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Rochas erects new statue of Buhari in Owerri in response to snub by Inec over certificate of return

IMO State's Governor Rochas Okorocha has reacted to the recent decision by the Independent National Election Commission (Inec) not to give him a certificate of return for being elected as a senator by erecting a statue of President Muhammadu Buhari.

 

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Lagos State Building Control Agency begins demolishing 180 defective houses on the island

LAGOS State Building Control Agency (Lasbca) officials have announced radical plans to demolish 180 defective houses on Lagos Island in response to the recent tragedy in Ita Faaji that saw a four-storey building collapse with significant loss of life.

 

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Sanwoolu's aide exposed by BBC journalist as being a drug trafficker who jumped bail

BBC journalist Ruoner Meyer has come up with a shocking expose revealing that one of Lagos State governor-elect Babajide Sanwoolu's aides Funke Phillips is a wanted drug trafficker who jumped bail in 2011.

 

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Mother commits suicide in Lagos after discovering two of her kids died in collapsed building

POLICE in Lagos are investigating the suicide of a mother who took her own life by drinking a bottle of the insecticide Sniper after two of her children died in the recent building collapse tragedy on Lagos Island.

 

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Red Cross appeals for Lagosians to donate blood for victims of collapsed building

NIGERIAN Red Cross (NRC) officials have made a passionate plea for members of the public to donate blood to help assist the victims of the recent collapsed building in Lagos Island that housed a primary school.

 

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Police arrest chief whip of Oyo State House of Assembly in connection with murder of lawmaker

POLICE have arrested the chief whip of the Oyo State House of Assembly Hon Wasiu Akinmoyede in connection with the recent murder of a member of the Federal House of Representatives Hon Temitope Olatoye popularly known as Sugar.

 

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Yola high court stops Adamawa from participating in supplementary election after Inec mix-up

SUPPLEMENTARY elections will not hold in Adamawa State on March 23 after a Yola high court barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) from going ahead with the exercise because it omitted the names of one of the candidates from the ballot sheet.

 

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Ganduje's SSA resigns over governor's refusal to concede defeat in gubernatorial elections

GOVERNOR Abdullahi Ganduje's special assistant on urban beautification Alhaji Hashim Suleiman has tendered his resignation in protest at his boss's refusal to concede defeat in the recently concluded Kano State gubernatorial elections.

 

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Akwa Ibom resident electoral commissioner reveals that politicians asked him to go abroad for a secret meeting

AKWA Ibom State's resident electoral commissioner Mike Igini has revealed that several leading politicians in the state had offered to fly him abroad for a secret meeting just before the elections in the hope of compromising his independence.

 

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Osinbajo to chair audit committee that will review all government projects and programmes

VICE president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has been appointed as the head of a new federal government audit committee charged with the responsibility of ensuring that federal government projects and policies are implemented over the next four years.

 

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