No fewer than 100 people have so far benefited from the ongoing Free Surgical Intervention Programme initiated by the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. The programme kicked off on Monday with the registration of patients, while surgical operations started in earnest on Tuesday. The surgical procedures are taking place across the six State Hospitals…
President Bola Tinubu has given reasons that compelled him to remove fuel subsidy, describing it as a painful but unavoidable decision in order to sanitise the energy sector. Speaking at the opening of the 2024 Nigeria International Energy Summit, NIES, in Abuja, Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed…
Here are some of the highlights of the far reaching decisions taken today at the Federal Executive Council meeting, chaired by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The implementation involves merging, subsuming and scrapping agencies with similar functions. The Oronsaye report was submitted in 2012 to the Jonathan administration. In 2014, the Jonathan government released a white…
The Nigeria police force has condemn an attack on its officers by members of the public. A woman traffic police officer was seen been assaulted by a member of the public while on duty. In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi on Monday, 26 February fumed and condemned the public assault…
The Federal Executive Council has adopted the Steve Oronsaye report on the reform of the civil service to cut cost of governance. Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris disclosed this at the end of the council meeting presided over by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday in Abuja. He said that some Ministries,…
Ogun State government on Monday began the process of offering free surgical services to indigents in the state. The Executive Secretary of Ogun State Health Insurance Agency, Dr. Afolabi Dosunmu, who stated this at the flag-off of registration for the intervention held at the State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, said the intervention was a directive of…
Ogun State Deputy Governor, Engr. (Mrs.) Noimot Salako-Oyedele has stressed the need to work out proper modalities for the demarcation of boundary lines to avoid conflicts among people. She also expressed the need to address other socio-economic issues, including trans-border trade, cross-border integration, and adequate security of Nigerians living at the border areas, noting that…
It has come to the attention of the Ogun State Government that a fraudulent message is circulating on various social media platforms, falsely claiming that Governor Dapo Abiodun is offering N10,000 cash palliative per person across the state. The scam message also provides a link, urging individuals to apply for the said cash palliative and…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Saturday, took a test run of the Red Line train, inspecting the tracks and the rail corridors for another time ahead of next Thursday formal commissioning of Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) infrastructure. The 37-kilometre rail line, built by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), will be inaugurated by…
…the poor, elderly, vulnerable to get free allocation Ogun State has purchased 100 trucks load of rice to be sold at cheaper rates to residents of the state to cushion the effect of the rise in the prices of goods in the country. The state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun stated this on Wednesday while speaking…
