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The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized 85 200-litre drums of petrol being illegally conveyed to the Republic of Cameroon. The command also seized 795 25-litre jerry cans of the same product found concealed on a […]

President Bola Tinubu has renamed the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka. Tinubu conveyed this message in a letter personally signed by him and made available to the media to mark Soyinka’s 90th birthday. […]

The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi, Murtala Ajaka, has said he will appeal the verdict of the Appeal Court affirming the victory of Governor Usman Ododo in the […]

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has lamented the inability of many of the local government areas in the country to generate revenue outside of the federal allocation, saying the focus of the country should be on how to increase […]

A National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, survey report has shown that Nigerians paid N721 billion in cash bribes to public officials in 2023. The Survey report titled: “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and trends”, released yesterday, indicated that more than 95 […]

Proponents of local government autonomy scored a major victory yesterday as the Supreme Court stripped governors of financial control over councils. The highest court effectively freed the third tier from the control of the state governments by restraining governors from […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has filed an appeal against the judgement of the Federal High Court invalidating the primary election which produced Asue Ighodalo as the governorship candidate of the party in the coming September 21 election. A Federal High […]

The Lagos State Government is to spend the sum of N100 billion to purchase vehicles this year, as contained in the 2024 approved budget signed into law by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The 2024 approved budget tracked by PM NEWS downloaded […]

In a unified call to action, the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja Branch and the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG) Ikeja Cell are urging the Lagos State Government to extend the ongoing amnesty window for building plan approvals by six […]

I am delighted to congratulate the newly sworn-in executive officials of the NBA Ijebu Ode branch, inaugurated on July 4, 2024. Chief (Dr.) F. A. O. Yusuf as Chairman, along with A. D. Sosanwo, Esq. (Vice Chairman), Elsie O. Adepitan-Olaniyi, […]