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The Lagos State Ministry of Water and Environment has sealed off a construction company for carrying out the illegal discharge of sewage into the public drainage via a pumping machine.    The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunboh Wahab, disclosed this on his X handle today April 24.  …

The Lagos State Government Environmental Sanitation has arrested 26 suspected miscreants, including a Lebanese national, for squatting under pedestrian bridges.   The  state Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, April 18, 2024, said the 26 miscreants were arrested by officials …

The Kano State Film Censorship Board has banned movies depicting or endorsing cross-dressing and thuggery in the state.    The Board’s executive secretary, Abba El-Mustapha disclosed this Wednesday, April 3, during a meeting with the management and stakeholders from Kannywood.    A statement by the board’s spokesman, Abdullahi Sani Sulaiman, …

Bashir El-Rufai, the son of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that the government should have no business subsidising religious pilgrimages.    Some civil society groups have urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in Nigeria’s preparation for the 2024 Hajj by subsidising the fare for pilgrims …

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps have arrested some miscreants extorting traders and other Lagosians on the pedestrian bridge in Yaba.   The miscreants were arrested after a viral video on social media showed the miscreants collecting cash from Lagosians before using the pedestrian bridge.     This was revealed …

The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has signed an executive order prohibiting the sale of unbranded bread, packaging of bread in sacks, illegal sales of petroleum and use of tinted glass in vehicles in the state.   According to a statement released, the ban takes effect immediately, and all bakery …

The Anambra State Government has reacted to a viral video of a man being brutalised by operatives of the Special Anambra Anti-Touting Squad.   The state government vowed to punish the erring operatives.   In a video shared online on Tuesday, March 12, a man who has been identified as …

  In continuation of the ongoing repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge by the Federal Ministry of Works, the Lagos Island – Iyana Oworo bound lane will be closed to vehicular traffic from 12:00 am on Wednesday 6th till 12:00 noon on Thursday 7th March, 2024.   A statement …

The Enugu State Internal Revenue Service has sealed Enugu ShopRite, SPAR, and other supermarkets over alleged failure to remit purchase tax in their malls to the government. In a statement issued on Tuesday morning after the enforcement drive, ESIRS accused the malls and stores affected of refusing to remit withholding …

The Borno State Government has stated that more than 95 per cent of people with Boko Haram ideology, especially the founding members, are either dead or have surrendered.    The Special Adviser to the Borno State Government on Security Affairs, Brig. Gen. Ishaq Abdullahi (Rtd) made this known in an …