Category: News from the states

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has expressed confidence that the state will continue to remain peaceful and secure especially during the upcoming elections, under the watch of the new Assistant Inspector General of Police, in charge of Zone 9, AIG Wilson Inalegwu . Ugwuanyi spoke when he received in audience the new AIG of Police and other senior […]

The Kano State House of Assembly on Monday passed into law the 2019 budget of over N219.97 billion presented by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The House had on Thursday adopted a report of the House Committee on Appropriations presented by its Chairman, Alhaji Tasiu Panisau. Following the presentation of the report and series of deliberations by […]

Fulani settlers in Ekiti State on Sunday, under the aegis of Gan Allah Fulani Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), Ekiti , waved the olive branch, saying they were ready to end hostilities with their host farmers in the state.They also pledged readiness to live in peace and harmony with communities where their members were operating commercial […]

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has sought approval of a N10 billion supplementary appropriation by the state’s House of Assembly. The document entitled: “2018 Revised Budget,” came as a fresh request from the governor and has been classed as the first of its kind since the commencement of the 2018 fiscal year in the state. […]

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has ordered immediate release of the August 2018 salaries to state and local government workers. In a statement, the state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba said the measure was to enable civil servants and their families enjoy the Eid-el-Fitr festivities. He said the gesture was also in line […]

The Police in Kwara State have started investigation to unravel how two children got missing and died inside an uncompleted soak-away pit half filled with water in Gure community, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State. It was gathered that residents of the community were, on Wednesday evening, enraged with anger when they discovered corpses […]

The Kano State Government says it has recorded 400 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhoea with 50 confirmed cases of cholera across the 33 local government areas of the state in the last seven months. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Kabiru Getso disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. He said out of […]

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has declared that he appointed over 1,000 aides on assumption of office in 2015 in order to tackle the menace of poverty among the teeming youths of the state. He made the declaration in Egunkwo community, Onicha Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday on the occasion of a […]