October 11, 2024
Kano gov donates N100m to textile market fire victims
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has donated N100 million to victims of the recent fire disaster at Kantin Kwari Textile Market. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by the governor’s spokesman, Sanusi Tofa. According to Tofa, the governor announced the donation during a sympathy visit to the traders at the market […]
Lagos Red Line rail operations to begin October 15
The Lagos State Government has assured all that its second rail project, Red Line, will commence commercial operations by October 15. This was contained in a statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communication, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Kolawole Ojelabi, and posted on the agency’s X handle on Thursday. The Managing Director of LAMATA, […]
Council sues Lagos Assembly
Alimosho Local Government Council, Lagos State, has sued the state House of Assembly before a Federal High Court, Abuja, alleging undue and illegal interference in its activities. In a copy of the summons obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, the Council asks the court to hold that the Assembly and the […]
JUST IN: Court summons Yahaya Bello over alleged breach of trust, others
A former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been summoned to appear before the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja over allegations of criminal breach of trust and possession of unlawfully acquired property. The summons, issued by Justice Maryann E. Anenih, alleged that Bello committed the offences between 2016 and 2023. The summons, […]
Oyedepo’s deputies, Abioye, Aremu step down next week
The two Vice Presidents of Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel) will retire next after serving for over four and three decades. Multiple sources in the church, including a pastor in the church, who requested anonymity due to a lack of authorisation to speak to the press, confirmed the planned retirement […]
PDP NWC suspends National Chairman, Secretary for anti-party activities
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken a turn for the worse as members of the National Working Committee, NWC, have suspended the party’s Acting National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum and Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu for alleged anti-party activities. It was gathered in Abuja that the decision to suspend the two national officers […]