The Lagos State police have poured accolades on some of its men (officers) for rejecting a N500,000 bribe offered to them during an operation and arresting the suspects with stolen construction materials. This was contained in a statement issued by Muyiwa Adejobi, the Lagos police spokesperson on Tuesday. Mr Adejobi said the police operatives, who […]
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The Speaker of the Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday revealed that the state Houses of Assembly should be held responsible for the delayed autonomy for local government areas in Nigeria. Gbajabiamila also recalled how the 8th National Assembly passed a bill to grant autonomy to the LGs but the proposal did not […]
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The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has said Lagos state is the seventh fastest-growing city globally, with the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in Nigeria. The commission noted also that out of the 36 states and FCT, Lagos state had N398.7 billion IGR as of 2018, N1.2 trillion budget in […]
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Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has said that several office-holders and members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will soon exit the party for the APC. Princewill, who made this statement while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, said […]
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The Nigerian Army has said, its troops supported by Air Component of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have prevented Boko Haram terrorists’ incursion into Damasak, Headquarters of Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno, killing scores. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement issued on Monday, said the success was recorded on April […]
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Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, has revealed that his administration would by the middle of May 2021, commission four brand new Fire and Emergency Stations in Ifo, Ado-Odo-Ota, and Isheri parts of the state. Abiodun who made this known while on an inspection tour of the Isheri Fire and Emergency Station, said the fire […]
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Security has been beefed up in Osogbo as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) holds its zonal congress. Reports say there is a heavy security presence at Women and Children Development Initiative Foundation (WOCDIF), the congress venue in Osogbo. The Nigeria Police, State Security Services, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps operatives were sighted […]
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The family of the late Afenifere spokesman, Comrade Yinka Odumakin, has announced a three-day funeral rites for the deceased. A terse statement which was issued by his widow, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, on Monday, said the rites would commence from Thursday, April 22 through Friday 23 and Saturday 24, 2021. “Thursday, April 22: Day of Tributes […]
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Nigeria’s Federal Government has expressed displeasure over the obstruction of trains from entering Sea port in Apapa by tanker drivers, and as such, have resolved to take drastic measures to curtail the challenge by either stopping them or to stop the owners of the terminal. Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi made this known while […]
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Former governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji AbulAziz Yari, has told the present state governor, Bello Matawalle, to note that he would lose his seat if he leaves the Peoples Democratic Party, going by the Supreme Court’s verdict that brought him to power in 2019. Yari had spoken at the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress […]
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