The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has presented an estimated budget of about 1.168 Trillion Naira to the State House of Assembly, with education and health top priority.Governor Sanwo-Olu tagged the 2020 Budget Proposal, ‘The Budget of Aw…
Day: November 9, 2019
Presidency confirms sack of some political appointees
The Presidency says it is currently carrying out an overhaul of its political appointments thus dropping some appointees.In a statement issued on Friday in Abuja, it said;The Presidency wishes to confirm that there is, on-going, an unprecedented overha…
Why abandoning the CFA Franc would be a risky operation
The controversy over the CFA Franc gets revived on a regular basis by African politicians and intellectuals. The currency gives rise to both passionate debate and simplistic, sweeping political declarations.The CFA franc is one of two regional African …
Tinubu mourns Ore Falomo, late MKO Abiola’s doctor
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday mourned the death of Dr Ore Falomo, the late Personal Doctor of late Chief MKO Abiola.Tinubu, in a statement signed by Mr Tunde Rahman, his media spokesperson, described …
FG to set up unit to monitor FEC’s approvals
The Federal Government says it is establishing a Delivery Unit to coordinate the tracking and monitoring of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved policies, programmes and projects, in line with the priority areas of Government.Mr Babatunde Lawa…
Gov. Fayemi’s visa application not denied – NGF
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has said that its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, was not denied U.S. entry visa.The forum made the clarification in a statement issued by its Head of Media and Public Affairs, Mr Abdulrazaque Bello-…
Kwara Customs command generates N1.2b in 3 months
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Area Command under the leadership of Comptroller Ahmed Bello has taken a giant stride by generating a whooping sum of N1,270,907,860.72 into federation account.The management of Nigeria Customs Service led by Colonel …
Agency clamours for Youths potentials in ICT
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa says there is need to harness the huge potentials of Nigerian youths in Information Communications Technology .Mr Inuwa stated that the time is now to inves…
Communication Minister urges Nigerians to embrace local content policy
Nigerians have been urged to embrace and push for the implementation of the Local Content Policy of government in all MDAs and Private sectors of the economy.The policy will enhance National Security, Job Creation and Foreign Exchange savings for the c…
Sokoto Commissioner pledges more support for youths
The Sokoto State Commissioner of Science and Technology, Dr Kulu Abubakar, has pledged more support for youths to be self reliant in Nigeria.Dr Abubakar made this known when she received an Award of Excellence from a youth organisation Nigerian Peace I…