Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has appreciated the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government, for approving the contract for the dualization of the Makurdi- Otukpo-9th Mile (Enugu) road project. The governor gave the commendation at Apir, Makurdi Local Government yesterday during the kickoff of the Makurdi-Enugu road project. He assured the Ministry of…
Abia State Executive Council has approved the setting up of Standard Materials Testing Laboratory in Umuahia. Commissioner for Information and Culture Prince Okey Kanu made this known on Thursday while briefing reporters at the Government House, Umuahia. He said the setting up of the laboratory was necessitated by the incessant collapse of buildings in the…
In its bid to expand the scope of the SkillUp Imo programme, the Imo State Government has established 16 digital- tech training centres across the state. Immediate past Commissioner for Digital Economy and E- Government, Dr. Chimezie Amadi, disclosed this, yesterday, while fielding questions from an Owerri- based privately owned radio station. According to him,…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has reiterated its commitment to partnering with the Enugu State Government in the areas of investment, infrastructures and other projects that will attract development to the state and transform the lives of the citizens. This was even as the President of Skipper Seil Group, a globally renowned engineering, power and…
Combined troops of the 82 Division Nigerian, Navy and Air Force in conjunction with the Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps stormed and destroyed several camps of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate Eastern Security Network (ESN) along Umulolo – Umukele – Amousu and Agbobu in Okigwe Local Local…
Rivers State House of Assembly has voted to override Governor Sim Fubara’s decision to withhold his accent on four laws passed by the lawmakers. The laws include Rivers State Funds Management and Financial Autonomy Law 2023, Rivers State Local Government Amendment Law 2023, Rivers State Advertisement and Use of State-Owned Property Prohibition Repeal Law 2024,…
With the pursuit to achieve zero maternal mortality in the state, the Anambra State Government has started training on the use of Anti-shock garments in cases of postpartum haemorrhage in women. The training was organized by the state Ministry of Health in Awka, on Thursday. Postpartum Hemorrhage otherwise known as bleeding after delivery has been…
Son of the late legendary Afro Beat musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Seun Kuti, has revealed that the late music legend used to send his personal assistant to London to buy ice cream and his favorite sweet for him. He disclosed this while educating his fans in an Instagram video message that being a pan-Africanist doesn’t…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in nine re-nominated commissioners in the state. The swearing-in was conducted at the State Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday. The commissioners said to be loyal to the former governor, Nyesom Wike, earlier resigned their appointment in the heat of the political…
A tanker carrying 45,000-litre of petrol with registration number PTG 534 XA, bursted into flames on Thursday while transferring petrol into the reservoir of Fortunate Petrol Filling Station in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The fire incident occurred at about 19:44 hours, at the filling station located opposite Government Secondary School, Maraba, on Old Jebba Road,…
