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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has named the Southern Parkway, from the National Christian Centre to Ring Road I (Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway), after President Bola Tinubu. Wike announced the honour during the inauguration of the road for public use, in Abuja on Tuesday as part of activities to celebrate…
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An anti-corruption bill for the establishment of the Kogi State Anti-corruption Agency has passed through second reading in the state house of assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports in Lokoja on Tuesday that the bill was being sponsored by Assemblyman Suleiman Abdulrazak, member representing Okene Constituency. Abdulrazak had during the Tuesday’s plenary told…
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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said on Tuesday that deployment of traffic management solution devices, including cameras, helped in discovering 26,816 violations in the state within three months. Sanwo-Olu, represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, made the disclosure at the unveiling of the Lagos State Transport Policy, held at Ikeja. The governor said…
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The deposed emir Aminu Ado Bayero may have defiled an ex parte order directing his eviction from the Nassarawa palace annexe in Kano. Justice Aminu Adamu Aliyu yesterday granted an interim injunction stopping Bayero and the four former first chiefs from parading themselves as emirs. The exparte obtained by Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner…
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The Senate has recalled the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Abdul Ningi, after two months and two weeks of his three-month suspension over his interview in which he alleged padding of the 2024 ₦28.7 trillion budget. The lawmaker was suspended on March 12, 2023, for three months, but the Senate on Tuesday unanimously resolved to recall…