Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, has signed the contract for the construction of the second phase of the Blue Line from Mile 2 to the Okokomaiko area of the state, expected to be completed in the year 2026. Sanwo-Olu, however, assured residents that his administration would continue to provide basic Infrastructure to decongest the chaotic…
Former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has explained why he is angry with his successor, Siminalayi Fubara Wike said he is angry with Fubara because the governor is hobnobbing with some of his political enemies. Wike, who is now the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), stated this on Wednesday in Abuja when he…
Ahead of the November 11 off Cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, President Bola Tinubu has handed the flag of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over to three candidates of the party. The candidates are Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo, who is running for a second term; Timipre Sylva for Bayelsa…
Head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has called for an end to the war in the Middle East, Pope Francis urge Israel and the Palestinians to find a solution at the negotiating table. “Every war is a defeat. Nothing is solved by war. Everything is gained with peace and dialogue,” the head of the…
The Senate and the House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed the N2.17trn 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill after third reading. Before the passage of the bill, the Senate adopted the report of the harmonized sittings of both red and green chambers on the 2023 Supplementary Appropriation Bill as submitted by Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator…
An Anambra High Court sitting in Awka has restrained the embattled Uchenna Nwoye from parading himself as the President General of Ifitedunu Community in Dunukofia local government area. The court presided over by Justice Tagbo Anieto granted an order of interlocutory injunction brought by Evang. Azodo Jasper, Samuel Nweke, Arinze Azodo, Onyebuchi Anene, Bethrand Nwankwo,…
According to earlier reports, the Kingmakers in Oyo town, popularly known as Oyo Mesi, dragged the governor and the state’s Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Matters, and also the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice to court to stop them from aborting the process for the selection/appointment of the candidate for replacing the vacant…
The Yaba Overpass bridge commissioned today, is one of the four bridges that the state government has lined up for commissioning. The remaining overpasses waiting to be commissioned are at Oyingbo, Mushin, and Ikeja The occasion kicked off with the arrival of Governor Sanwo-Olu arrived at about 12.20 p.m., and he was received by his…
The Senate, on Thursday, sworn in Senator-elect for Kogi Central Senatorial District, Barr Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a member of the 10th Senate. This followed her presentation with Certificate of Return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the duly elected Senator for Kogi Central. Akpoti-Uduaghan, elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, said that the decomposing, headless bodies found in Abia State indicates the scale of insecurity in the country. Recall Alex Otti, governor of Abia, while speaking at a media parley on Sunday, said 20 headless bodies and countless human skeletons were found around Lokpanta cattle market…
