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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja congratulated the government and people of Edo State on the successful conclusion of the gubernatorial election, and the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Godwin Obaseki at the polls.  In a telephone call to Governor Adams Oshomole, President Buhari commended the well-articulated campaign programme of the APC in the state, the doggedness of the governor, governor-elect and party members in going round the state to reach the people with records of good governance over the years and a promise of continuity.  According to the President, the outcome of the election clearly reflected the mood of the people to sustain the pedigree of responsiveness, forthrightness and diligence that Governor Oshomole brought into the service of his people.  ‘‘The victory is good for democracy, for Nigeria and the people of Edo State,’’ he said.  President Buhari said the victory was well-deserved as the campaig...

The newly  posted commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Command, CP Zaki M.Ahmed  and his management team paid a familiarization visit to  His Excellency the Executive Governor of Bauchi state, Mohammed A. Abubakar Esq at Government House Bauchi.         The CP. was welcomed with his management team by the Governor, while senior government officials were in attendance .The CP Stressed that his policy trust center's on 1.Intelligence led policing 2.Proactive Policing 3.Human Rights based policing( HRBP)4.Civil/Democratic Policing. The CP also spoke on various proactive strategies to include visibility policing,raids of criminal hideouts, black spots,flash points. Also promising to build capacity of his personnel for enhanced policing. He further advocated community partnership policing which he said is inline with IGP Ibrahim k.Idriss mni,psc(+) core values as a panacea for synergy between the police & the general public. The CP also emphasize ...

-Total Number of People Registered:749,000 -FG to commence Training of Applicants The Federal Government social investment programme aimed at recruiting 500,000 graduates and 100,000 trainees said it has received 749,000 applications as at the close of the online portal on 31st of August. The Special Assistant to the President on Social Investment Programme, Mariam Uwais who stated this while speaking to journalists in Abuja said the N-power program received application from all the 774 Local government areas of the country with the highest applicants coming from Lagos, Oyo, Rivers and Bauchi. She said they are in the process of compiling the application and commence training of successful applicants by October adding that the training would last a period of one month before the participants are deployed to states to provide extension services. She disclosed that the participants would be provided with a training device which would be used for the extention services, addi...

President Buhari with L-R: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, top 3 winners of Boot Camp on ICT Solutions (Emmanuel Okena of Tracology, Miss Damilola Olokesusi of Shuttlers, Alison Ukonu of Recycle Points) Chief of Saff Abba Kyari and Minister of Communication Barr. Adebayo Shittu during "Aso Villa Demo Day" (AVDD) at the Statehouse. Sep 2, 2016

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja commended the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of social networking website, Facebook, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg for sharing his wealth of knowledge with Nigerian youths, and inspiring a new generation of entrepreneurs. Receiving the internet entrepreneur in the State House, President Buhari said the various meetings held with Nigerian youths since his arrival were most timely as the country was already exploring opportunities to spur development through entrepreneurship. ``Nigeria has always been identified as a country with great potentials for growth, especially with our youthful population, but now we are moving beyond the potentials to reality. ``I am impressed by your simplicity in sharing your knowledge and wealth with those with less income,’’ the President said. President Buhari noted that the simplicity and magnanimity of the entrepreneur, who is among the world’s richest men, had also challenged the culture of lavish wealth...

Despite these challenges, the governor has commenced the total renovation of the school of nursing in the state and also pursuing its accreditation. On road construction, the state government has awarded contract for eight roads to be constructed while it is at the level of completing the Achusa ring road started by the previous administration. The governor has also begun the Mobil-Barrack road and the Daudu Gbajimba road which are now at various stages of completion” The above quote is taken from the This Day report of May 28, 2016 in reference to the performance of Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom after his one year in office in which the newspaper claimed that the Governor had not performed well even after it admitted that there was paucity of funds. While there is no gain reiterating that This Day either did not do its homework properly or simply relied on street gossip to do its report as there were lots of achievements recorded by the Ortom administration even at the tim...

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has renamed the popular Baga road in Maiduguri Metropolis after Alhaji Aliko Dangote following his immense contribution and support to victims of Boko Haram especially the over 1.6 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) spread across various resettlement camps in the state. Shettima made this know during Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s visit to the Dalori IDP Camp in Maiduguri which is currently being occupied by 37,000 IDPs from Bama Local Government Area of the state. In his address, Shettima expressed gratitude to Aliko Dangote Road for his sympathy to the people of the state who had suffered untold hardship in the hands of insurgents in the last seven years. The governor during the visit also took his August visitors to Bakassi camp which had 152,000 IDPs from Nganzai, Monguno, Gwoza and other local government areas, after which, the visitors paid a sympathy visit to families of Boko Haram combatants that were rescued by troo...