The ECOWAS Commission in collaboration with the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) is holding a working session in Abuja, Nigeria from June 5th – 9th, 2023 to develop a contingency plan for the management of displaced persons within the Region. The ECOWAS region has been recently plagued by population movements and displacements with a detrimental impact on…
Former Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, George Akume has assumed duty as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. President Bola Tinubu administered the oath of office on Akume on Wednesday morning. Akume subsequently headed to his office located at the Three Arms Zone in Abuja. He arrived at exactly 3:30 pm…
The Kwara State Government on Tuesday clarified that teachers and health workers in the state would not enjoy the reduction in workdays announced on Monday to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy. The government had reduced workdays in the state from five to three as a form of relief for civil servants….
Susan Lorincz, 58, the white woman accused of shooting dead a black mother of four children, Ajike Owens, 35, has been arrested in Florida, United States, CNN reported on Wednesday. Owens was allegedly shot through the door in front of her son by Lorincz who complained about her children playing outside the neighbourhood. On Wednesday,…
Newly sworn-in Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume, has pledged not to disappoint but work with President Bola Tinubu. Akume was sworn in by President Bola Tinubu at the council chamber, Wednesday in the presence of some government officials. Speaking to State House correspondents after the ceremony, the new SGF promised…
The former governor of Osun state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola returned to Osun state today. The Minister of Interior also paid homage to Ataoja of Osogbo, at the state capital
The House of Representatives held a valedictory session of the ninth House on Wednesday. In attendance at the session are former speakers, Ghali Na’Abbas and Patricia Etteh, some former clerks of the House and other members. The speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, who was appointed as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, urged the next…
Ukraine was evacuating thousands of people Wednesday after an attack on a major Russian-held dam unleashed a torrent of water, inundating two dozen villages and sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster. Washington warned there would be “likely many deaths” as Moscow and Kyiv traded blame for ripping a gaping hole in the Kakhovka dam, which…
The 8th Osun State House of Assembly has promised to continually work with the House of Assembly Service Commission to bring about the needed development to legislative activities in the state and to make the 8th Assembly the best assembly yet in the history of the state. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun stated this…
The Chairman of Kaduna State Christian Association of Nigeria, Reverend Joseph Hayab, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to ignore the state’s immediate past governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over the latter’s alleged Islamization claims. He also claimed that the ex-governor’s recent statement on the Muslim/Muslim ticket and that the victory of President Bola Tinubu silenced his critics and…
