Tag: Local Government Areas
FG approves N25bn for project implementation in 250 LGAs
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) says the Federal Government has approved N25 billion in 250 Local Government Areas (LGAs) for…
Thugs Snatch N500,000 From Politician
Some youths suspected to be political thugs, in a broad daylight in Katsina on Sunday, snatched N500,000 cash from the…
Stop Blackmailing Fashola, Groups Urge Critics
A pro-Fashola group, Lovers of Raji Fashola Campaign Organisation (LORAF) has urged critics of Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola to stop…
Gbemi’s ‘Anointment’ No Threat To Me
Hon. Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa is a grassroots politician and serving member, House of Representatives. Today, he is among the strongest…
Rivers To Close Down Poorly-Staffed Schools
The Rivers State Government is to close down any public school in the state that does not have the required…
Fayemi Dissolves Ekiti Local Govt Councils
Ekiti state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has dissolved the 16 local government councils in the state. The dissolution which was…
Edo LGs Get Transition Chairmen
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has appointed Transition Chairmen for sixteen of the eighteen Local Government Areas of the…
2010 Hajj: Sultan Warns Airlines
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, the Sultan of Sokoto has warned that the Federal Government would deal with any air carrier…
Ekiti Council Chiefs Jittery Over Fayemi’s Victory
Chairmen of the 16 local government areas in Ekiti State are now jittery following last Friday’s Appeal Court judgment in…
Group Endorses Fashola For Second Term
As the 2011 general elections gather momentum, members of the Lagos State Tye and Dye Cooperative Thrift Society have given…
Lagos Councils Get New Lease Of Life
As part of plans to give them a face-lift, the Lagos State government is constructing and upgrading projects in Ajeromi/Ifelodun…
Atiku, Saraki Campaign In Yobe
The Presidential campaign organisations of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Gov. Bukola Saraki have stormed Yobe as part of…
Traditional Tourney For Somolu, Amuwo- Odofin
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), Lagos State Governor has given approval for the organisation of traditional sports championship in Somolu…
Amaechi Begs NUPENG, PENGASSAN To Shelve Strike
Sequel to the threat by the two oil workers’ unions in Rivers State, South South Nigeria, to embark on strike…
Thousands Of Supporters Of Rivers Govt. Stage Public Protest Against EFCC
Thousands of supporters for Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi’s government again stormed the Isaac Boro Park, Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital,…
Location Of INEC Offices Won’t Affect Elections —Lagos REC
The Lagos State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has allayed the fear of opposition parties in the…
ACN Youths Hold Ramadan Lecture
The youth wing of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Orile-Agege, Lagos has held its Ramadan lecture to sensitise the youths…
Hostility Disturbing Assessment Of Oil Spill In Ogoniland -UNEP
The United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, said in Abuja today that its study of incidents oil spill in the Ogoniland…
Perm Sec Tours LG Projects
The Office of the Auditor-General for Local Government Areas in Lagos State has embarked on an inspection of capital projects…
Gastro-Enteritis Kills 16
An outbreak of gastro-enteritis in seven local government areas in Gombe State has claimed 16 lives, according to Dr. Mohammad…
Kaduna Records Zero Polio
Kaduna State Government said on Monday that the state recorded zero wild polio incident in the last 14 months, according…
New Online Platform To The Rescue
Citizens yearning for quality service from government and private service providers now have a new voice in an interactive online…
PDP Flags Off LG Election Campaign in Cross River
With just a week ahead of the 28 August local government election in Cross River State, the People’s Democratic Party,…
Group Moves To Prevent Blindness
The Lagos branch of the Nigerian Optometric Association, NOA, through its non-governmental organisation, Save A Sight Foundation, has started installing…
24-hour Power Supply To Strategic Buildings, Areas In Lagos CBD Soon
Having fulfilled a promise made in 2008 to electrify the outer Marina, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on…
Capital Projects: Lagos Begins Inspection At Local Councils
The Office of the Auditor-General for Local Government Areas in Lagos State is to embark on an inspection of capital…
Amaechi Promises N10 Million For Arrest Of Kidnappers
Worried by the spate of kidnapping in communities in local Government areas at the boundary between Rivers State and Abia…
Shomolu Hosts AC’s Lagos East Forum
The Lagos East Senatorial District, comprising Kosofe, Shomolu, Ibeju-Lekki, Epe and Ikorodu, were recently hosted by the Shomolu axis during…
Bamgbola Bags Best LG Boss
The Chairman, Itire/Ikate Local Council Development Area, Hon. Hakeem Bamgbola, has been presented with an award as the Best Local…
3 Million Trees For Lagos
Lagos State government in pursuit of its vision of planting 3 million trees will hold the second anniversary of the…