Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State on Wednesday announced the creation of Ministries of Skills and Entrepreneur Development as well as Transportation. The two new ministries came one day after seven commissioners, nine permanent secretaries and nine special advisers were sworn in by the governor. The Governor while speaking during the maiden extended State Executive Council meeting, explained that the ministries were created to add more value to his administration and the state. “We have...

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has signed a bill for a law to make provision for the sum of nine hundred and seventy-one billion, eighty-four million naira only (N971,084,000,000.00) to the services of the Government of Enugu State of Nigeria for the year ending 31st of December, 2025 and for other related purposes (HB.20), 2024 into law. Assenting to the bill recently passed by the Enugu State House of Assembly, the State...

No fewer than 403 Nigerian migrants who were stranded in Niger Republic have been repatriated by the Federal Government. The returnees comprised 165 males, 56 females, and 182 children and infants. The repatriation is the second batch of voluntary returns from the Niger Republic within the week as 310 returnees arrive in the country. So far, 713 Nigerians have been brought back from Niger Republic in the last week. The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of politicizing the deaths resulting from stampedes across the country. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, Esq had in a press statement on Monday stated that rather than genuinely commiserate with the victims and their families, the PDP has chosen to politicize the grief of the victims. The statement reads, “At a time of national grief over stampedes...