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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said his administration is working towards providing a rebate on essential drugs for conditions like hypertension and diabetes to tackle the rising cost of drugs and other pharmaceutical products. The governor noted that the state government would cater for the costs of free child deliveries across all…
The Nigerian Senate President, Senator Godwin Akpabio has stated that all the 36 state governors in the state have received additional N30billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to tackle the food scarcity situation in the country. The Senate President who said this during one of the plenary sessions of the federal lawmakers described…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps said it shut no fewer than 66 private guard companies operating illegally without licence or expired licence in the country. The illegal firms, it said, were shut in 2023, adding that it also received 125 applications from prospective private guard companies in 2023. The spokesperson for the NSCDC,…
In a comprehensive chat with journalists, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, delved into the present economic challenges facing the country and outlined key policy changes aimed at ameliorating the welfare of Lagosians. Reflecting on his tenure so far, Governor Sanwo-Olu acknowledged the formidable obstacles encountered, particularly navigating the impacts of the pandemic that swept across…
The Senate, on Tuesday, resolved to probe the N30tn Ways and Means spent by the former President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. The Upper chamber resolved that the fund was recklessly spent. It further stated that reckless spending of the overdraft collected from the Central Bank of Nigeria under Godwin Emefiele largely accounted for food and…
President Bola Tinubu has directed immediate settlement of outstanding electricity bill due to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company. The President’s directive follows the reconciliation of accounts between the State House Management and AEDC. Contrary to the AEDC’s initial claim of N923million debt in paid advertorial in newspapers, the State House outstanding bill is N342, 352,…
The State Working Committee of the Edo All Progressives Congress has passed a vote of confidence in its acting Chairman, Jarret Tenebe; Secretary, Lawrence Okah; and Publicity Secretary, Peter Uwadiae. The vote of confidence may not be unconnected with the crises that came up after the party’s primary election on Saturday which had three aspirants…
The suspended National Treasurer of the Labour Party, Ms Oluchi Oparah, has challenged the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, to give an account of the donations received from Nigerians in the Diaspora during the campaign tour of LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the United States. According to The Punch paper, the national leadership of…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 30 for judgment in the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria’s protracted leadership crisis. The court disclosed this after its proceedings on Friday. ALGON had been enmeshed in a leadership crisis after the National Executive Council of the association sacked Akolade David as its president, claiming…
