Police Command in Lagos State has begun investigation into the alleged death of a boy on Abeokuta Street in Ebute Metta area of Lagos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased, 12 and his brother, 10, who is currently receiving care in a...
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The House of Representatives, has called for a truce between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the management of the University of Abuja, over the current strike. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman, House Committee on University Education, said this when he received the Vice-Chancellor of the...
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has reduced the electricity tariff payable by its Band A customers to N206.80 per kilowatt-hour from the N225/kWh approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The spokesperson for the IKEDC, Olufadeke Omo-Omorodion, disclosed this to Channels Television in a notice on...
Film on Nigeria’s electricity sector, ‘Up NEPA’ premieres in FCT ‘Up NEPA’, a documentary film that explores the challenges of electricity supply in Nigeria is set for premiere in the Federal Capital Territory(FCT) on May 9,. Ishaya Bako, ace Nollyood filmmaker and Director of the film, stated this in...
A Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) to seal off a company, Ifedi A.K. Nigeria Ltd, over allegations bordering on non-filing of annual returns. The Magistrate, Janada Balami, gave the order after lawyer to FCT-IRS,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N6,316,621,045.37 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the month of March, 2024. The amount represent geometric increase of approximately 40 percent when compared to N3,938,092,102.92 billion...
The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said on Monday that solar cameras would be installed on the Third Mainland Bridge by June. Umahi said this after a routine inspection of the under deck at Iddo, Carter and the Third Mainland bridges in Lagos. He said that similar...
Queues dotted petrol stations in many parts of Lagos on Monday as motorists battled to fuel their vehicles amidst scarcity of the product. Commuters heading to various destinations were caught in the web, with fewer buses on the roads and some hiking fares. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The Federal Government has said the resurfacing work on the Third Mainland Bridge would soon commence from Adeniji inward Falomo, to restore the integrity and aesthetics of the bridges. The Federal Controller of Works in the State, Mrs Olukorede Keisha, made this known at a news briefing on...
The Federal Government says demolition of structures within the first three kilometers of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will begin on Saturday, April 27. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Korede Keisha, disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos. She said that structures to be demolished would...
The Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has promised to rejuvenate the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to make great impact in future elections in the FCT. Mahmoud said this at a meeting with the FCT chairman, officials, and other members of the party...
The Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday summoned Lead British International School, Abuja over an alarming viral online video regarding alleged bullying incidents at the school. At the meeting held in Abuja, the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, emphasised government’s steadfast stance against any form...
Lagos State Government has clamped down on illegal estate developments around the Epe corridor of the state. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Lagos state, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Olumide...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested a suspect over the murder of an elderly couple, Adebola Ezekiel, 80 and his wife, Abiodun Ezekiel, 79. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh said this during a media briefing on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Thursday, disclosed that his administration would ensure that the displaced people from Koshebe are resettled soon. Koshebe was a community in Mafa Local Government which was displaced by Boko Haram insurgents over two years ago. Zulum stated...
Police in Lagos State have recovered a day-old baby abandoned on Alhaji Masha Road, Surulere, on Monday, police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said on Wednesday. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a social worker attached to a hospital in Surulere area reported the recovery of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has said it must regain the presidency it lost in 2015, as the seat of power had “become our party’s birth right”. Rep. Chinda Kingsley, the leader of the minority caucus in the House, said this while...
The Lagos State Government is currently in discussions with the Ogun government to extend the Blue Rail Line further down to Agbara. The Director of Rail Transport, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (LAMATA), Mr Olasukanmi Okusaga, stated this on Tuesday in Lagos. Okusaga was on an inspection tour...
A Lagos coroner has ruled that the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Master Sylvester Oromoni, who died in November 2021 under controversial circumstances suffered “avoidable excruciating pain” due to parental and medical negligence. The coroner, Mikhail Kadiri, revealed this while delivering his findings which lasted for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima and Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, were joined by their wives, Nana Kashim Shettima and Dr Falmata Babagana Zulum, on Friday in Lagos to pay sallah homage to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Eid el Fitr (Sallah) is celebrated by...