Kogi Gov’t Extols Senator Smart Adeyemi on 63 Birthday

Kogi Gov’t Extols Senator Smart Adeyemi on 63 Birthday

By Our Reporter The Government and people of Kogi State heartily congratulate Distinguished Senator Smart Adeyemi, CON, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Their felicitations was contained in a statement signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo on Monday. According to the statement, Senator Adeyemi, who represented the people of Kogi West Senatorial District three times in the Red Chambers of the National Assembly, […]

August 18, 2025 29

NEWS

FCTA Sets Up Committees On Sale Of Gov’t Houses, Parks Designation

The FCTA said the move is aimed at implementing ministerial directives following the discovery of serious irregularities and infractions in the sale of Federal Government houses in the territory. By Toffa Momoh, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has inaugurated two vetting committees to review the sale of Federal Government-Owned Houses and oversee the titling of designated park plots in Abuja. This was disclosed by Chijioke Nwankwoeze, Director of […]

July 30, 2025 24

NEWS

Kogi Gov’t Charges Athletes to Win Medals at National Sports Festival

By Toffa Momoh, Abuja The Kogi State Government has called on its athletes to win medals as they leave Lokoja to represent the state at the National Sports Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Speaking in Lokoja during takeoff, the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Monday Anyebe, urged the athletes to make the state proud by winning medals. Hon. Anyebe said the government has made all the necessary arrangements to […]

May 20, 2025 24

NEWS

Fire guts Lagos govt staff quarters

Fire gutted part of a three-storey building at the Lagos State Government Staff Quarters in Odunsanmi Street, off Wempco Road in the Ogba area of the state. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. Oke-Osanyintolu said that LASEMA received distress calls through the 767 and 112 toll-free emergency lines at about 2.39 am. He said that the agency activated […]

August 30, 2024 38

NEWS

EFCC quizzes Ogun officials over govt funds

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal office, on Tuesday, reportedly invited some officials of the Ogun State government in connection with an ongoing investigation. The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development in a phone conversation with our correspondent on Wednesday. ‘’I just called our Ibadan zonal office and it was confirmed that some officials of the state government were invited for […]

August 8, 2024 117

ENTERTAINMENT

King Charles sets target for new UK govt

King Charles III will outline Labour’s first programme for government in a decade and a half on Wednesday when the United Kingdom parliament formally reopens following the July 4 election. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will put turbocharging a flagging economy at the heart of his legislative plans for the coming months as Labour runs the UK for the first time in 14 years. “Now is the time to take the […]

July 17, 2024 109

BUSINESS

Govt moves to translate Lagos laws into Yoruba with AI

The Lagos State Law Reform Commission has organised a three-day workshop to harness Artificial Intelligence in translating the laws of Lagos State into the Yoruba language. This was contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat, posted on his X account on Tuesday. According to the statement, the theme for the three-day event was “Unlocking AI Powered Translation: Enhancing Access […]

July 10, 2024 54

BUSINESS

Govt borrows N11tn via bonds, T-bills in four months

The Federal Government has raised a total sum of N11tn through auctions and sales of Treasury bills and saving bonds issuance in four months, according to findings by The PUNCH An analysis of bonds and bills results issued this year by the Central Bank and the Debt Management Office showed that the government had raised N3.1trn in FGN bonds and 7.92trn in T-bills between January and April 2024, totalling N11.2trn. These […]

May 3, 2024 25

BUSINESS

Govt palliative worsening food inflation, says Cardoso

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Olayemi Cardoso, has said that the huge purchase of foodstuffs by the government as palliatives is contributing to the galloping food inflation in the country. He stated this in his contributions during the March Monetary Policy Committee, which was published on the website of the CBN. The MPC increased the benchmark interest rate to 24.75 per cent, from 22.75 per cent. The […]

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