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Share Members of the Lagos state House of Assembly have commenced moves to strengthen the State’s Fire Service agency as the bill for a law to establish the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service passed second reading on Thursday. The bill, according to the House Committee On Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Hon Kazeem Adewale, is to address the lacuna in the extant fire service law. Adewale, while appealing to his colleagues to support the bill, said that there would be a maximum...

Nakuru town is not just inches from officially being recognized as Kenya's 4th city. As the largest town in the Rift Valley, Nakuru has been lobbying for the title, and the senate in a special sitting on Thursday approved this request. The motion received unanimous support from all present sen

THE Prime Minister has today met with the First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland…

Today (Thursday June 3rd) the Prime Minister met with the First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the Deputy First Minister of...

Only President Uhuru Kenyatta’s signature stands in the way of Nakuru municipality becoming the country’s fourth city.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with the First Ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland to discuss the United Kingdom’s Covid recovery.

THE STANDARD RIFT VALLEY Residents of Nakuru town broke into songs and dance along the streets of the town on June 3,2021 after the senate approved a report by the sectoral committee on devolution and intergovernmental relations that proposed the municipality be conferred with the city charter.A crowd gathered at the county headquarters to celebrate the outcome of the senate vote that saw 38 senators vote YES and only 2 voted against. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Senate approved the conferment of...

Lynchburg appoints new city manager Lynchburg has a new city manager:   Wynter Benda of Norfolk, Virginia is currently  the Chief Deputy City Manager for Norfolk and has worked across multiple city departments in Norfolk.  He has also worked for the cities of Hampton and Chesapeake.   Benda will take over as Lynchburg’s manager August 4 th. Benda was born in Norfolk and raised in Virginia Beach. He and his wife Shannon have three daughters. Reid Wodicka has been serving as the interim...

By Florence Onuegbu Lagos, May 19, 2021 The Lagos State government, through the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, said it saved property worth N138.54 billion from fire and related emergencies in the last two years. Mr Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, the Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, made this known on Wednesday in Ikeja, during the 2021 ministerial press briefing to commemorate the second year in office of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Bamgbose-Martins, however, said ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 20 May 2021 The Lagos State Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Mr Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, has said fire destroyed N24.69bn worth of properties in the state in the last two years. Bamgbose-Martins said this at a ministerial briefing to mark the second year of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration in office in Ikeja. He said while fire destroyed properties worth N24.69bn, the Lagos State Fire Services was able to save prop...