President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the Pinnacle Oil and Gas FZE Terminal in Lekki, Lagos, on Saturday saying the operations of the facility would ease congestion at the Apapa Port area. In a video message at the inauguration of the facility, the president said it had also reduced cost and...
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The PDP Governorship Candidate in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor) says residents will not regret but will be happy and grateful to God if he emerges winner of 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Adediran and his running mate, Ms Funke Akindele on Wednesday, flagged...
Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Housing, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, says Lagos State is a choice place for investors and investees in the real estate sector. Benson-Awoyinka said this while delivering a presentation at the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), Lagos State Chapter’s...
Lagos State Police Command has said that participants of the EndSARS memorial arrested on Thursday at Lekki tollgate have been released. In an interview with Channels Television, Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin said the police only arrested a few troublemakers who were kept in their custody on the...
Policemen on Thursday fired teargas canisters and water cannon at participants of the second memorial of the #EndSARS protest in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, told newsmen that some of the participants were “unruly” and climbed the top of...
Some Nigerian youths on Thursday held the second memorial of the #EndSARS protest in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Popular comedian Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr Macaroni; and musician Folarin Falana, better known as Falz are some of the leaders of the procession to commemorate the second-year...
Pandemonium broke out at the popular Alaba International market in Lagos this morning October 19, as traders clashed with area boys. Unconfirmed reports claim the traders are against the unnecessary demand of money by the area boys also known as Agberos in the area. The spokesperson of the Lagos...
The managers of Sheraton Hotel Abuja, Marriott International, have expressed displeasure over closure of operations of the hotel by its owners, Capital Hotels Plc. Mr Richard Collins, Area Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa for Marriott International, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. While...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged women to take their position among decision makers in all strata of the society. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice during the 22nd National Women’s Conference, with the theme: ”Spring Forth, Stand Out”, organised by the Committee Of Wives Of Lagos State Officials...
Workers of Sheraton Hotel Abuja, on Tuesday embarked on a peaceful protest within the hotel premises over nonpayment of severance package. The aggrieved workers, under the auspices of the National Union of Hotels, Personal Services Workers (NUHPSA), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that it would be unfair...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – As the impact of climate change is increasingly felt across the world including in Nigeria, a leading environmental justice and sustainable development organization, Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) has called upon Nigerians and Africans to take action now to help the most...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has approved the appointment of Abubakar Sani Pai, as a 3rd Class Chief of Pai Chiefdom (Sarkin Pai) in Kwali Area Council of the Territory. The appointment which was contained in a letter dated August 30, 2022,...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says a plan is on to make Lagos Africa’s model mega city by 2052. Sanwo-Olu said this on Tuesday, during the 9th edition of Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit, held at Victoria Island. He said that the government had made concerted efforts towards the...
Lagos State Government says it has sought collaboration with World Bank for rapid delivery of technology-driven and affordable mass housing schemes in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by Spokesperson of the state Ministry of Housing, Mrs Adeola Salako, on Sunday in Lagos. Salako quoted the...
The Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has held a solidarity walk for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. MC Oluomo had earlier postponed the scheduled rally citing logistics problems....
Members of the women’s wing of the All Progressives Congress held a march in parts of Lagos State on Monday to rally support for the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, ahead of the February polls. The rally was attended by some APC bigwigs...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has allocated a recreational park to the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC), the umbrella body of the various employees’ unions in the Federal Capital Territory Administration. Announcing the allocation in Abuja at the weekend,...
The police in Lagos State, on Sunday said that a mob carried out jungle justice on two men, who allegedly robbed a POS attendant at Igando area of the state. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident in his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Saturday said even after 62 years of independence, Nigeria is still striving to attain freedom from terrorism and poverty. Sanwo-Olu said this during the Independence Day parade, to commemorate the 62nd National Independence Day Celebration of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The...
The Labour Party (LP) popular social crusader, Mr Charles Oputa (Charly Boy) and other activists on Saturday, led a five million solidarity march for the LP Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi and his running mate, Sen. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that all supporters...