The World Bank has granted the Sokoto State Government $22million for its commitment to the implementation of the States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme.

Following the kidnap of over 300 secondary school boys in Kankara, Katsina State, and general insecurity in the North, the Sokoto State Government has shut 16 boarding schools along its borders.

Stakeholders said rapid infrastructure development is important to Nigeria’s economic recovery and that the country requires a new approach in planning, financing and maintenance of existing facilities.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Muhammad Bello, has directed the re-opening of all schools in the territory on Sunday, October 11, 2020, for the 2020/2021 academic session. Bello disclosure this yesterday at a news conference in Abuja, explaining that while boarding schools resume on Sunday, day schools would resume on Monday, October 12. He…

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State says his state is not one of the poorest in Nigeria, contrary to a current report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

It is barely a week since the remains of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari, was laid to rest. Given the importance of the office and the fact that the wheel of governance never grinds to a halt....

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Muhammad Bello, has said that the road traffic policy was re-invigorated in the city to save lives and not to inflict hardship on residents.

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is still suffering from lack of qualified or certified disaster managers and professionals, as over 80 per cent of its staff are administrative officers who lack requisite skills to tackle disaster cases.

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, have commended the Minister of FCT, Muhammad Bello, for paying the backlog of doctors’ salary arrears. Briefing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday, Dr Roland Aigbovo, the President of the association, said that the action of the minister was commendable as he had kept to…

Miniter of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, said Abuja has surpassed Lagos as destination for foreign direct investments.He disclosed that the FCT has become a major aviation and conference hub for West Africa.

The Federal Government has said that no fewer than 7.7 million pupils in 46,000 public schools across 24 states of the federation are currently benefiting from the National Home-Grown Feeding Programme (NHGFP).

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, on Saturday stressed the importance of research in attaining agricultural innovations and food security.Bello said this when he visited Dr Gbassey Tarawali, Head of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Abuja Station in Abuja.