The 2023 Lagos State Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, on Tuesday, closed his case against the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the March 18 election. Rhodes-Vivour is also challenging the eligibility of the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hazmat, to contest on the grounds that he …

To help tackle the challenge of portable water in Ewutuntun and Mafoluku communities of Lagos, the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company has inaugurated borehole projects in two schools in the communities. According to a statement from the company, it also provided power-generating sets to power the boreholes.   The first project, …

The people of the Amatta Autonomous community in the Ikeduru Council Area of Imo State have sued state Governor Hope Uzodinma over what they allege is the illegal and forceful acquisition of community land without notice. The plaintiffs are praying the State High Court sitting at Iho Judicial division in …

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun has submitted a list of commissioners and special advisers nominees to the state house of assembly after eight months in office. A statement by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to the governor on Tuesday in Osogbo, said that the list of the nominees would be …

The Zazzau Emirate Council on Tuesday, slammed a suspension order on the Marafan Yamman Zazzau, Alhaji Mustapha Adamu, for flogging an alleged homosexual in the ancient city of Zaria, in Kaduna State. A statement released by the Council’s Information and Communications Officer, Abdullahi Aliyu, said the indefinite suspension of the …

There are indications of a seeming disconnect between the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with the party being alienated from key decisions taken in Aso Rock presidential villa as well as the National Assembly. National chairman of the party, …

As 15 departments receive copies of their standard operating procedures, the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) has threatened to withhold overheads of secretariats, departments, and agencies (SDAs) who fail to secure their operating procedures, as the documents were subject to periodic reviews. Permanent secretary of FCTA Olusade Adesola stated this …

The Military Pensions Board (MPB) has begun payment of the third tranche of the Security Debarment Allowance (SDA) to eligible military retirees/Next of Kins (NOKs) of deceased military personnel. A statement by the Chairmen of the board, Rear Admiral SA LAWA, on Tuesday, said the payment of the third tranche …

Major stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have urged President Bola Tinubu to consider former Governor Nyesom Wike for ministerial appointment. The stakeholders under the aegis of Amalgamated Bola Tinubu Campaign Council, Rivers State, led by former Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Government and …

EZOMO Anthony Aleogho Ayaoghena Dokpesi loved the gazebo in his beautiful Abuja residence. It is made of big rafters and roofed with thatch. A gazebo like the one in Dokpesi’s vast compound is a small building in a house that affords a wide view of the surrounding areas. He ate …