Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Bayelsa State, Jonathan Obuebite, has appealed to journalists in the state to support the administration of Governor Seriake Dickson, disclosed that the government will operate an open door policy in the dissemination of information to the media and the general public. Obuebite, while addressing newsmen in Yenagoa on Monday,…
There are currently ripples in Bayelsa State over the letter purportedly written by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Peter Ogunyanwo to Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on threats of security breach due to the refusal of the House of Assembly to swear-in three opposition elected lawmakers. Ogunyanwo had received a letter from the three…
In a move to restore law and order in Plateau and Bauchi States, the governments, through the Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, have placed curfew on the herdsmen and cattle. The task force announced that from 7pm, cattle and herdsmen would not be allowed to move in the Plateau State and parts of Bauchi State in…
The Government House Clinic in Kaduna has been closed down by the state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and its employees redeployed to public hospitals in the state. This information was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by media aide to the governor, Samuel Aruwan. The governor noted that the decision to shut down the hospital…
Prof S.E.O Aduwa Ogiegbaen has been appointed by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State as the Vice Chancellor of the Tayo Akpata University of Education, Ekiadolor. In a letter dated April 14, 2016, the governor said, “I wish to inform you that Edo State Government has approved the up-grading of the Edo State College of…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has assured residents of the state of the government’s, particularly the state Assembly’s, commitment to ensure safety, efficient and effective water transportation in the state. Obasa gave this assurance while speaking at a one day stakeholders’ meeting organised by the ad-hoc committee set up…
Ondo State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Adeyinka Fasiu, has deployed his men to various parts of the state to curtail activities of illegal mining. This he said is in line with the Federal Government’s directive to deploy men of the Civil Defence Corps across the country to check activities…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has hinted that his administration will soon begin the construction of the 4th Mainland Bridge. Ambode disclosed that a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, for the project will be sealed with investors before May 29, when his administration would have been a year old. He made this known on Thursday…
A man identified as Ifeanyi Chukwu who lives in Lagos was arraigned on Thursday before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting one of his neighbours. Chukwu, 34, was said to have used a padlock to hit his neighbour, one Chibuzor Ubachukwu, in the eye over an argument that ensued between them due to…
Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, says he is working on boosting the state’s economy cocoa, which used to be the main export of the old Western region. The governor was at the Shanghai Golden Minkey Group, a cocoa production company that just resumed production after it last operated in 2001. He was taken round the…