Bauchi State Government has started taking measures to curb tabocco use and reduce its health and environmental consequences in the State by domesticating the National Tobacco Control Act in collaboration with the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre. This was revealed during a meeting on the development of the Bauchi State Tobacco Control Framework, where participants from relevant ministries, departments and agencies examined the need for a state law to regulate tobacco products. The Bauchi State...

Lagos State Government has warned contractors handling ongoing state housing projects to speed up construction work or ƙk revocation. Logos State Commissioner for Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, have the warning during an inspection tour of the housing projects at Abraham Adesanya Extension, a Joint Venture development, and the Sangotedo Housing Scheme Phase 2. “The state government remains committed to delivering at least 2,000 housing units before the end of the year and would not tolerate unnecessary...

As part of the Federal Government’s drive to expand and modernize Nigeria’s transport network, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved about N2.078 trillion for road infrastructure across 10 states. Minister of Works, David Umahi, told State House Correspondents yesterday the programme targets construction and rehabilitation of strategic corridors to boost connectivity, ease the movement of people and goods, and stimulate economic activity. He stated that FEC cleared 23 major road projects spanning Adamawa, Taraba,...

…Police Nabs 10 Suspects Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has condemned the killing of the Benue State Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Ardo Risku, and his associate, describing the attack as a grave threat to the peace being restored in the state. Akume, in a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yomi Odunuga, expressed shock, sadness...

Reacting to the development, the NDC said it had instructed its legal team to immediately challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal, maintaining that the party had not been deregistered. In a statement issued on Friday, Sen. Moses Cleopas Zuwoghe, the national chairman of the party said it was compelled to approach the Federal High Court in 2025 after INEC refused to register it as a political party, adding that the court upheld its...

Party Heads to Court of Appeal Obi Calls Ruling ‘Setback for Democracy’ The Federal High Court in Lokoja has set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party, nullifying all actions taken pursuant to the ruling and reopening the legal battle over the party’s registration. Justice Isah Dashen, who delivered the ruling on Friday, held that the court’s judgment of December...