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Lagos State Government has re-opened its Building Permit Amnesty Programme, giving property owners across the state a 61-day grace period — from November 1 to December 31, 2025 to regularise unapproved structures without paying penalties. The initiative, spearheaded by the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA), seeks to promote voluntary compliance, reduce illegal developments,…
Hurricane Melissa has reportedly,killed 36 people on Wednesday. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said it made landfall in Cuba in the morning as an “extremely dangerous” Category 3 hurricane At least 36 deaths are being attributed to the storm across Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, according to officials.As of 5 p.m. ET, the…
House of Representatives has approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to raise over $2.3 billion from external sources to part-finance Nigeria’s 2025 budget deficit, refinance maturing Eurobonds, and issue the country’s debut sovereign Sukuk in the international capital market. This followed the adoption of a report presented by the Chairman of the House Committee on Aids,…
Nigerian author, playwright and a Noble Prize winner, Wole Soyinka, 91, who compared President ,Donald Trump to a dictator and had his U.S. Visa revoked, has mocked the president, and said he must have “struck a nerve” Trump He spoke to newsmen in Lagos, Nigeria, when he mentioned that the U.S. consulate asked him to…
In a move to strengthen security ties and combat interstate crimes in Benue and Enugu states, the Commissioners of Police in the two States, Emenari Ifeanyi Innocent, PhD and Mamman Bitrus Giwa, Wednesday , October 29, 2025, held a strategic operational meeting to strengthen collaboration and address emerging security challenges affecting both States. . During…
An elderly man, believed to be a titled red-cap chief, reportedly stormed an Access Bank branch and seized one of the bank’s signposts over an alleged unlawful or unnecessary deductions from his account. The incident, which occurred in Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria , attracted the attention of passers-by and residents who watched as the visibly…
Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a social media user identified as Innocent Chukwuma, who publicly called for the military to overthrow the Nigerian government. Chukwuma, who also operates the “X” account @TheAgroman, had posted messages advocating a coup and urging the armed forces to “suspend the Nigerian government.”DSS operatives traced and apprehended him…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says he had solutions to Nigeria’s challenges and prepared. He disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after voting in his 019 Polling Unit in Umudimakasi Square, Amatutu, Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. Obi, who was accompanied by his wife, Margaret, was accredited…
Catholic Priests, on Saturday, February 25, saved a Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from being beaten up by youths for trying to stop voting in Enugu. The incident happened at polling unit 004, 005, 006 and 007 located at Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu The SPO visited the polling units…
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has lost his bid to return to the Senate following his defeat by the incumbent senator representing Cross River North, Senator Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe. Ayade, who was in the Senate between 2011 and 2015, lost the National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday with 56,595 votes against Agom-Jarigbe’s of the Peoples…