…says Agribusiness will benefit from state’s N1bn MSME credit initiative As part of activities commemorating the first anniversary of the Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration in Oyo State, the governor, on Wednesday, flagged off the Youths in Agribusiness Project at the Rural Community Development Centre (RCDC), Aawe. He declared that agriculture, an area where the state has comparative advantage, is being ... Read More »
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Fayemi deserves the honour of the civic centre named after him Ekiti Apc
Ekiti has no problem naming Centre after JKF; PDP should put its wrecked house in order The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has lashed out at the PDP for criticising the renaming of the Civic Centre after Governor Kayode Fayemi as the JKF Cultural Centre. In a release signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Elder Sam Oluwalana, ... Read More »
Ekiti State Attracts $50 million Agriculture Investments
The Ekiti State Government’s drive to attract investment to the State has started to yield results, especially in agriculture, where various investors have finalized plans to site their production facilities in the State. The State recently issued a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to Stallion Group for a $10 million rice mill in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, while Dangote ... Read More »
GOVERNOR SANI BELLO EASES COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
…MAINTAINS BAN ON COMMERCIAL MOTORCYCLES Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has eased up COVID-19 lockdown in Niger State, now to be observed from 10 PM to 4 AM daily. Governor Abubakar Sani Bello disclosed this while briefing journalists at the Government House, Minna. He said that with the easing of the movement of restriction there were no longer lockdown days. The ... Read More »
NAPTIP allegedly locks up man, mother of two illegally
Following a video allegation by a lady in Oman, a country in the Middle East, which was widely shared on the social media, a Nigerian agent, Peter Ademehintoye, has been arrested for human trafficking by the agent of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). According to the lady, it was alleged that she was made ... Read More »
TRIBUTE TO ERELU BISI FAYEMI AT 57 By Mary Oso-Omotoso
Erelu Bisi Fayemi is no doubt a woman of many parts with sheer organisational ability, mobilisation prowess, uncommon acumen, and masterful lucidity. Think of strength, resilience, courage and sisterhood, think of Erelu. Dutiful, adorable, eclectic, compassionate, motherly, a charismatic politician and political leader with panache, passion and fervour that traverse the political spectrum, appealing to all social strata, Erelu is ... Read More »
OGUN COMMENCES RECONSTRUCTION OF ISHERI ESTATE ROAD
As part of efforts to curb the yearly challenges encountered by residents of Isheri Estate, in Ifo Local Government area of the State, the Ogun State Government has commenced the rehabilitation of 2 Kilometers road and drainages along Channels Avenue, Isheri Estate, which hosts 17 Communities. Leading other Engineers on inspection to some of the ongoing road construction sites in ... Read More »
NO COLD WAR BETWEEN TINUBU, AREGBESOLA, SAYS TINUBU MEDIA OFFICE
The media office of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied any cold war between the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. This was in reaction to a report in an online newspaper alleging that the Governor’s Advisory Council, the highest decision-making body within the APC in Lagos State, appropriated ... Read More »
Ondo 2020 : Jegede Storms Abuja with former Deputy Governor, Rep members, Others
A leading contestant for the October 10, 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), on Tuesday stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, to obtain his nomination form ahead of July 22 primary election of the party. Jegede, a former attorney-general and commissioner for justice in the state, was accompanied to the Wadata ... Read More »
Transcorp Announces the Appointment of Mrs. Foluke Abdulrazaq as Board Vice Chairman
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), Nigeria’s leading listed conglomerate, owner of Transcorp Power Limited, one of Nigeria’s largest power producers and the iconic Transcorp Hilton in Abuja, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Foluke K. Abdulrazaq to its Board of Directors, as Vice Chairman, effective Friday, 5th of June 2020. Mrs Abdurazaq brings considerable experience in both the public ... Read More »