The Oyo State Government said it pays more than ₦1 billion every month on pensioners’ gratuities. The Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, revealed this in a statement on Friday. Oyelade also said that pensioners in the state earn more than in any other state in the federation, saying the state governor, Seyi Makinde, has been paying pension and gratuity without …

The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro, on Wednesday, identified Ikeja, Lagos Island, and Lekki as the top three areas with the highest crime rates in the state. Speaking during a ministerial press briefing at Alausa, Ikeja, to mark the second anniversary of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term, Pedro cited data from the Lagos State Criminal …

The Commissioner of Police for Ports Authority, (Eastern Ports), Olohundare Moshood Jimoh has been approved as the Commissioner of Police for Lagos State Command by the Police Service Commission (PSC). Jimoh, who hails from Kwara State, was former Force Public Relations Officer and later Deputy Commissioner of Airport Police, Deputy Commissioner (Finance and Administration) and Deputy Commissioner (General Investigation). Jimoh …

The Lagos state commissioner for transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, says the innovative mobile application called the ‘Omo-Eko App’ is 90 per cent completed. Osiyemi said this during stakeholder engagement to review the progress made in the development of the innovative mobile application on Friday in Lagos. “The cutting-edge application is designed to provide residents and visitors with a one-stop solution for …

The Jigawa State Government has uncovered 6,348 ghost workers through its staff verification exercise, saving the state over N314 million monthly or N3.7 billion annually. The Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports, and Culture, Mr. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Dutse. According to Musa, the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation Exercise revealed the …

A witness and Assistant Director of Finance, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abubakar Hassan, on Wednesday narrated how the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed and his finance commissioner, Engr. Ademola Banu, allegedly mismanaged over N5 billion. The trial is before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. The erstwhile governor and …

The Akwa Ibom State Government has disclosed that it has spent over N208.16 billion on roads and other infrastructural projects since Governor Umo Eno assumed office on 29th of May 2023. The Commissioner for Works and Fire Service, Prof. Eno Ibanga, made the revelation during a press briefing in Uyo, the state capital, on Sunday. He was accompanied by the …

The Commissioner for Housing in Ogun State, Jamiu Omoniyi, on Friday, disclosed that the Governor Dapo Abiodun administration in the last five years had created over 50,000 jobs for artisans in the housing sector of the state. Omoniyi explained that the jobs were made possible through a direct labour strategy adopted by the state government in executing various housing projects …

Over six million residents have been captured by the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA), it has been learnt. Commissioner for Science and Technology Tubosun Alake stated this while presenting the ministry’s scorecard in the first year of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term in office. He added that LASRRA has also registered over two million children. “The LASRRA identity card …

President Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in two more commissioners-designate of the National Population Commission (NPC) Mr Fasuwa Johnson and Dr Amid Tadese Raheem from Ogun and Osun states respectively took the oath of office at 12:15 pm at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after their abridged citations were read. Monday’s ceremony came three months after Tinubu, …