…As Truck-related incidents top list with 432 cases By Sodiq Adelakun The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has reported a total of 1,367 emergency incidents across the state between January and October 2024. According to the agency, truck-related incidents…
The governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwoolu has approved N85,000 as minimum wage for civil servants in the state. This is in line with the federal government’s approval of N70,000 as minimum wage in Nigeria. Governor Sanwoolu made this announcement…
The Niger Delta Development Commission has commenced emergency repairs of the failed sections of the East-West Road between Warri in Delta State and Benin in Edo State. The commission said the repairs would be more on the dilapidated sections along…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated the National Road Safety Advisory Council (NaRSAC) with a charge on members to align with global best practices in reducing traffic crashes. Shettima, while inaugurating the council on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, emphasised…
Protesters have stormed the streets of Jos, the Plateau capital to demand good governance and an end to hardship in the country. The protesters, clad in black attire, carried placards with various inscriptions to express their displeasure over the sufferings…
President Joe Biden has announced his withdrawal from the United States November presidential election. Details to follow…
Nigerian singer Harrison Tare Okiri, aka Harrysong, has reacted to reports of a marital feud in his home. Report had it that the singer, in a leaked chat, body shamed and insulted his wife for giving birth to baby…
A 40-year-old carpenter, Sunday Agada, was on Monday docked in a Karu Grade I Area Court in Abuja, for allegedly swindling his client of N400,000. The police charged Agada with criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal misappropriation. The defendant,…
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the licencing of Deep Blue Industrial Park in Lagos begins a regime of zero fossil energy emission in the country. The Managing-Director of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, said this while handing over…
The popular Pro Biafra Agitator, Separatist Simon Ekpa, has sent a powerful message to southeast governors, politicians, cultural, religious, business elites, and Ohaneze Ndigbo led by Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyawu. Ekpa, the Finland lawyer and the Prime Minister of the Briafra…
