Plans to create a constitutional role for traditional rulers got a boost in Abuja yesterday. Governors and key traditional rulers raised a committee to prepare a bill for constitutional amendment to accommodate traditional rulers in governance, reports The Nation. The committee was set up at a maiden meeting of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) a...
Lagos State Government today revealed that there are about 8.67 million residents of the state who are living with hypertension. The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known at a press briefing and planned to flag off a state-wide public health campaign on hypertension and diabetes with the theme “Know Your Numbers [&...
•Tinubu The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the opposition to “bury the thought of policy reversal” by the President Bola Tinubu-led government and support the government in delivering on the Renewed Hope agenda of the President. The party also dispelled claims by the opposition that it rigged the September 21 governorship elec...
•Tinubu The federal government, under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, has secured loans worth $6.45 billion from the World Bank in just 16 months. The amount increased to the new figure following the recent approval of three new loans totalling $1.57bn from the World Bank for various projects in Nigeria and is expected to […]
•Crystal Mall The demolition of Crystal Place Mall, Ilorin, owned by former House of Representatives member, Moshood Mustapha, has raised dust in Kwara State. The development has further widened the rift between Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Mustapha who are of same party, the All Progressive Party, APC. The property was allegedly pulled...
•Colonel Friday Ayanam The Salvation Army, Nigeria Territory has extended its heartfelt sympathy to the government and people of Borno State following the floods which have ravaged the state resulting in loss of lives and wanton destruction. This was made known in a statement issued today, personally signed by the national leader (Territorial ...
•Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf Kano State Government has prohibited private and voluntary schools from arbitrarily increasing fees and forcing parents to purchase materials directly from the schools. However, the Executive Secretary of the Kano State Private and Voluntary Institution’s Board (KSPVIB), Comrade Baba Abubakar Umar, said that some sch...
•Kaduna Electric head office The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has sealed the head office of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company over alleged N600 million tax liabilities accrued between 2015 and 2022. The chairman of the agency, Mr. Jerry Adams who led the task force, said the agency had exhausted all avenues to reach...
•Fayemi Former Governor of Ekiti State and ex-Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kayode Fayemi, has described local government autonomy as a misnomer and aberration in a federal system of government. Fayemi, an academic and a former Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, spoke at the launch of St. Racheal’s People Cons...
•Falana and Tinubu Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigerian (SAN), Femi Falana, has cautioned the Tinubu-led federal government against threatening the organisers of a planned nationwide protest over the harsh economic climate in the country. Social media has been rife with hashtags about the protest which is billed to happen next...

