The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has urged President Bola Tinubu to allocate at least 15 per cent of the 2024 annual budget to the health sector. The President of NARD, Dr Dele Abdullahi, disclosed this in an interview while decrying the exclusion of the health sector from the 2023 supplementary budget. This was even…
Zamfara State Government has described the legacy left by former Governor Bello Matawalle as buying vehicles for bandits. The state commissioner for budget and planning, Abdulmalik Gajam, in an interview also noted that Matawalle failed to make any investment in mass transit while gifting vehicles to terrorists. Matawalle is the current Minister of State for…
President Bola Tinubu will travel to Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, over the next few days in what has been termed an aggressive push to promote Nigeria and attract foreign direct investment. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, who briefed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa said the President will be attending the Saudi-Africa Summit…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, inaugurated the Oyingbo Bridge. Sanwo-Olu made this known on X formerly Twitter. He wrote, “Today, I commissioned the Oyingbo Bridge, a significant step in our journey towards completing and opening the Red Line Rail project. “A big thank you to the Governor of Ekiti state, H.E…
The Nigeria Police Force has bowed to pressure from the Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress, the Labour Party, and Civil Society Organisations by redeploying the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde out of the state. Egbetokun announced the redeployment of the commissioner on Sunday night He said the police were not unaware…
Ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states, the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the distribution of 220 operational vehicles f.or election security management. The force also deployed anti-riot equipment, including water cannons, Armoured Personnel Carriers, helmets, bulletproof vests, and tear gas canisters. The Force Public Relations Officer,…
The Senator representing Kogi Central in the 10th Senate, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has officially unveiled the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in the November 11 governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye, to the people of Ebiraland. The event took place on Saturday, before a mammoth crowd in Okene, the political headquarters of the Ebira…
The Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has explained why he operates from home instead of the state government house. According to him, he chose to work from home for the time being in order to manage the cost of governance. Otti stated this during the weekend when he received the global leadership of the…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, has said that under his leadership, the Bank will focus mainly on the core mandate of price stability. He disclosed this while playing host to the Impact Investing Community, led by the 14th Emir of Kano and Khalifa of the Tijaniyyah Sufi order…
No fewer than 400 Nigerian government officials have undergone agricultural technical training programmes sponsored by the Chinese Government through its initiative, Green Agriculture West Africa Limited. According to a report from the Chinese embassy on Sunday, the programmes were meant to enhance the agricultural exchange and cooperation between China and Nigeria. The company which embarked…
