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The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), alongside a group of concerned Lagosians, has denounced a proposed bill by the Lagos State House of Assembly to replace the state’s 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) with Area Administrative Councils. Led by Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, the bill proposes that the LCDAs, established in 2003 by then-Governor …
A Nigerian pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Olusegun Oluleye, was honoured at a capacity-building workshop in Morocco for returning an overpayment of 430 Moroccan Dirhams. Oluleye, an employee of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), attended the event in Morocco with his team and colleagues, organised by the North East Consultancy Limited. …
Kogi State House of Assembly has commended the Nigerian Army for her timely support to the health care delivery system in Oziokutu, Adavi Local Government Area of the state. In a motion of urgent public importance moved by the lawmaker representing Adavi State Constituency, Asema Baba Haruna on the floor of the House, said the …
A fire outbreak occurred at the Cement bus stop in the Ikeja area of Lagos State on Saturday morning. The fire reportedly started at about 04:35 am at a Cement bus stop, opposite AP filling station, Ikeja. According to an eyewitness, the fire was due to a high-tension upsurge. Our correspondent gathered that firefighters had …
The Defence Headquarters says the Nigerian troops have in the last one week apprehended a notorious terrorist leader, Abubakar Ibrahim (AKA) Habu Dogo in Sokoto and seven IPOB/ESN commanders in South-East. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, in a statement on Saturday, said that Habu Dogo was apprehended at Rumji Village in Illela …
The police on Friday arraigned 36-year-old Nurudeen Abdulrasak at Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over alleged N1.5 million land fraud. Abdulrasak, with no fixed address, was charged with conspiracy, obtaining money under false representations, stealing and conduct likely to cause breach of peace. The Prosecutor, Insp. Iyabo Oladoyin, told the court that Abdulrasak committed the offences …
A 33-year-old woman, Comfort Tinubu, has allegedly stabbed her 39-year-old husband, Olusegun Tinubu to death in Ibadan. It was gathered that the couple who got married about three years ago had two children from the marriage. The incident according to sources occurred around the Gbeyi community in Adegbayi area of Ibadan on Wednesday around 10.00 …
The Police Command in Benue has detained five suspects over alleged idenity theft and cyber fraud. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi on Friday. The statement said that the four suspects, whose …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has given reasons for re-arresting controversial crossdresser Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye known as Bobrisky. Speaking in a telephone conversation on Friday morning, the EFCC spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale, said the self-styled ‘Mummy of Lagos’ was arrested because he refused to honour several invitations sent to him. Oyewale noted that …
Traditional rulers in the Kogi Central Senatorial District have been charged to use their positions as royal fathers to foster unity and peace in their respective domains. The Kogi State Head of Civil Service, Elijah Evinemi, gave the charge on Thursday during his tour of palaces of traditional rulers across the Ihima community in Okehi Local …