The Oke Fia area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, witnessed a clash on Wednesday between operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service and Amotekun Corps, leading to a state of panic among the residents. The cause of the clash was not immediately clear, but sources close to the head office of Osun Amotekun Corps in Oke Fia said gunshots were …

The residents of Trademore Estate, located in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have appealed to the FCT Authority to rescind its planned demolition of the estate. The Chairman of the residents’ association, Mr. Adewale Adeleke made the appeal in a news conference, on Monday in Abuja. A heavy downpour on 23rd June had submerged 116 houses …

The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Monday, flagged off a medical outreach programme in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Nigerian Army. Declaring the programme open at the ancient Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the CoAS, who was represented by the Chief of Transformation and Innovations, Major General Zakari Abubakar …

Enugu State Governor, Dr, Peter Mbah was on the ground to monitor compliance with the ban on sit-at-home in the state. The governor recently cancelled the sit-at-home order in the State observed on Mondays to press home for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPoB) Nnamdi Kanu. Days after the order, Mbah visited the …

Some aggrieved landlords in Lekki Phase I, Lagos State, have called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to intervene in illegal street gates and road Access Codes instituted by the North-East Lekki Neighbourhood Association (NELNA). The aggrieved property owners, led by Prince Ayoola Ojeikere, protested the blockage of Admiralty Road and demanded Access Code to ply them by the NELNA. Describing the …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive limiting the legal tender status of old notes to only N200, He described the pronouncement as a total disregard of the Supreme Court on the matter. El-Rufai says the old and new notes remain legal tender in the state pending the supreme court’s decision. He noted that the …

One person was reportedly shot following a riot on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital over the scarcity of the new Naira notes. The Naira crisis sparked violent protests in parts of the country on Tuesday as most bank branches hurriedly shut down operations. A First Bank branch was torched in Ogun State during the protest in which a …