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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged the 23 newly sworn-in Council Chairmen in the State to carry everyone along in running the administration of their respective local governments.  The Governor gave the charge on Wednesday, June 29th, 2022 while inaugurating the elected local government Chairmen at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi. He urged the Chairmen to imbibe the culture of operating an inclusive administration, pointing out that they must always involve all Council members, stakeholders as well as the local government legislative members in decision-making in order to succeed. The Governor further tasked the Chairmen to give priority to payment of primary school teachers, local government area traditional councils, stressing that "These and other statutory obligations should be put on first line charge to ensure the seamless operations of the local government councils."   He said "With your swearing-in today, you should bear in mind that the days of play...

 In furtherance of the concerted efforts of his administration in reviewing the policies, programmes, structures and operations of the State Public Service for optimal results, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, inaugurated an 8-man Committee to coordinate the implementation of the recommendations of the 12 Sectoral Committees.  Inaugurating the Committee, Gov. Ugwuanyi represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, named Dr. Kingsley T. Udeh as Chairman. The Governor also listed the Special Adviser to the Governor on Agriculture, Engr. Mike Ogbuekwe, former Chairman, Collation Committee on Sectoral Ad hoc Committees’ report, Prof. Vincent Onodugo, and former Reform Manager, DFID PERL, South East, Mrs. Ucheoma Egwuatu, as members of the implementation coordination committee.  Other members of the committee are former Member, Collation Committee on Sectoral Ad hoc Committees’ report and former State Team Lead, DFID ...

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, Tuesday, alongside Ahijo Bamanga, a former Federal Permanent Secretary performed the ceremony of commissioning ATV, GOTEL, AIT AND NYSC Camp Badarisa road. Alhaji Bamanga, the guest of honour, applauded Gov. Fintiri for achieving such a huge road project - among many others - despite the country's financial problems. Bamanga commended Governor Fintiri for delivering projects with direct bearing on the people, and fulfilling his campaign promises  Speaking during the official commissioning event, Governor Fintiri said that the Damare Badarisa road project will advance the socio-economic growth of the state and play a crucial part in building a new Adamawa state. Fintiri noted that his administration would not relent in the state's progress and would continue to do what is expected of his administration by ensuring the growth and development of the state. "When we launched the urban renewal campaign 2020, we were clear on what we wanted to achi...

. ..As Gov Wike hands over more titled documents to chairman, Council of Legal Education, Chief Ngige Rivers State Governor, Gov Nyesom Ezenwo Wike - CON, has reemphasised that the Dr. Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt has been provided to be a self sustaining institution in Nigeria. To achieve that mandate, Governor Wike, on Monday, handed over the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of adjoining property to the campus acquired by the Rivers State Government to the Chairman of the Council of Legal Education, Chief Emeka Ngige, SAN. The presentation was made when Governor Wike conducted the Chairman of the Council of Legal Education, Chief Emeka Ngige, SAN, together with the Director General of Nigeria Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma, SAN, and other dignitaries round structures within the Law Campus that are completed and ready for formal handover. Governor Wike said the acquisition of the adjoining property to the campus will enable the operator...

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Vice Presidential candidate, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, has reaffirmed his firm belief that the country shall remain one indivisible entity despite the attempts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to balkanize it. In the same breath, Okowa, who is the incumbent Governor of Delta State, assured Nigerians that the mission and vision of the PDP and its Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is to ensure that Nigeria remains united. Gov. Okowa made these remarks today in Sokoto where he received scores of bigwigs of the state chapter of the APC who brought hundreds of their underlings in a swift move to dump their party and join the PDP. “PDP as a party,” he noted, “is a family that stands on the side of truth for Nigeria, unlike APC that wants to scatter it.” Emphasizing that: “It is time to rescue our country and rebuild it,” he recommended that: “the rebuilding process has to start now. It is not for the Governor (of Sokoto state) alone. All...

 .... As Round of Sixteen Commences On Saturday In Various Centres Key actors in the sports sector in Bayelsa State have applauded governor Douye Diri for increasing the prize money for winners of the Bayelsa State Governor's Cup tagged "Prosperity Cup" from five million Naira to ten million Naira. The Prosperity Cup which has been described as the Nigeria's biggest grassroots football competition has continued to receive accolades from stakeholders since its inception . Reacting to the development, a former Board member of the Nigeria Federation and member CAF medical committee, Dr Peter Singabele said the gesture demonstrated the governor's love for sports in the State. The Bayelsa State Civil Service Commission chairman,noted that he was not surprised by the governor's move to increase the prize money, stressing that due to governor's Diri's love for sports,  Bayelsa  state has continued to attract global attention. Director General of the Prosperit...

...receives Sultan of Sokoto, CAN president, other NIREC members in Ibadan Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, declared that his administration will continue to maintain the religious harmony and peaceful co-existence in the state despite the religious diversity in the state. The governor, while receiving the members of Nigeria Inter- religious Council (NIREC), led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, and the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence, Rev. Dr. Supo Ayokunle, at the Executive Council Chambers, Governor's Office, Secretariat, Ibadan, said that Oyo State has remained peaceful, despite its diversity. He appreciated NIREC for taking their quarterly meeting to the State in honour of the President of CAN, Rev. Ayokunle. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as saying that the meeting was coming at the right time, particularly as the general elect...

The Chairman, Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim Wing), Prof. Sayed Malik has denied insinuations that some pilgrims from the state who are already in Saudi Arabia have been denied their Basic Travel Allowance (BTA). Prof. Malik, who was reacting to reports being circulated via online channels, said that the reports were unfounded and far from the true situation of things at the State’s Hajj camps in Saudi Arabia. Prof Malik said: “It is not true in any way, that the Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim Wing) has diverted funds meant for the payment of BTA of the first batch of pilgrims from the state, who are currently in Saudi Arabia. Such a report can only be a figment of the imagination of the writer. “The truth of the matter is that there were delays in the release of BTA to the Board as a result of the late release of the circular guiding the payment of the allowances by the authorities in Abuja. This is not peculiar to Oyo State pilgrims, as all pilgrims across the sta...

.... Royal Fathers, Stakeholders Laud Gov Diri There was celebration in Nembe and Brass local government areas of Bayelsa State on Thursday as the long-awaited road project linking both riverine councils was flagged off by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at Nembe. The project, which is one of the three senatorial roads in the state, had been on the drawing board of successive administrations in the country from the colonial era in the 1940s. The Governor Douye Diri administration, which made it one of its campaign promises to people of the area, revived the project with the first phase of 21km and 10 bridges awarded to Setraco Nigeria Limited for N54.1billion. The road when completed will open up the Brass Island, which has key national economic assets such as the Agip oil export terminal, the ongoing Brass Liquefied Natural Gas and the Brass Fertiliser and Petrochemical projects. Mr. Fashola, who was represented by the Director of Highways (South South), Mr. ...