… as Chancellor announces N1billion agribusiness innovation fund for students, graduands Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has restated the commitment of his administration to ensuring that every child in the state has access to quality and compulsory education, noting that education remains a weapon in ensuring social, political, and economic growth of any society….
The Governor of Kano State, Alh. Abba Kabir Yusuf has inaugurated two judicial commissions of inquiry into cases of misappropriation of public properties, political violence and missing persons between 2015 to 2023. Inaugurating members of the commissions on Thursday, Governor Yusuf vowed to bring anyone found wanting to book. In a statement issued by Sanusi…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday commissioned various health equipments Osun Health Insurance Agency for service providers under the Osun Health Insurance Scheme. This initiative is to assist Health Care Providers with equipments and present credit, while payment back to the agency will be deducted from their monthly capitation in installment. The equipments…
The Bauchi State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it had arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly raping a mentally-challenged 10-year-old boy (name withheld). The command’s spokesperson, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a press release, adding that the suspect, Sanusi Umar, was arrested by operatives attached to Operation Restore Peace in the state. Wakil said Umar…
A student of Oduduwa Polytechnic, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who gave her name as Jesulayomi Adedini, has accused a lecturer of the institution known as Ogunjana Adeolu of extortion and deliberate attempt to frustrate her graduation from school. It was gathered that Adedini wrote her final National Diploma examination from the Department of Tourism and Hospitality…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested and detained controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, over abuse of naira, spraying of naira notes and currency mutilation. Bobrisky, who has been embroiled in several controversies over the past weeks, was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday night, and has since been detained at the Lagos Command…
Governor Ademola Adeleke, of Osun state has expressed sorrow and sadness over the tragic death of a female staff of the University of Ilesa. Reacting to the unfortunate incident this evening, the Governor in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed charged all relevant government agencies to follow up on the root cause of…
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) extends its warmest congratulations to Air peace Airlines on the successful launch of its direct flights from Lagos to London on March 30, 2024. The President of ACCI, Chief Emeka Obegolu, SAN, Phd in a statement said, this achievement is a significant milestone in the Nigerian aviation…
The Director-General, Press Affairs of the Gombe State Government, Alhaji Ismaila Uba Misilli, has assured of the state’s readiness to ensure continuous robust media partnership in line with Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya’s developmental drive. Alhaji Misilli who spoke when he visited the National Secretariat of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) located within package A of the…
The Katsina State Government has refuted the claim by the Debt Management Office, DMO, that the Governor Dikko Umaru Radda-led administration has ballooned the state’s debt profile. A report recently published by DMO indicated that Katsina under Governor Radda, together with some other states of the federation, collected fresh loans, to worsen their prevailing debt…
