Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024, commissioned the first solarised Medical Oxygen Pressure Swing Adsorption Plant in Nigeria and the Level 2 Newborn Unit at the Jericho Specialist Hospital, Ibadan. This was as he launched the Oyo State Strategy for the Scale-up of Medical Oxygen in Health Facilities (2024-2028), noting that his administration remains committed to providing essential healthcare infrastructure and supporting initiatives and ideas aimed at improving healthcare delivery in the state. According to him, the launch of the strategy for scaling up medical oxygen in health facilities across the state fits perfectly with the…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday, 29 Ma, 2024, inaugurated the 4.779KM Yebumot-Adeta Roundabout and Adeta- Oloje roads. He instantly renamed the roads after two giants from Ilorin in honour of their contributions to growth and the prestige of the capital city. Yebumot Adeta is named after retired Major-General Mohammed Abdullahi Adangba, while Adeta to Oloje Road is rechristened Sheikh Yahya Murtadha Agodi — a late prominent Muslim scholar. “One of the social contracts we have with the people is to deploy resources to improve the condition of living through the provision of infrastructure. The launching this morning of…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024, marked the first anniversary of his second term with a unique infrastructure gift to Lagosians. The Governor launched a fleet of new high-capacity ferries, fabricated and assembled in Lagos to cruise the State’s inland waterways and create a new transportation choice for commuters in the largest mega city in sub-Saharan Africa. The 15 boats have the capacity to carry 40 passengers each as against the 20 passenger limit in the existing vessels. The ferries were manufactured by Caverton Marine in a factory jointly run by Lagos State Government and the…
Oyo State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola, has met with the chairmen of the 33 Local Government Areas of the state, who were recently sworn-in by the state governor, ‘Seyi Makinde. Olayiwola, who met the chairmen at the Ministry, on Wednesday, charged them to be of good conduct and to serve their people with commitment and focus. According to Olayiwola, Governor Makinde has in the last five years been running a people-oriented government and it is expected that the chairmen will follow the governor’s example by delivering the dividends of democracy to their respective councils.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has revealed that bandits killed his elder who left behind three wives and 27 children. Radda said his saddest moment was any time he received news of bandits’ attacks in the state. The Governor made this disclosure on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024 in Katsina at a press briefing for his one year in office. “My saddest moment is when I receive calls that people were killed, houses burnt and women raped by bandits in a particular village. The only way to appreciate that is to put yourself in their shoes, and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Benue State High Court presided over by Justice T. T. Asua has restrained the Benue State Government from probing the administration of the former Governor of the state, Chief Samuel Ortom. Recall that the Benue State Government recently set up a commission of inquiry into the funds (income and expenditure) of Benue State Government from May 29, 2015, to May 28, 2023, to probe the immediate past administration of former Governor Ortom in the state. The order stopped the panel from sitting, pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice filed by former Governor…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024, commissioned the Sagamu-Iperu-Ode-Sapade road, as part of activities to mark his first year for the second term in office, even as he announced award of contract for the construction of the Siun-Ogere-Iperu-Ilisan road. It would be recalled that the Govenor on Tuesday was in Ogijo, in Sagamu Local Government Area to commission the popular Hospital road in the town, where he vowed to sustain the tempo of the ongoing infrastructural transformation across the State. Speaking at the commissioning of phase one and two of the eight kilometres road, the…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has assured residents of the State of his administration’s determination to sustain the present tempo of infrastructural development across the State. The Governor made the pledge while commissioning a newly constructed hospital road in Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government on Tuesday, as he promised the people of the area of more projects to enhance economic development. He said that his administration has constructed over 600 kilometres of road across the state in the last five years, adding that more roads would be commissioned at Iperu and Ilaro during the week. According to the governor, the…
Indigenes of Kogi State have cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against those they described as embittered and desperate ethnic jingoists who are strengthening the public opinion that the Commission is collaborating with certain opposition figures to persecute the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The indigenes said since the allegation of corruption by the EFCC against the former Governor became a national discourse, “some persons who are afraid of chasing their dreams at the polls have hidden under the veneer of activism to sponsor their tribesmen to impugn on the character of ex Governor Yahaya…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024, in Abuja, inaugurated the National Assembly Library and Resource Centre, which is named in his honour. Before the inauguration of the library, the President had briefly attended a commemorative sitting of the National Assembly, where he made extemporaneous remarks. President Tinubu, who had signed the National Anthem Bill, 2024, into law at the Presidential Villa earlier on Wednesday, said he was at the National Assembly as a mark of respect, and to congratulate the legislators and Nigerians on the 25th anniversary of Nigeria’s unbroken democracy. He extended his gratitude to the lawmakers…