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BREAKING NEWS: Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed the Law to prohibit open cattle grazing and trespass of cattle on Land in Lagos State, and for connected purposes. By this act, the Bill has now become a Law. #ForAGreaterLagos #AntiOpenGrazingLaw

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said governors are afraid of signing death warrants of convicts because they would not want to order the execution and later find out that the person did not deserve to die. Governors in the country have been criticised for being reluctant …

President Buhari departs for 76th UN General Assembly in New York on 19th Sep 2021

Penultimate to the election of 2015, leaders of Peoples Democratic Party from the north led agitation for power shift to the region. The argument then was that it was immoral for President Goodluck Jonathan, as then was, to seek reelection under the platform of the party having entered a pact …

The Chairman of Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, David Irimagha, has passed on just days after celebrating the first 100 days into his second term in office. Irimagha’s untimely death has thrown the people of the LGA into mourning following the unofficial sad report. The council chairman died …

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has proposed a political solution to ensure the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. He believes this can be achieved as the South-East Caucus in the National Assembly moves to intervene in the matter. “We expect …

France attacks Boris Johnson as an opportunist ‘fifth wheel on the carriage’ and says Britain has ‘returned into the American lap’ in extraordinarily bitter outburst after losing £30bn subs deal France intensified the growing diplomatic war over a cancelled £30billion submarine contract and dismissed Prime Minister Boris Johnson as the …

Leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has again hit out hard on the Federal Government’s plan to establish Farm Estate in states across the country, insisting that such plan is not recognised by law and should be disregarded by state governors. Pa Adebanjo pointed out that …

Strong Indications have emerged that the attempt by the Federal Inland Revenue Service to have the exclusive powers to collect Value Added Tax has stalled at the National Assembly. Investigations by our correspondent revealed that the two chambers of the federal parliament would not debate the controversial issues of the …

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has warned that the bid by some interests to amend the Value Added Tax (VAT) to favour the Federal Government against other tiers of government will fail. This is coming a day after the Governor presided over a southern governors meeting in Enugu in …