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....Direct contactors to fix the bride within one week Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed of Bauchi State on Saturday directed relevant stakeholders to provide engineering solution to the collapsed Bauchi-Ningi-Kano Highway Bridge by fixing the bridge within one week. The governor gave the directive when he led contractors and government officials on an inspection visit to the scene of the collapsed highway bridge. Governor Bala Mohammed said although, the collapsed highway bridge is a federal road, the state government will support contractors to fix the road on time because of its economic importance to the state and its neighbors. He pleaded with the federal government to consider refunding to the state government the funds it will expended for the repair of the collapsed bride. "We are here with the officials of FERMA and Triacra on a joint inspection visit to this collapsed highway bridge to see how we can solve the incident immediately." "The economic loses as a res...

...Bayelsa Queens Too ...State Teams Make History Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has lauded the feat of the state-owned football teams in reaching the finals in the male and female categories of the 2021 Aiteo Cup (formerly FA Cup and later Federation Cup) An elated Governor Diri, while congratulating Bayelsa United and Bayelsa Queens for their outstanding performance, praised their indomitable spirit and resilience in surmounting the odds to qualify for the last stage of Nigeria's oldest football competition. Bayelsa United, which plies its trade in the lower Nigerian National League, on Friday, defeated hard-fighting Premier League neighbours, Rivers United, in the semi-final by a lone goal while Bayelsa Queens, a few days earlier, crushed perennial rivals, Rivers Angels, 5-0 to also reach the final of the Aiteo Cup. The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, on Saturday, described Bayelsa United as "giant killers" for def...

Delta Government has approved an "indicative budget" of N425 billion for the 2022. The reconstituted State Executive Council approved the budget at its maiden meeting presided by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa in Asaba on Friday. Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the meeting, the Commissioner for Economic Planning, Dr Barry Gbe, said that the council approved the proposal after due consideration of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF and FSP) in line with the Fiscal Responsibility Law 2020. Gbe stated that his ministry had proposed a budget of N388 billion for the period but that the figure was jerked up by the council to accommodate other matters not envisaged earlier. According to him, after deliberations, debates and a deeper look into what 2022 should look like, in its wisdom, the State Executive Council increased the N388 billion that was recommended to N425 billion. "Gbe, however, disclosed that the N425 budget was "indicative...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has tasked Benue indigenes to explore the window provided by the Bank Of Industry, BOI and Benue State Government for private sector investment. Governor Ortom who gave the charge today while commissioning First Fertility One Stop Medicare Mall in Makurdi said funds domiciled with the BOI could be accessed at five percent interest for investment in various sectors which would lead to a boost in the economy. The Governor who acknowledged the contributions of First Fertility Hospital to healthcare delivery in the State, stressing that himself, Benue and Nigeria in general are proud of the Medical Director of the hospital, Doctor Stephen Hwande. While charging people of the state to patronise the facility, Governor Ortom said it's coming on board would reduce travelling outside the state for medical consumables and certain medical services. He enjoined the people to be challenged by the edifice, pointing out that one must ask, knock and seek before t...

...donates buses to Ansar-Ud-Deen Society, Freelance Broadcasters Governor 'Seyi Makinde of Oyo State declared on Friday that some persons who are fond of accusing him of hating Islam or religious favoritism are individuals with skeletons in their cupboards. The governor, who was speaking during a brief ceremony where he presented buses to the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society, Oyo State Branch, and the Oyo Town chapter of the society, as well as the Freelance and Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria (FIBAN), Oyo State chapter, said that though his government has discovered the ugly secrets of the past, it was still interrogating the details. Makinde, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, declared that he will continue to serve the people of the state with fairness and the fear of God, irrespective of their religions. He maintained that those struggling hard to divide the state with religious sentiments by insinuating that his administration hates M...

Governor of Rivers State,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the money his administration is spending on the Dr. Peter Odili Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Diagnostic and Treatment Centre in the State is not a misplaced priority. The governor made the assertion on Thursday when he visited the project site at Rumuokuta in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area, to inspect the progress of work done already. Governor Wike said that no amount of money spent in putting in place facilities that will secure the health of all residents in the state will be considered a waste. "I'm very happy that the money we have spent here is not a misplaced priority. The healthcare of our people is important to us. "It will save the time people travel overseas for cancer treatment. I think it will be something every Nigerians will be happy with.  Here will be like a tourist centre.  It has helipad, and doctors' quarters. In case of emergency, they will fly in helicopter to this place and d...