“We are going to work on mechanised agriculture. We are going to go into plantation agriculture. We are going to have farmhouses. We are going to recruit our graduates into agriculture.” The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Kogi State Dino Melaye says one of his plans is to recruit graduates to boost the…
Kano state governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved permanent employment for 5,500 volunteer teachers under the umbrella of the Better Education Services Delivery for All (BESDA) initiative in the state. The Governor announced this on Monday while speaking at the flag-off of the distribution of over two million education materials, which include books, mats…
The Lagos State government has vowed to clear the backlog of pensions by the end of 2023. The Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Mr. Afolabi Ayantayo, disclosed this in a media chat with journalists on Monday. This was as he affirmed the state government’s commitment to continually upscale and upskill the civil service in order…
The Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved a conditional decentralization of the pension audit exercise. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi on Tuesday at Osogbo,the state capital. Read the full statement: OSUN GOVERNMENT DECENTRALISES PENSION AUDIT This is to inform pensioners of…
Osun State Government has directed that all bedridden and healthy-challenged pensioners will henceforth have their audit exercise conducted through telephone, and as such, will no longer be required to be physically present at the venue of the screening exercise. This was publicly announced by the commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, on Monday….
The former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu will on November 1 know fate in his legal battle to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release to him $9.8 million cash seized in his Kaduna residence since 2017. The huge sum is being allegedly withheld…
Cross River governor, Prince Bassey Otu, says the state security architecture is intact, hence ready to host the world during its 32-days event. Otu gave the assurance on Sunday, while flagging off the first Carnival dry run, at the millennium park in Calabar, the state capital. The governor represented by his deputy, Rt Hon Peter…
Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became violence-riddled Ecuador’s youngest president-elect ever. With 90 per cent of votes counted, the electoral authority announced Noboa as the victor. Moments earlier, socialist rival Luisa Gonzalez conceded defeat and offered her “profound congratulations” to Noboa, “because this is democracy.”…
The new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Aisha Rimi, has pledged to advance Nigeria’s economy through strategic investment promotion. Rimi made this pledge during her opening address after resuming at NIPC headquarters on Monday, in Abuja. In a major reshuffling last Friday, President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of a…
A ProActive Northern Initiatives (PANI) has described the decision of Federal Government to suspend the N-Power programme as ill-timed, retrogressive, injurious and capable of worsening the fragile security situation in Northern Nigeria. This was even as they described the decision as hasty and anti-people. The group expressed that the programme has brought succour to millions…
