2 h. ago RAAMP: Kwara Spends N4.6bn On Construction Of 209.77km Rural Roads

The Kwara State government has spent over N4.6bn in counterparts funding for the construction of 209.77 kilometres of rural roads across the 16 local governments area of the state. The state’s coordinator of Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), Dr Isaac Kolo, disclosed this at the 47th Media Parliament of the Kwara State Council […]

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3 h. ago Accident Claims Lives Of Groom, Bride’s Sister Minutes To Wedding In Bauchi

What was meant to be a joyous wedding ceremony turned into a heartbreaking tragedy as the groom Abba Musa, and Maryam Suleiman, the elder sister of the bride, lost their lives in a fatal accident about 30 minutes to the wedding. LEADERSHIP reports that the accident occurred in Boto in Tafawa Balewa local government area […]

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4 h. ago Cross River govt confirms Lassa Fever outbreak after farmer’s death

Tribune Online Cross River govt confirms Lassa Fever outbreak after farmer’s death The Cross River State government has confirmed a Lassa Fever outbreak in the Obubra Local Government Area (LGA) after a 30-year-old male farmer from the Unincha community passed away from the illness. Cross River govt confirms Lassa Fever outbreak after farmer’s death Tribune Online

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4 h. ago Osun LG Crisis: Northern Groups Urge Tinubu To Maintain Neutrality

Three prominent northern advocacy groups have called on President Bola Tinubu to remain neutral in the ongoing controversy surrounding the local government chairmanship tenure in Osun State. The groups—Arewa Youths for Peace and Security, Arewa Renaissance Movement, and Aladun Gargajiyanmu Movement—warned against any presidential interference that could disrupt the fragile peace in the state. Speaking […]

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5 h. ago Release LG allocations to reinstated chairmen, APC chieftain urges FG

An All Progressives Congress chieftain, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has called on the Federal Government to release monthly allocations to the court-reinstated APC-elected local government chairmen in Osun State. Oyintiloye made this appeal in a statement issued on Tuesday after addressing newsmen in Osogbo, the state capital. While making the appeal, he insisted that the state government Read More

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7 h. ago An analysis of the role of state and local government leaders:Challenges and problems (1)

Tribune Online An analysis of the role of state and local government leaders:Challenges and problems (1) Last week, the Nigerian Bar Association organized a State of the Nation session on local government autonomy and the effect of the judgment of the Supreme Court. This is how it should be, for lawyers to be directly involved in the affairs of the nation with a view to influencing them for the benefit of […] An analysis of the role of state and local government leaders:Challenges and problems (1) Tribune Online

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11 h. ago NSCDC repels attacks, kills four suspected terrorists in Katsina

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Katsina Command, has killed four suspected terrorists in Dutsinma Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SC Buhari Hamisu, confirmed this in a statement released on Monday, stating that two separate attacks were repelled. According to him, operatives repelled an attack by Read More

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14 h. ago Ogun community seeks relocation of dump, alleges health, security risks

Residents of the Yakoyo community in the Ojodu Abiodun area of Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State are appealing to the state government to relocate a dump within the community that has posed a threat to their health and the security of the community. PUNCH Metro correspondent who visited the community on Monday gathered Read More

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21 h. ago PDP rejects APC’s claim Adeleke is using Amotekun for attacks

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has raised the alarm over Governor Ademola Adeleke’s directive instructing recently installed local government chairmen and councillors to stay away from council secretariats. The party claims the move is a calculated deception, alleging that Adeleke’s administration is secretly plotting attacks against the legally reinstated chairmen and Read More

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22 h. ago Reinstated chairmen resume in Osun LGs, staff to return to work

From Lateef Dada, Osogbo Chairmen of Local Governments reinstated by the court of appeal have resumed to their various offices across the council secretariat in Osun State. They stormed the local governments amidst heavy security who had stationed their vehicles at various councils since last week. Some of the chairmen who directed local government workers […] The post Reinstated chairmen resume in Osun LGs, staff to return to work appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.

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24 h. ago Avoid Trouble, Stay Away From LG Secretariats – Gov Adeleke Tells Chairmen, Councillors In Osun

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has urged newly elected local government chairmen to stay away from local government council secretariats in order to avoid a political unrest in the state. The Governor also charged officials to work within the manifesto of the Peoples Democratic Party. Governor Adeleke led this out while administering the oath of […] The post Avoid Trouble, Stay Away From LG Secretariats – Gov Adeleke Tells Chairmen, Councillors In Osun appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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24 h. ago Benue LG tribunal: Lawyers seek adjournment over security concerns

Counsels representing over 400 respondents before the Benue State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal have requested an adjournment due to security concerns. The tribunal was set to begin sittings across the state’s three senatorial districts on Monday. The counsel; Mathew Burkaa, SAN, Mohammed N Mohammed, SAN and S.I Ameh, SAN for Zone A, B and  Read More

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26 h. ago Katsina Police Probe Varsity Student’s Death By Civilian JTF

The Katsina State Police Command has launched an investigation into a tragic shooting incident involving a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) in Dutsinma local government area of the State. The incident, which occurred on February 23, 2025, led to the death of Sa’idu Abdulkadir, a 400-level student of the Federal University Dutsinma […]

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27 h. ago Benue Tribunal: Counsels seek adjournment over security concerns

Tribune Online Benue Tribunal: Counsels seek adjournment over security concerns Counsels to over 400 respondents before the Local Government Election Petition Tribunal in Benue State have raised the alarm of insecurity at the venue of the tribunal across the state and requested an adjournment. Benue Tribunal: Counsels seek adjournment over security concerns Tribune Online

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28 h. ago 22 feared killed as suspected militants invade Edo communities

Tribune Online 22 feared killed as suspected militants invade Edo communities Death toll has risen to 22 as suspected armed militants invaded seven farming communities in Ovia South-West Local Government Area in Edo State. Tribune Online  gathered that several others sustained varying degrees of injuries, while buildings and farm produce worth several million naira were set ablaze by the assailants. The incident reportedly occurred on Friday, […] 22 feared killed as suspected militants invade Edo communities Tribune Online

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29 h. ago Osun LG Polls: Don’t Truncate Democracy With FG’s Support – Gov Makinde Warns APC

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has issued warning to All Progressive Congress to avoid setting Osun State on fire amid political unrest in the state. Governor Makinde’s statement is coming, following a just concluded Local Government election held on the 22nd of February, 2025, across 30 LGAs in Osun. Speaking on Sunday during the swearing-in […] The post Osun LG Polls: Don’t Truncate Democracy With FG’s Support – Gov Makinde Warns APC appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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32 h. ago Osun LG Saga: Adeleke Directs Newly Inaugurated Chairmen To Steer Clear Of Councils

To avoid another round of steady violence ensuing in local government secretariats in Osun State, Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the newly inaugurated council chairmen in the state to stay away from local government secretariat pending the resolution of the legal tussle bedevilling local government administration in the state. Adeleke gave the directive in Osogbo […]

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33 h. ago Three Anambra siblings found dead in freezer to be buried March 8

The three siblings killed by yet-to-be-identified persons in Nnewichi, in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, will be laid to rest on Saturday, March 8, the family announced on Sunday. The three siblings, Chikaima Daviana Ejezie, female, nine; Chimdirim David Ejezie, male, five; and Chimziterem Dominica Ejezie, female, eight, were reportedly killed and Read More

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33 h. ago Death toll in Edo farmers, suspected thieves clash hits seven

The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the deaths of two more persons, raising the death toll to seven in the clash between cocoa farmers and suspected produce thieves in Gbelemotin, the Ovia South-West Local Government Area of the state. In a statement on Sunday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu, disclosed that Read More

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34 h. ago Katsina Police Foil Bandits’ Attack On NSCDC Personnel, Kill 1 Suspect

The Katsina State Police Command has successfully foiled an attempted attack by armed bandits along the Dutsinma-Kurfi highway in Dutsinma local government area of the State. According to a press release by the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, the attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday, February 23, 2025, when suspected armed bandits […]

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