Leaders of some civil society organisations (CSOs), lawyers and other professionals have charged Kogi State indigenes at home and in the Diaspora to support security agencies to make the state rough for criminals masquerading as politicians. They said such questionable characters need to be checked as the November 11, 2023 …

Taraba state governor, Agbu Kefas has banned the coronation of the traditional rulers recently appointed by the former administration of former governor, Darius Ishaku. The governor said coronation of all district/village heads and title holders is suspended indefinitely pending further directives.   The directive was issued few hours after a …

Deputy governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, had said Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, as governor of Delta state, is running an open-door policy. He made the disclosure yesterday in Asaba when the executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ukwuani, Ndokwa West and Ndokwa East local government chapters …

The Ekiti State Government has banned the planned three-day kissing marathon to set the Guinness World Record. A group simply identified as Sugarte scheduled July 7 for the commencement of the longest world kissing marathon in a popular amusement park, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. But Ekiti Ministry of Tourism, …

The 10th Oyo State House of Assembly has announced names of members of its seven statutory committees. The list of the committee members was made available to newsmen by the Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Honourable Akintayo Waheed.   In line with the general House rules, the …

Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Wednesday arrested six suspects with two 14-tyre DAF trucks fully loaded with railway slippers at Olooru in the Moro local government area of the state. Parading the suspects in Ilorin on Wednesday, the state Commandant of the …

A Lagos State High Court sitting in the Tafawa Balewa Square area of the state, on Tuesday, sentenced a man, Temitope Olowo, to 14 years imprisonment for attempted robbery in the state. Justice Yetunde Adesanya handed down the verdict to the convict, who was sentenced on one count amended charge …

The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), on Wednesday, has admitted in evidence, a certified true copy of Vice President Kashim Shettima’s voluntary resignation letter. Shettima purportedly tendered the letter, dated July 6, 2022, as a candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Borno Central Senatorial District.   The …

The Imo State Government has debunked reports that unknown gunmen enforcing a sit-at-home directive on Wednesday morning attacked the state Secretariat on Port-Harcourt Road, Owerri. A statement signed by Governor Hope Uzodimma’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, noted that there was no such incident involving unknown gunmen.   Social media …

The Lagos Waste Management Authority has said it will commence a seal exercise on homes without waste bins on Lagos Island and Mainland beginning from July 7. The Executive Director, Finance of LAWMA, Kunle Adebiyi, made this known in a statement on Wednesday.   He said the decision follows an …