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The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has given traders and shop owners within the Oshodi Markets up to July 31st 2024 deadline to remove all extensions and attachments built on shops or face sanctions. The General Manager of Lagos State Building Control Agency, Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki gave the ultimatum during an advocacy and ... Read More »

,,,, And injunction stopping governors from constituting caretaker committees to run the affairs of local governments …seeks order voiding state/LG joint account The federal government has sued the thirty-six governors before the Supreme Court to ensure the autonomy of the nation’s local governments. In the suit, marked SC/CV/343/2024, was filed on May 20, by the Attorney General of the Federation ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu is ready to fire underperforming ministers who fail to deliver on targets set for them, the Presidency has said. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, speaking in an exclusive interview with Media team, said though the President was yet to decide on the ministers’ performances, he had told them to deliver ... Read More »

Security agents on Saturday said they won’t arrest deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero as ordered by Governor Abba Yusuf. The Governor, in a statement by his Director General, Media and Publicity, Sanusi Bature Tofa, ordered the arrest of Bayero, accusing him of “creating tension in the state.” “The former Emir was smuggled into Kano city last night in ... Read More »

…stakeholders commend Oyetola for his efforts for sanitising the Tin-Can port for efficiency Over the past few years, Port users lost several billions of naira to the traffic gridlock and illegalities on the roads leading to the nation’s seaports in Lagos. But sanity has been restored following the recent cleaning of the busy port access roads of refuse, shanties, illegal ... Read More »

HRH The Gom Mama of Mama Chiefdom Alhaji Mustafa Bala Zubairu Adams in his eminence has graciously thought it worthy to bestow the Traditional title of Zannan Mama on Chief Dr Amos Gizo. The turbaning ceremony is scheduled to take place as follows: Date: Saturday 25th May 2024 Venue: At the Palace of Gom Mama Kwarra, Farin Ruwa Development Area, ... Read More »

A Federal High Court sitting at Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the sums of $4,719,054 million USD, N830,875,611 million, and several properties linked to the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice Yellim Bogoro made the order on Thursday, May 23, 2024 following an ex-parte argued by the Economic and Financial ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has directed a comprehensive review of the recently announced governing boards of tertiary institutions in Nigeria, citing concerns over the lack of federal character in the nominations. The Federal Ministry of Education had released names of nominees for chairmen, Pro-Chancellors, and members of the boards and councils of universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, with an inauguration ... Read More »

The proposed Kano State Emirate Council Law 2024 passed by the Kano State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 23, technically dethroned Alh. Aminu Ado Bayero as Emir of Kano. The law recognised former CBN governor, Lamido Sanusi as the Emir of Kano. Sanusi’s portrait has since been adorning the giant wall of the Coronation Hall of Government House, Kano, ... Read More »

There was a mild drama at a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, as detained Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, who is facing a money laundering charge, slumped in the open court over alleged ill-health. The development occurred shortly after the matter was called for trial continuation before Justice Emeka Nwite. As soon as the case was called by the ... Read More »