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The Lagos State Government has given a 48-hour vacation notice to squatters and owners of illegal structures along Gbagada-Bariga drainage channel. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a post on X.com on Sunday. Wahab added that the channel has been blocked by squatters who live there and property owners who built structures that obstruct the flow of water, which also contributed to the flooding in the area. His post read in part, “The drainage channel which defloods Bariga, Gbagada, Sholuyi downstream communities and environs, and discharges into System 1 has been taken…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, has ordered Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development to account for payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The court also ordered the former minister to provide the list and details of the beneficiaries who received the payments, the number of states covered and the payments per state. The judgment was delivered last month by Hon. Justice Deinde Isaac Dipeolu following a Freedom of Information suit number: FHC/L/CS/853/2021, brought by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). The…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it remains unfazed by the misinterpretation of the court ruling on the status of its primary as well as its candidate, Asue Ighodalo. National Legal Adviser of the PDP, Barr. Kamarudeen Ajibade (SAN), said this during the inaugural meeting of the National Campaign Council for the Edo State Governorship Election, in Abuja, on Saturday. He explained that the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement confirms the party’s position that its candidate emerged through a credible process; as such, there was no cause to fear. Ajibade said, “Everyone was taken aback the day…

Mr Olubukola Akinwumi, a Deputy Director at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Friday explained how Nigerians trading on Binance Holdings Limited’s platform use false names in the transactions. Olubukola, who is the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s 2nd prosecution witness (PW-2) in the ongoing trial of Binance and its executive, Tigran Gambaryan, told Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court, Abuja, while giving his testimony. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the EFCC had filed a five-count charge against Binance and Gambaryan (1st and 2nd defendants) bordering on money laundering offences. The anti-graft agency…

President Bola Tinubu on Friday received the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 21 election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo. The APC candidate was accompanied to the Presidential Villa by Senator Adams Oshiomhole and the Minister of Niger Delta Development, Abubakar Momoh. The visit came a day after an Abuja Federal High Court, on Thursday declared invalid the primary election that produced the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Asuen Ighodalo, citing the disenfranchisement of authentic delegates of the party. Speaking to journalists, the leader of the APC in Edo State,…

The governor of Kebbi State Nasir Idris, has declared Monday, July 8, as a public holiday to mark the beginning of the new Islamic calendar, lst muharram 1446AH. Alhaji Auwal Manu-Dogondaji, the state Commissioner for Establishment, said this in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Friday. According to him, the 1st of Muharram is on a Sunday, due to the importance of the Islamic New Year, the government decided to shift the public holiday to Monday. Manu-Dogondaji congratulated the Muslim Ummah on the advent of the new Islamic calendar, urging the Muslims to sustain fervent prayers for peace, security, and…

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat in the national election on Friday, saying the opposition Labour Party had won. “The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on his victory,” Sunak said after winning his parliamentary seat in northern England. “Today, power will change hands in a peaceful and orderly manner, with goodwill on all sides. That is something that should give us all confidence in our country’s stability and future.”

The Senate on Thursday, July 4, passed the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) bill. The upper chamber passed the bill after considering the report of its committee on special duties, presented by its chairman, Senator Kaka Shehu. The Bill was sponsored by the senator representing Benue South Senatorial District and Senate. Minority leader of the Senate, Senator Abba Moro, sponsored the bill and it was co-sponsored by all the senators from the north-central region. The bill was passed First Reading on the 5th of October, 2023, and Second Reading on February 21, 2024.

At last, the federal government, Thursday, inaugurated the governing councils of universities, polytechnics and other federal tertiary institutions in the country. The inauguration came barely one year after the government dissolved the governing councils of all of its tertiary institutions, leaving them to operate without governing councils. Recall that President Bola Tinubu, in June 2023, shortly after being sworn in as president, announced the dissolution of governing councils of federal tertiary institutions, leaving them to operate for almost a year without governing councils. Lecturers in the nation’s public universities had on June,19,2024, picked a hole in the inability of the…

President Bola Tinubu is scheduled to inaugurate the construction work of the 1000-km Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway in August. The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, disclosed this during a stakeholder engagement on the project in Birnin Kebbi. Umahi said that he was directed by the president to come to Kebbi with some ministers and members of the National Assembly to unveil the scope of the project. “The project is the old West African Trade Route, and the processes for the commencement of the construction of the 1000km six-lane super highway are in progress. ”Kebbi State has the lion share of the…