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In fulfillment of the promise made by the Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, during the 2018 Workers’ Day celebration in Benin City, the state government has released N1.5billion for the payment of arrears of local government pensioners in the state. The commissioner for Local Government...

Death toll in Saturday and Sunday attacks on Tiv villages by suspected Fulani herders in Nasarawa State has risen to 78, even as search for the recovery of corpses continued on Tuesday. correspondents, who were on the entourage of Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, observed that coordinated...

He said his administration will not relent in its bid to bring quality education to the state. Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that secondary school teachers across the state will be subjected to a competency test like the one primary … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...

Timi Frank, deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the seven governors nudging President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election “are selfish”. Nasir el-Rufai, Kaduna governor, speaking on behalf of his colleagues on Friday said they want Buhari to keep...

Imo Govt challenged to publish names of contractors By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—IMO State Government has been challenged to publish the list of contractors and the roads they constructed in the state from 2011 till date. Chief Rochas Okorocha A former political appointee in the … via Vanguard...

Two members of the Peoples Democratic Party; Mr Ojo Victor and Mrs Aderonke Oladun have dumped the party for the rival All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the November 26th gubernatorial election. The duo were Special Assistants to Governor Olusegun Mimiko on Political and Mobilisation...

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday sacked the Commissioners for Tourism - Mr Folorunsho Folarin- Coker; Finance- Dr Mustapha Akinkunmi and Transportation, Dr Ekundayo Mobereola. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello in a press statement said the...

Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, alongside his commissioners, had lunch at a community kitchen on the banks of River Katsina-Ala in Tse-Ikyo, Guma LGA of the state today September 2nd. The women selling the food later posed for pictures with the Governor.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to vacate the order for the removal of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. Justice Okon Abang today ruled that the enrolled order, which was served on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was properly signed by the court after the...

Not less than 14 commercial banks yesterday, suspended services to customers as a form of protest over harsh policy of the state government. According to Guardian, the affected commercial banks took the decision in protest against the state government’s decision to open unsolicited salary...

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has granted pardon to 17 prisoners serving various jail terms in the state. He equally commuted the death sentences on four other prisoners to life imprisonment. Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, Mr. Adejuwon Soyinka, said this in...

The Committee of Unions of Tertiary Institutions (CUTI) comprising of COLAASU, SSUCOEN and NASU Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS) chapter has condemned the neglect by the state government of workers of its institutions. A statement from the group signed by its...

Nigeria's vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo commissioned some projects built by the state government. The projects include the Ago Palace Road in the Okota area of the state, a clinic in Oshodi for the State Emergency Management Agency, as well as some security equipment, including 335 power...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has declared that nobody will be shielded from the military operations against militants sabotaging the nation’s economy. According to PM News, he stated that all Niger Delta governors opposed the use of violence to settle grievances, pointing out, that the...

Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has established a Due Process Office that will ensure efficient and effective monitoring of all public contracts and other related duties for the overall interest of the people of the state. Mr. Tambuwal on Monday approved the appointment of Kabiru Haliru...

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Monday, said that his administration had created 17, 173 jobs directly and indirectly in his first year in office. Okowa made this disclosure at a news conference where he presented his First Year Performance Report in Asaba. He said the high rate of...

Palpable tension among members of the Jigawa State Executive Council as rumour of a planned major cabinet reshuffle by Governor Mohammad Badaru Abubakar waxes stronger. The decision to reshuffle is said to have been informed by alleged sabotage of his government by members of the present...

The Rivers Government under the leadership of Governor Nyesom Wike has approved 100 per cent increment in the monthly allowance of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to the state. Mr Kenneth Kobani, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Friday ordered the closure of the state-owned Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital located at Unguwan Rogo area of Sokoto town. The governor gave the order during an unscheduled visit to the hospital to assess the state of facilities there, which he...