The Lagos state chapter of the Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC) has commended members of the Lagos state House of Assembly for passing the Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Anti-Open Grazing bills 2021, respectively, as they were ‘timely and met the yearnings of the people’.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday call on the global community to say with one voice that “attacks on schools must stop’’ and that schools be safe for schooling.

The Peoples Democratic Party has announced Adamawa Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri as Chairman of its 2021 National Convention Organising Committee and his Enugu counterpart, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi as Chairman of the Zoning Committee.

Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi council, has condemned the killing of a Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) staffer, Chukwu Obiahu, calling on security agencies to unravel the circumstances behind the killing.

North East Development Commission (NEDC), under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says it will construct 500 housing units in Yobe to complement state government’s efforts.

Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has distributed confiscated phones and accessories worth N100 million to security agencies in Kano.

Police in Ogun State say they are collaborating with other security agencies to rescue three workers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo abducted by kidnappers.

Men of the Ondo State Command of the South-West Security Network, code-named, “Amotekun” have rescued nine of the 12 abducted Lagos-bound travellers by suspected gunmen in the state.