The Enugu State Government on Monday disclosed plan to augment funding for development projects by Local Government councils in the state to the tune of 60 per cent so as to speed up grassroots development especially in the areas of agriculture, agro-allied industrialization and other critical infrastructure. Addressing newsmen after a meeting with the Enugu State Economic Planning Commission at the Government House Enugu, the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia revealed...

The cold war between two leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki and Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu seems to have come to an abrupt end. There were indications of this on Tuesday as the Deputy Governor announced the withdrawal of the suit he filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja against Governor Obaseki. Shaibu had dragged the Governor, the Speaker of the State Assembly, and the Chief Judge...

…court lifts suspension, restrains INEC from recognising opposition leaders. A week after he was suspended from the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, former senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has been expelled from the party indefinitely and with immediate effect. Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, the acting national publicity secretary of the NNPP, said Kwankwaso’s expulsion was the decision reached at an emergency meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, last Friday. Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the party in...

Activities in government establishments and private sectors have been paralyzed as a result of the ongoing warning strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The NLC had Friday said it would commence a two-day warning strike over the current hardship caused by the removal of petrol subsidy beginning from Tuesday. The ongoing warning strike has grounded activities in Banks, Hospitals, Courts, and Government offices across the country. In Adamawa State, government offices at all...

…Lauds reappointment of Samuel Ogbuku The apex socio-cultural body of the Niger Delta region, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has commended President Bola Tinubu for the nomination of members of the board and management of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The new nominations, according to the organisation, largely satisfy its expectations and that of a majority of the people of the Niger Delta, stressing that the President’s action complies with the law, and fundamental...

…Supports members logistics with N37.7m Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has approved a 100 per cent increment in the allowance of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to Kogi State for their mandatory one-year service. Bello approved the raise considering the current economic realities and the overall importance of the NYSC scheme to national and state development. The Governor spoke during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Batch ‘B’ Stream 2...