The Governor of Katsina state, Dikko Umaru Radda, has said that Nigerians should be allowed to carry weapons such as AK-47s just as assailants such as bandits freely buy weapons such as AK-47s and RPGs in the market and carry them around to attack innocent citizens. While speaking at a media chat in Abuja on Friday, October 20, Radda said governors should not be blamed for the security challenges bedevilling their states, noting that they are called chief security officers …
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Suspended chairman of Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, Wale Adedayo has been arrested by the Department of State Services after accusing Governor Dapo Abiodun of diverting councils’ allocations. Recall that Adedayo had accused the governor of withholding local government funds in the last two years. Daily Trust reported that Adedayo who was at the DSS office on Thursday, August 31, over the incident, was detained on Friday, September 1. His aide said; “We …
A Nigerian man has accused the deputy governor of Edo state, Phillip Shaibu, of ‘’stealing’’ his Daytona Gold wristwatch. In a video making the rounds on social media, the man said before the general elections, he and some other persons were allegedly ‘’abducted” by security agents attached to the deputy governor who took them to Benin City and ‘tried to forcefully plant a gun’ on them. He said they resisted, but during the scuffle, the security men allegedly took …
The Lagos State House of Assembly today August 23 confirmed 22 out of the 39 commissioner nominees sent for screening and confirmation by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Presiding over its plenary today, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, said the confirmation followed a rigorous and detailed screening of the nominees by an ad hoc committee led by the Chief Whip of the House, Hon. Fatai Mojeed. He then went on to carry out the confirmation of …
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has increased the minimum wage of workers in the state to N40,000. The governor made this known while addressing members of the state executive council on Saturday, July 15. He said the current economic situation caused by the removal of fuel subsidy is biting hard on the people and that the increment in salaries is to help cushion the hardship civil servants in the state are facing due to the fuel subsidy removal. …
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has finally released a list of Commissioner-nominees to serve in his administration. Adeleke, who took oath of office on November 27, 2022, sent a list of his commissioner and special adviser nominees to the State Assembly today July 7, exactly nine months after taking over power. Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, the speaker, reeled out the names at plenary on Friday. The Nominees are: 1. Barr. Oladosu Babatunde 2.Prince Bayo Ogungbangbe 3. Mr …