of the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi Arid Landscapes (ACRSAL) Project has said that it is seeking to impact 3.4 million direct beneficiaries, out of which 1.68 million beneficiaries will be women in its project implementation. The national project coordinator of ACRSAL, Abdulhamid Umar, stated this at the stakeholders’ engagement for ACReSAL’s […]
Floods have taken over Potiskum town in Yobe State following a heavy downpour while the governor, Mai Mala Buni, has directed the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to commence an immediate response to communities affected. The executive secretary of SEMA, Analysis, Mohammed Goje, stated that the agency received an emergency alert on the flooding and […]