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Lagos launches digital addressing system for house numbering

In his address at the unveiling ceremony, the special adviser to the Lagos State Governor on e-GIS and Urban Development, Dr. Babatunde Olajide said the digital house address system, also known as the Lagos Identifier Programme, which would formally become operational by July 1, adding that it would help in different sectors including housing, transportation, e-cab hailing service, security, emergency response, taxation and planning. He explained that the introduction of […]

todayJune 25, 2025

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Tinubu rejects Library Trust Fund bill over legal concerns

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu  has withheld his assent to the National Assembly Library Trust Fund (Establishment) Amendment Bill, 2025, citing legal and financial concerns. In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, President Tinubu acknowledged the bill’s good intentions but noted that several of its provisions conflict with existing federal laws and policies “While the bill pursues commendable objectives, some of its provisions are […]

todayJune 25, 2025

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PDP leaders, INEC in closed-door meeting

A delegation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by acting national chairman, Ambassador Umar Damagum, on Tuesday stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resolve the lingering dispute over the rightful holder of the party’s national secretary position. The delegation included prominent party stakeholders such as former Senate President Bukola Saraki; Governors Bala Mohammed (Bauchi), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Dauda Lawal (Zamfara), and Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau); […]

todayJune 24, 2025

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Nigeria To Sign Over 30 MoUs With Brazil

The MoU is expected to cover a broad range of strategic sectors, including defence and security cooperation, agricultural technology transfer, energy collaboration and transition initiatives, cultural and educational exchange programmes, and trade facilitation and industrial development. A Tuesday statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications (Office of the Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha, announced the arrival of Brazil’s Vice President, Geraldo Alckmin, to begin the […]

todayJune 24, 2025

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Reps to extend 2024 budget implementation till Dec 31

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill to extend the capital component implementation of the 2024 budget from June 30 to December 31, 2025. The bill titled “A Bill for an Act to Amend the 2024 Appropriation Act to Further Extend the Capital Components of the Act From 30th June 2025 to 31st December 2025 and for Related Matters (HB.2404),” was presented by Deputy Majority Leader, […]

todayJune 24, 2025

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Tinubu withholds assent to NASS Library Trust Fund, cites legal, fiscal concerns

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declined to sign the National Assembly Library Trust Fund (Establishment) Amendment Bill, 2025 into law, citing constitutional, policy, and fiscal concerns. The bill, which seeks to transform the National Assembly Library Trust Fund into the National Assembly Resource Centre, was returned to the House of Representatives on Monday with a formal letter from the President, read at plenary by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen. While acknowledging the bill’s good […]

todayJune 24, 2025

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10 feared dead in Oyo road crash

Over 10 people have reportedly been feared dead in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Oyo State on Tuesday morning. The road mishap involved three Nissan Micra taxi cabs and three articulated vehicles. It was learnt that all the ill-fated vehicles were coming from the Iwo Road axis before getting involved in the accident. As of press time, mutilated bodies of the victims were still being pulled […]

todayJune 24, 2025

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We’re committed to deliver impactful, durable infrastructure – Makinde

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to deliver impactful and durable infrastructure that would stand the test of time. Makinde made this known on Monday during the ‘Midterm Retreat’ for political appointees in his administration, held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan. The governor, who said his administration was not focusing on short-term visibility, explained that it was laying down critical infrastructure […]

todayJune 23, 2025 1

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NNPCL adjusts petrol price from N910 to N945 in Abuja

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has increased prices of fuel from N910 to N945 in Abuja. It also revised its petrol pump price from N870 to N915 per litre at several of its retail outlets in Lagos The new pump price increase reflects a N35 and N45 hike in the amount previously sold in Abuja and Lagos respectively It was observed that some filling stations in Lagos were […]

todayJune 23, 2025 1

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