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Bill To Amend Benue’s Grazing Law Passes First Reading

A bill seeking to amend portions of the Benue State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law (2017) has passed its first reading in the state’s House of Assembly. Our correspondent reports that the executive arm of the state government wants a stiffer…

07/01/2022

1,910 Bandits, Insurgents, Others Killed In Eight Months, Says Military

The military high command yesterday disclosed that troops killed 1,910 criminals, including insurgents, armed bandits, armed robbers and kidnappers in the last eight months. It said between May 20, 2021 and January 6, 2022, a total of 24,059 terrorists and their families comprising…

07/01/2022

FCTA To Embark On Infrastructural Development In Rural Areas

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disclosed that 70% of the six hundred and twelve million naira proposed for the Area Council Services Secretariat for 2022 Capital budget would be used for infrastructural development in rural areas. Mandate Secretary Area Council…

07/01/2022

SERAP Lists Eight Court Rulings Disobeyed By Buhari Government Despite Claiming It Doesn’t Interfere With Judiciary’s Activities

The Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project (SERAP) has countered a claim by the Muhammadu Buhari-led government that it wouldn’t dare to interfere with the activities of the judiciary. SERAP, in its reaction to Buhari’s claim, accused the federal government of regular disobedience…

07/01/2022

Magodo: Lagos To Search For 549 Plots Of Land For Aggrieved Shangisha Landlords

THE Lagos State government is currently searching for 549 plots of land in order to finally resolve the lingering dispute over the Magodo Estate land in Shangisha area of the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who spoke with newsmen on Wednesday shortly after…

06/01/2022

Buhari, APC Using Salami As Scapegoat For Failure, Says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the appointment of Dr. Doyin Salami by President Muhammadu Buhari as Chief Economic Adviser barely a year to end of his administration as a design to make the economist a scapegoat for the abysmal failures…

06/01/2022

Oromoni: Lagos Govt Clears Five Dowen Students, Staff, Orders Release Of Suspects

The Lagos State government has absolved all indicted parties in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr) of blame. It said the autopsy report did not find any harmful and toxic substance in his body. The state ruled out murder. Five pupils and five…

05/01/2022

Magodo: How Military Gov Took Over Our Lands, Allocated To Eminent Citizens — Landlords

The Chairman of Shangisha Landlords Association, Adebayo Adeyiga, has narrated how a military governor of Lagos State, Air Commodore Gbolahan Mudasiru (now deceased) demolished their houses and took over their landed property in what is now known today as Magodo Phase 2…

05/01/2022

Why 21-Storey Building Collapsed In Ikoyi, By Tribunal

The six-man tribunal set up by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the Ikoyi collapsed building has submitted its report. It blamed the collapse on the erosion of professional ethics and due diligence. A statement by the Tribunal Chairman, Toyin Ayinde, stressed that “building…

05/01/2022

Withdrawing Soldiers From Correctional Centres In Ondo Will Cause Jailbreak — Akeredolu

ONDO State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has lamented the sudden withdrawal of men of the Nigerian Army from correctional centers across the state. According to his Chief Press Secretary Richard Olatunde, the governor, who received a full briefing of the situation from the Commissioner…

05/01/2022

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