In line with the Enugu State Government’s plan to create a comprehensive and verifiable digital survey database for accountability and transparency in land records, the office of the Surveyor-General has released a list of approved layouts for revalidation and digitization in the state. Land owners at the layouts are advised to visit designated centres and licensed agents with the following documents before the 31st December 2025 deadline. The Survey Records Digitization Programme is a comprehensive...

….Dissolves Oyo, Bauchi, Ekiti, Lagos Excos The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nyesom Wike-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faction has ratified the expulsion of the Governor of Seyi Makinde, Oyo State, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, and Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State. The group also expelled Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, Senator Kabiru Tanimu Turaki Taofeek Arapaja, and others for alleged anti-party activities. The NEC also ratified the dissolution...

…Security Forces Intensify Search Two of the 25 female students abducted from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Kebbi State, have reportedly escaped from their captors, local authorities said. According to Hussaini Aliyu, an official from Danko Wasagu Local Government Area, the two girls fled as they were being led into the bush by the bandits and made their way across farmland to freedom. Aliyu stated that the girls are “back and are...

Taraba State Governor, Dr Agbu Kefas, has issued an Executive Order for the immediate payment of all outstanding pensions, gratuities, to verified pensioners in the state. The Governor’s order was contained in a statement issued in Jalingo on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yusuf Sanda. According to Sanda, the directive was in line with the respect and compassion the governor has for senior citizens. He stated: “Taraba State must honour those who have...

The Governor of Cross River State, Bassey Otu, has ordered the immediate dissolution of the State’s Local Government Service Commission Board. The Governor in a statement released on Tuesday, explained that the decision followed the discovery of alleged abuse of office and mismanagement in the commission’s recent recruitment exercise. His words: “My dear people of Cross River State, I want to let you know that I have dissolved the Board of the Local Government Service...

…As Turaki-Led NWC Seeks Police Protection To Hold Inaugural Meeting The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has barely 48 hours after the conclusion of its elective national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State capital on Saturday, the crisis in the party took another twist. The two factions have boasted of taking over the party’s national Secretariat tomorrow, Tuesday, to have their meetings. While the Nyesom Wike-backed faction is set to hold its National Executive Committee (NEC) and...

The federal government, in collaboration with the United Nations UN, on Monday launched the Regional Partnership for Democracy (RPD), a new framework aimed at tackling West Africa’s democratic decline, political instability, and unconstitutional government across the region. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb Maitama Tuggar, stated this at the unveiling ceremony, stressing that democratic governance on the continent has continued to face serious challenges, including flawed elections, political violence, declining citizen participation, institutional weakness, and...