States recorded N849.12bn Internationally Generated Revenue in the first half of 2021 financial period. Figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics on Internally Generated Revenue Report at State level for Half Year 2021 revealed on Monday. Lagos led the states as it recorded N267.23bn IGR, while Yobe had the …
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Anambra election: Billionaire sons of Ihiala mobilize indigenes from diaspora for supplementary polls Following the realization that the choice of who becomes the next governor of Anambra State is in their hands, prominent sons of Ihiala early today began mobilizing indigenes of the area at home and in diaspora to …
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Ondo Varsity Students to Pay N2.245m as Tuition Fees The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has been receiving knocks over the recent increase of the tuition fee of the state-owned University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo, which required non-indigenes and indigenes studying dentistry in the institution in the preclinical years to …
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Delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, on Monday, visited the Lagos4Lagos movement, a group affiliated with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos4Lagos, which has Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran — better known as Jandor — as its visioner, is a political group …
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Indication has emerged that the governors on the platform of the governing All Progressives Congress,(APC) are not comfortable with the resolution of the National Assembly on the direct option as mode of primaries for political parties to pick their candidates for general elections. The APC Governors operating under the aegis …
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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has accused the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, of having more than a passing interest in the controversial $418m refund request by consultants with respect to the Paris Club refund. The umbrella body of governors of the 36 states of …
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There are strong indications that the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), which many had believed will take place in December, this year, may not hold, Newsextra24 exclusively gathered. Informed sources in the party on Monday said that a last minute push for further extension of the …
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Cleric condemns kidnappings, urges Fed Govt to tackle insecurity Six days after the 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, dismantled all checkpoints in Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has assured the residents of the state that there is no cause for alarm. Akeredolu said that contrary to fears from some quarters that …
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ABoeing Business Jet (Boeing 737-700) marked 5N-FGT owned by the Nigerian government has incurred parking charges of at least N95 million since it was taken to Germany for repairs. The amount accounts for the aircraft’s parking charges for 40 days, at the rate of €5,000 (N2.4 million) at the official …
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A public commentator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar has blamed the lingering banditry activities and uncontrollable Almjeri system in the state on lack of education and proper upbringings of children by parents and guardians. The commentator stated that the children did not start these dastard acts from their mothers’ wombs or even …
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