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The Lagos government has announced a “total ban” on the operations of commercial motorcycles in six LGAs in the state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, announced the directive while briefing the state’s security agents on Wednesday. Local government areas affected by the ban include Ikeja, Surulere, Eti Osa, Lagos Mainland, Lagos Island […]

Rotimi Amaechi, presidential hopeful on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the federal capital territory (FCT) will be treated in sharing of appointments as if it were a state if he is elected president.  In recent years, indigenes of the FCT have been complaining about being excluded from governance. […]

A federal high court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state, has dismissed a suit seeking to declare Dotun Babayemi as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the July 16 governorship election in the state. The court affirmed Ademola Adeleke as the validly elected PDP candidate for the poll. In a judgment delivered […]

Wale Oluwo, an associate of Akinwunmi Ambode, former governor of Lagos, has formally declared his intention to contest in the state’s governorship election. Oluwo, who declared his bid in Lagos, on Wednesday, said he is ready to challenge Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, at the All Progressives Congress (APC) party primaries, scheduled to […]

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says Ibrahim Shekarau, a former governor of Kano and serving senator, has joined its ranks. The development comes days after Abdulmumin Jibrin, a former member of house of representatives and a director-general of the Bola Tinubu campaign group, joined the party. Jibrin’s defection came despite efforts […]

Nnaemeka Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha, says he did not issue any directive asking the Igbo living in the northern part of the country to relocate.  There were reports on social media over the weekend that the traditional ruler had asked persons of south-east extraction living in the north to relocate immediately, following […]

The European Union (EU) has urged Nigerian youths to influence the outcome of the 2023 elections by participating actively. Winifred Achu, a representative of Samuela Isopi, EU ambassador to Nigeria, spoke on Tuesday at a policy dialogue, which took place in Abuja. The dialogue, with the theme, ‘Youths Perspective for Building and […]

The presidency, on Tuesday, criticised the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) over a “latest statement” it said was released by the forum asking a section of the country to leave Nigeria. In a statement by Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, the presidency said only the elected leader of the country can make such a decision, […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned one John Kester Ifeanyichukwu, a professor, for alleged bribery.  According to a statement by Azuka Ogugwa, ICPC spokesperson, Ifeanyichukwu was arraigned before A.O. Otaluka, a judge of the federal capital territory (FCT) high court, on a one-count charge. The anti-graft agency […]