The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has said that the fluctuating exchange rate has adversely affected container traffic, causing a slowdown in momentum and tempo in the country’s ports. Speaking during a live radio programme recently, the Chief Executive Officer of CPPE, Dr Muda Yusuf, urged the governmentContinue Reading
The Kwara State Government is set to renovate the indoor sports hall of the state stadium at the cost of N2.06bn to make it an ultra-modern sports facility. The sports hall was constructed under the administration of Brigadier-General Agbazika Innih (retd.) in 1977. Speaking with sports writers in Ilorin onContinue Reading
The Lagos State Government is in discussion with the Ogun State government on the extension of the Blue Rail Line further down to Agbara. The Director, Rail Transport, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority, Olasukanmi Okusaga, disclosed this on Tuesday in Lagos while inspecting the ongoing construction of the Blue LineContinue Reading
The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as KAI, has arrested no fewer than 12 persons for squatting on pedestrian bridges. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said this on Wednesday in a post on X. Wahab wrote, “The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental SanitationContinue Reading
The Lagos State Safety Commission has sealed two shops in front of a transformer on Martins Street, off Broad Street, due to safety violations. The Director-General of the Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola, said the two lock-up shops were sealed following a petition from a concerned member of the public allegingContinue Reading
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, palliatives, often used by governments as a stop-gap measure to support the most vulnerable in society, are now becoming permanent fixtures in Nigeria’s economy, writes EDIDIONG IKPOTO In February, about seven people reportedly lost their lives in a stampede at the Nigeria Customs Service office inContinue Reading
THE wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Tuesday, reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to empowering women for sustainable development and food security. This was as she presented cheques of N10m each to the six South-West states of Ogun, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ekiti, for onward disbursement toContinue Reading
Former Super Eagles midfielder, Waidi Akanni, has urged Lagos residents to support the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as he aims to take sports and other sectors to the next level in the state. Akanni, a former Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association, stated this after he was commendedContinue Reading
The operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Anambra State Command have arrested two suspects for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities in the state. The command said the suspects were arrested at about 11 pm, on Tuesday, based on credible intelligence. The state commandant of the NSCDC, MakuContinue Reading
The Rivers State Police Command said its men have arrested a notorious armed robber and cultist in the Bodo community in the Gokana Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Iringe-KokoContinue Reading