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The Director General of the Nigerian Tourism Development  Corporation  (NTDC), Chief Folorunsho Coker, the Baba Eto of Yorubaland, on Wednesday March 16, 2022 paid a courtesy visit to His Royal Highness, Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero on the forthcoming Kano Durbar Festival.  Chief Folorunsho Coker was accompanied  on the visit by Mrs Ikilama Fibi, Director, National Travel Bureau. The Director General, Coker who is on the board of the Kano Durbar Committee with the Emir, also delivered a proposal to the Emir for the upgrade of the Durbar and used the opportunity of the visit to present the Kano Durbar Festival upgrade proposal to the traditional ruler. The Durbar festival is the largest procession of colourful horsemen in the world, and its significance and intangible cultural heritage cannot be overlooked.  Chief Coker, who was well received by the Emir, told the monarch the agency looked forward to creating a digital Kano Durbar experience for the global audi...

A young entrepreneur and tourism/hospitality expert, Mr. Bolaji Kelani has said that he wanted to view for a seat in the Ogun State House of Assembly from Ota Constituency 1 in 2023 to make life better for his people. Bolaji Kelani, who inherited politics from his ageing father, Alhaji Mukaila Kelani, said in an interview that time had come for the youth to join politics.  The widely traveled politician and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated in an interview that he had looked around the state, and discovered that things were not being done right, adding that if vibrant youths with knowledge, understandings and thinking could be in positions of authority they can change things in the state, in the local governments and even in the country.  "That was why I decided to come in since some people are not doing it well. Look at a country like France, look at their President, Macron, he is a youth and everything has changed in France since he got to power.  ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has said there should not be any contention over the steps being taken by the State Government following the crisis currently rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Hon. Temitope Adewale, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, who made the position of the Assembly known, said the legislative arm had been very proactive as it already has a law creating the Lagos State Parking Authority, which should now oversee activities at all the parks in the State. According to Hon. Adewale, the House is fully aware of developments in the transportation union and now that the crisis has resulted in the banning of NURTW activities in Lagos, "it is clear to state that all parks, garrages and parking activities would be under the Lagos State Parking Authority as stipulated by law." The House said at the stage the NURTW has found itself, the State has to take charge of the situation to avoid a breakdown of law and order. The ...

The Legal Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) is reportedly working to get judges to vacate a court order stopping its elective National Convention that it had scheduled for March 26, 2022. Bwari Division of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in suit number FCT/HC/CV/2958/2021 had ordered that the APC can only conduct its national convention after the determination of the substantive suit pending before the court. The court order has hobbled the APC as the next adjourned date of March 30, 2022, means it would not be able to hold its convention.  With the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) having published elections timetable, the APC is now under pressure to meet stipulated timelines failing which it may not be able to field candidates in the 2023 General Elections. The ruling party has been mired in crisis and controversies surrounding its national convention as high-ranking party...

  The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Tuesday promised that the legislative arm of the State Government must ensure justice in the case of the alleged murder of Bamise Ayanwole. Obasa said this while addressing some protesters who stormed the House to urge the lawmakers to act on the case of the victim. The 22-year-old was reportedly killed inside a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle on her way from the Lekki area of the State recently. The protesters, who came to the Assembly with the immediate elder sister of the deceased, said it was painful that such an incident happened. They also called for more efforts by the government to ensure the security of lives and property. Obasa, who said he and his colleagues were very concerned about the incident, sympathised with the family and friends of the victim. While urging Nigerians not to preempt the police which is investigating the case, he said the House would continue to follow up to ensure justice is...

  The only lawmaker from Igbo extraction in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Jude Idimogu, has called on the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi to investigate an alleged invasion of Joe Igbokwe, Special Adviser to Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainage Services on Saturday to inaugurate his brother, Mr Ekene Emmanuel Igbokwe as the chairman, Ndigbo in Lagos APC. Mr Idimogu, a two-term lawmaker, representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II, made the call in a statement on Monday in Lagos. It would be recalled that the leadership crisis between Idimogu and Igbokwe was renewed on Saturday at the official inauguration of Executive Members of Ndigbo in APC, Lagos State, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Chapter, at the party secretariat. Both Mr Igbokwe, the apex leader of Ndigbo in Lagos APC, and Mr Idimogu, his deputy, on Saturday disagreed over the list of executive members of Ndigbo in Lagos APC, Ejigbo LCDA Chapter. The inaug...

  The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainage Services, Mr. Joe Igbokwe and a Lagos lawmaker, Hon. Jude Idimogu, on Saturday disagreed over the executive list of Ndigbo in Lagos APC, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Chapter. Idimogu is representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency 2 in the Lagos State House of Assembly. The clash occured at the official inauguration of the Executive Members of Ndigbo in APC, Lagos State, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Chapter at the party secretariat. The inauguration was conducted by Igbokwe amidst protest from the group loyal to Idimogu. Speaking with newsmen after the rancorous inauguration, Idimogu said that the inauguration would not hold until all interest groups were harmonised so as not to deepen trouble among Ndigbo in Lagos APC. "Today's event is inconclusive. We are Igbos in APC. I am a serving member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the only Igbo man in elective position in the state an...