Plateau State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Philemon Daffi has said that the present administration has paid N673 million to clear off judgement debts against the state government. He said most of the judgement debts were inherited from the immediate past administration, while others dated as far back as 2002. During a monthly ministerial press briefing with members of …

The Akwa Ibom House of Assembly has summoned the state Commissioner for Economic Development, Mr Emem Bob, and the Chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state, Iniobong Robson, to explain the modalities used to arrive at the 1,072 nominees for the Federal Government’s conditional grant for businesses. This was a sequel to a motion brought …

The Ondo State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Razak Obe, has alleged that the signature of the state governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, was forged. Obe stated this in a letter he wrote to the state deputy governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, calling the attention of the latter to the development. The letter was made available to our Newsmen on …

The Ondo State Government has debunked a media report that the state High Court has granted an order mandamus compelling the state House of Assembly and the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji to constitute a medical panel to assess Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s health. The state government described the report as fake, saying it was not the true reflection of what …

Police in Maiduguri have launched an urgent investigation into the sudden death of the state’s Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Ibrahim Garba. According to a statement by Governor Babagana Zulum’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, Garba died on Saturday morning in Maiduguri According to Gusau, the investigation, is at the behest of Governor Zulum and the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed …

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has suspended the Commissioner for Chieftaincy and Home Affairs, Mr. Olaiya Atibioke for two weeks. The commissioner, who is one of those inaugurated less than a week ago, bagged the suspension for unauthorised departure from the venue of a three-day retreat organised for them. According to a statement by the Governor’s Special Adviser (Media), …

A chief magistrate’s court on Tuesday ordered that a former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Idris Wada-Saleh, be remanded in Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission(PCACC) Custody over alleged N1 billion fraud. The defendant, a commissioner to former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, is charged with giving false information and cheating. Chief Magistrate Tijjani Sale-Minjibir ordered the defendant’s remand in …

Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma has relieved his Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Chief Ford Ozumba of his appointment over an on-going face-off between the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the state government. A statement by the governor’s media aide, Mr Oguwike Nwachuku, in Owerri on Saturday, partly read: “Governor Uzodimma has approved the immediate …