archiveMarch 2023

  Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has congratulated his counterparts in Oyo Seyi Makinde; Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Bauchi, Senator Bala Mohammed on their re-elections. Wike,in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, said their re-elections in a free and fair processes spoke volume of the country’s advancing democracy....

The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo State, Sen. Teslim Folarin, has congratulated Gov. Seyi Makinde on his victory in the March 18 governorship election in the state. Folarin’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement personally signed by him and made available to newsmen on Monday in...

Popular musician and lawyer, Folarin Falana aka Falz has tackled Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over his re-election as Governor of Lagos State. It would be recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday declared Sanwo-Olu winner of the governorship polled having polled a total of 762,134 votes to win...

    A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has described Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State as a disgrace to the country. The governorship election was a three-horse race among incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress; Olajide Adediran of...

Two researchers in the Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Ilorin, Professor J. O. Olaoye and Dr. M. O. Sunmonu, have won £141,959 (about N788, 862,483.27k) grant from Innovate UK for the 2022/2023 Africa AgriFood Knowledge Transfer Partnership (AAKTP). The award was granted to the...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos State, has expressed his gratitude to the people of the State for voting for him. Sanwo-Olu said he was honoured to be re-elected as the Governor of Lagos State, pledging to continue to work tirelessly to deliver a better...

In line with the vision of the governing council, the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS)  to admit into their membership community, persons who have distinguished themselves as thoroughbred professionals of the calibre deserving of being honorary stockbrokers, the Council resolved to admit 10 eminent Nigerians, seven of who have already...

  The Kano State Government has imposed dawn-to-dusk curfew with a view to avoid a breakdown of law and order, following tensions generated from the collation of results of the governorship and state Assembly elections. The state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba, made the announcement in a...

The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the National Youths Service Corps members deployed to work as ad hoc staff during last Saturday’s governorship and State assembly elections The NYSC Director General who hailed the selfless and tremendous...

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared the Oyo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seyi Makinde, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Makinde polled 563,756 votes to beat his close rival Teslim Folarin of All Progressive Congress who scored 256,685 votes,...