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Governor Siminalayi Fubara is set for a showdown with the Martin Amaewhule-led Rivers State House of Assembly as he rejected the 48-hour ultimatum issued by the lawmakers to present the 2025 budget.The governor also dismissed the assembly’s opposition to his directive for outgoing local government chairmen to hand over to Heads of Local Government Administration.He, however, told his supporters, espe...

The Lagos State government and a coalition of development partners, including the Policy Innovation Centre,  BiNTA Fellowship,  Nigerian Economic Summit Group and Integrity Organisation, have teamed up to explore behavioural insights as a solution to building collapse.The Permanent Secretary, Office of Urban Development, Engr. Olalekan Shodeinde, who spoke at a Workshop with the theme ’’Nudging Ethics...

A large crowd of commuters were on Monday sighted on an alternative pedestrian bridge in the Oshodi area of Lagos State.Newsmen gathered that this was due to the closure of the pedestrian bridge linking Oshodi Bus Terminals 2 and 3.The Lagos State Government had ordered the bridge’s immediate closure in January, citing concerns over its safety and structural integrity.It was gathere...

The reinstatement of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker of the 10th House of Assembly yesterday ended 49 days of leadership crisis that rocked the legislative arm in Lagos State.Obasa, who was on January 13 sacked by 36 lawmakers in the 40-member House, returned to the Speaker’s seat following the resignation of former Speaker Mrs. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, during the plenary.Before the plenary, Obasa, who ar...

The North-Central All Progressives Congress Forum has passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu and the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje....

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced the temporary closure of Runway 18R/36L at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for rehabilitation work....

The National Association of Nigerian Students has called on the Federal Government to investigate the National Youth Service Corps over the non-payment of the newly approved N77,000 monthly allowance for corps members....

The Lagos State House of Assembly has directed all staff and legislative aides to work remotely from home indefinitely to prevent potential violence arising from the on-going leadership crisis. ...

The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said she remains undaunted by the death threats from some criminals who profit from inflicting pains on fellow Nigerians and causing avoidable deaths through unwholesome drugs.The NAFDAC boss said the death threats followed the agency’s simultaneous operation to dismantle major fake drug distr...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has been told that Odoh Ocheme, an aide to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele, and others named in the theft of $6,230,000 cash from the CBN are currently residing in the United Kingdom (U.K).A police prosecutor, Celestine Odo, revealed this in the court when an eight-count of theft pending against them was mentioned.The others who are non-staff mem...