Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has banned state government officials from travelling abroad for the rest of the year. In a statement signed by the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, the governor instructed that the state expenditure should henceforth be focused on implementation of critical projects across the sectors. The governor while announcing the suspension…
Former President of Nigeria, Obasanjo has warned youths against getting High interest bank loan to fund agricultural businesses. He said that this would make it difficult for them to succeed in their endeavours. He said this at the launch of Youths in Agribusiness project with the theme, “Enabling Scaling of Innovative Technologies for Sustainable Food Solutions.’’…
The Federal Government has admitted that it is facing enormous challenges and revenue deficit amid a growing population. This is as it lamented that it is struggling to pay salaries because “there is no money”. Speaking in Abuja, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, urged non-governmental organisations to help the government to cover…
The Borno State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of the State’s Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Ibrahim Idriss Garba. Garba died, on Saturday morning, October 21 in Maiduguri, according to a statement by Governor Babagana Zulum’s spokesman, Isa Gusau. The investigation, according to Gusau, in a statement, is at the…
Former US President Donald Trump has shared a strange court sketch on social media that showed him at his Manhattan fraud case with a person who looked like Jesus Christ sitting next him. He shared the image on Facebook without a caption. This is the second time Trump is sharing this image. Earlier this month,…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Shaakaa Chira as the new Auditor-General of the Federation (AGF). This appointment was made following Mr. Chira’s successful screening by the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), designating him as the most suitable candidate. President Tinubu, through a statement from his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…
At least seven people have been reportedly killed when Armed Robbers today stormed three banks in Otukpo Benue State and carted away several millions of naira. The Seven people, including policemen and a former councillor transacting business in one of the affected banks, were reportedly killed by the suspected robbers who operated for more than an…
Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma is said to have intensified moves to stop the Supreme Court from hearing an appeal on the 2019 Imo governorship election, which the apex court has already fixed for October 31, 2023, eleven days to the November 11 governorship poll. Uzodinma is seeking re-election on the platform of the…
A Viral video captures a pregnant woman with an outstandingly large baby bump. A woman with a huge baby bump is currently trending on Social Media. In the video which has since gone viral, the woman could be seen experiencing pregnancy contractions in a hospital. This has prompted many on Social Media to start debating…
There was pandemonium yesterday in Ilorin the Kwara state capital after an angry mob attacked a vehicle belonging to the Nigerian Prisons Services, NPS, killed four people including a commercial motorcyclist in an accident and injured many others Eyewitnesses say the accident occurred when the driver who was conveying some prison inmates to court drove…
