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Lagos Assembly begins financial assessment of local governments

The Lagos State House of Assembly has commenced the evaluation of the financial performance of all the 20 local governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The evaluation was to ascertain how funds from the Joint Accounts Allocation Committee (JAAC) to the councils were spent in accordance with the 2022 budget approval. WesternPost reports that Kosofe,…

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Court stops Obasa, 39 Lagos lawmakers from sacking LAHASCOM chairman

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Obasa and other lawmakers to stop the decision to sack the Chairman of Lagos State House of Assembly Services Commission (LAHASCOM), Olawale Mogaji. The court said that the assembly should not obstruct Mogaji while discharging his duties pending the outcome of the motion…

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Threat of attack in Lagos: Security on red alert, says Sanwo-Olu

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Friday allayed the fears of the residents over report of an imminent attack by terrorists, telling them there was no reason to panic. He said all security formations had been put on high alert to ensure public safety Rising from a meeting with security agencies, Sanwo-Olu disclosed that members of the State Security…

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Tinubu mourns Akin Mabogunje, Tafa Balogun, commiserates with deceased families

All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of Professor Akin Mabogunje and former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Tafa Balogun. The two prominent Nigerians passed on Thursday. The late Mabogunje is Nigeria’s first Professor of Geography and a world-renowned Urban Planner while Tafa Balogun served as Nigeria’s 11th Inspector-General of…

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Ondo Amotekun intercepts 151 suspects with charms 

By Temitope Adedeji, Akure The Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun Corps has arrested 151 suspects with dangerous charms and photographs of combat trainings. They were intercepted around Sango on Akure/Ado road by an Amotekun team who were on ‘stop and search’ at about 6:30am on Thursday. The drivers of the two trucks conveying them said they were coming from Katsina,…

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Oyetola mourns ex-IGP, Tafa Balogun, condoles family 

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has mourned the demise of former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tafa Balogun who died on Thursday at the age of 75.  Oyetola sends his condolences to the Orangun of Ila, Oba Wahab Kayode Oyedotun, former governor of the state, Chief Adebisi Akande, the immediate family and friends of Balogun,…

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Abiodun calls for new techniques to tackle insecurity

By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has charged security agencies to adopt new techniques in tackling the menace of insecurity currently confronting the nation. Abiodun, who posited that only a new approach can reverse the trend of banditry, kidnapping, insurgency and other forms of criminality, stated this when he received the new State Commandant of the Nigerian Security…

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Sanwo-Olu re-appoints 2 special advisers, 5 others into cabinet

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, appointed seven members into the State Executive Council to revitalise the administration’s effort towards improving good governance and service delivery. The new members were appointed into the cabinet-ranked position of Special Advisers. They were sworn in at an event held in the State Banquet Hall in Alausa. Five of the appointees are newcomers, who filled…

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Oyebanji hails court ruling affirming his candidacy

…extends olive branch to petitioner, Kayode Ojo Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, has hailed the judgement of the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti affirming him as the validly elected candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the June 18, governorship election in the state. Oyebanji in a statement made available to journalists in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, shortly after…

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Guild of Editors rejects FG’s sanction on media houses

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Thursday warned the Federal Government to stop harassing the media for reporting banditry and terrorism in the country.The Guild, while reacting to the sanctions placed on Trust TV, owned by Daily Trust Limited and BBC over a documentary on banditry in the country said even those who turbaned some bandits have not been dealt with by governmentPresident…

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