HomeNewsState News

State News

NCS Generates Over N1.8bn In Sokoto State

NCS Generates Over N1.8bn In Sokoto State The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) Sokoto State Area Command, which comprises Kebbi, Zamfara and Sokoto States, has stated that it generated N1,860,839,482.63 as revenue for the year 2018 . The comptroller of the command, Alhaji Umar Gimba, stated this...

FG Releases N12bn For Zobe Dam Completion In Katsina

FG Releases N12bn For Zobe Dam Completion In Katsina The federal government has released the sum of N12bn for the implementation of Zobe Dam in Katsina State as part of its efforts to boost water supply across the country. The water project, which is being handled...

Power Generation: Kano Govt To Establish Electricity Firm

Power Generation: Kano Govt To Establish Electricity Firm The Kano State Government is set to establish Kano State Bulk Electricity Trading Company, under the Qua Iboe Power Plant project. The move was conceptualised following an agreement by the Federal Government, through the Transmission Company of Nigeria,...

Akwa Ibom Govt Acquires Three Aircraft For Ibom Airline

Akwa Ibom Govt Acquires Three Aircraft For Ibom Airline Akwa Ibom State Government said on Thursday that it had acquired three aircraft to its fleets of Ibom Airline Company. The State Commissioner for Special Duties and Aviation Development, Mr Akan Okon, who disclosed this at the...

Customs Seize 67 Tokunbo Vehicles, 6,015 Bags Of Rice In Ogun State

Customs Seize 67 Tokunbo Vehicles, 6,015 Bags Of Rice In Ogun State The Ogun State Area command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 67 used vehicles popularly known as Tokunbo and 1,065 bags of foreign rice smuggled into the country through various illegal routes...

Four Turbines At Kaduna Power Plant Ready – Fashola

Four Turbines At Kaduna Power Plant Ready - Fashola The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said four out of the eight turbines installed at the site of the 215 megawatts (MW) Kaduna power plant have been completed and ready to...