After the demise of the Executive Chairman of Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon. Dotun Olakanle, the Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs, and Rural Development, Mr. Bolaji Robert has commiserated with his family. In the early hours of November 2, the late chairman passes on after a brief illness. The Permanent Secretary for the Ministry, Mrs. Kikelomo Bolarinwa, spearheaded the State Government officials’ delegation on a…

In response to widespread outrage over the arrest and arraignment of minors involved in the #EndBadGovernance protests in August, President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate release of all detained minors. Earlier, The New Daily reported that a minor, part of the group of 76 individuals arraigned by the Nigerian Police, collapsed in front of the Federal High Court in Abuja. This incident sparked significant controversy and drew criticism from…

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said that shops housing goods worth millions of naira have been razed down by fire in Lagos State. The fire that broke out on Sunday night occurred at Ajah Market by Alesh bus stop in Lekki. Investigations carried out failed to reveal the actual cost of the fire accident. LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said no casualty or injury was recorded…

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, welcomed Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite, the Minister of State for Finance, to the Finance headquarters in Abuja. Mr Edun hosted her in a gathering attended by senior management, marking a significant step in advancing economic reforms under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The ministry revealed this event in a statement posted on its official X (formerly Twitter) page on Monday. Expressing enthusiasm…

President Bola Tinubu swore in seven newly confirmed ministers on Monday at an event held in the Council Chambers of the State House, Abuja. The new cabinet members took the oath of office in two batches: four ministers in the first batch and three in the second, following the reading of their citations by Abiodun Oladunjoye, the State House Director of Information. The sworn-in ministers included Bianca Odinaka Odumegwu-Ojukwu as…

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen has discharged and acquitted a from his conviction of false assets declaration charges by the Code of Conduct Tribuna by The Court of Appeal in Abuja. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2019 removed Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria during the pendency of a charge against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The conviction of Onnoghen…

To counter the allegation that President Bola Tinubu’s administration favours the South-West regarding appointments in the security sector, the Presidency has publicly released hard facts on the situation. The president last week, named Major General Olufemi Oluyede as Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), to hold forth for the substantive COAS, General Tahoreed Lagbaja, who has been away from the country treating an undisclosed ailment. Oluyede hails from the southwest…

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has approved a financial bonus for all civil servants in the state, including local government employees, equal to their monthly PAYE obligation. The Press Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Babatunde Toyin Abdulrasheed, announced this in a statement on behalf of the Commissioner for Finance, Hauwa Nuru, on Monday. The Commissioner explained that this emergency support initiative would continue for a minimum of three…

After facing a barrage of criticism from Nigerians over the non-disclosure of its petrol prices, and claims made by IPMAN, PETROAN, and other associations regarding the import and pricing of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), Dangote Refinery has addressed the issues.In a statement released Sunday night and signed by the Group Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina, Dangote Refinery noted that it followed the pricing benchmark by the Nigerian National…

To further reduce the cost of governance in Nigeria, a coalition of civil societies in Osun State, The Osun Masterminds (TOM), has urged President Bola Tinubu and state governors to reduce their convoys.Arguing that reducing the number of convoys for only the ministers is not enough to reduce the cost of governance, the group also charged the president and governors with reducing travel expenses to help Nigerians through the present…

An unidentified driver, who allegedly killed two persons, including a driver and a passenger, at the Ibafo section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is being hunted for by the Ogun State Police Command. NEW DAILY PRIME learnt on Sunday that the incident took place on Saturday night in front of the NIPCO Gas Filling Station. Confirming the story on Sunday, spokesperson for the Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, stated that…

The Presidency has ripped into the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, saying that the former Vice President would have plunged Nigeria into a worse economic situation if he had won the 2023 presidential election. The presidency in a statement in Abuja, titled, “Our initial response to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar,” which was signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,…