By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state Thursday said his first term in office was tough but promised that the remaining three years of his administration would be eventful for the people of the state. He maintained that his administration had done so much in the area of provision of critical […]

Roughly 2.1 million people applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a sign that companies are still slashing jobs in the face of a deep recession even as more businesses reopen and rehire some laid-off employees. About 41 million people have now applied for aid since the virus outbreak intensified in March, though not all […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The National Association of Ogun State Students has commended the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun for his administration’s remarkable achievements in the education sector in the last one year. The students’ body in a statement by its National President, Comrade Gbemileke Ogunronmbi in Abeokuta on Thursday described Governor Abiodun as the […]

By Tordue Salem – Abuja The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Honourable Ndudi Elumelu, has called on security agencies in the country, to urgently enforce the interstate lockdown, declared by President Muhammadu Buhari, to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Elumelu’s call, came through a motion entitled: “Need For the Effective Enforcement […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State on his 70th birthday. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina in Abuja on Thursday said that he was joining the State Executive Council, members of All Progressives […]