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The Lagos State Government paid N2.017 billion as retirement benefits to 644 retirees on Wednesday. The Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission, Mr. Babalola Obilana, disclosed this at the 101st batch Retirement Bond Certificate presentation for retirees in Lagos State. Obilana said Wednesday’s payment represented the retirees’ past service benefits prior …

Kwara State Government on Wednesday flagged off the distribution of rice palliatives to the most vulnerable persons in the state, with the palliative committee saying that it would share at least 250,000 10kg bags in the first phase. At the flag off of the distribution in Ilorin, the state capital, …

  The House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating non-remittance to the National Housing Fund, NHF, and utilisation of the funds from 2011, on Wednesday summoned the chief executive officers, CEOs, of insurance companies over N267 billion investment fund debt and violation of the National Housing Fund Act. The Chairman …

Prof Tahir Mamman, new Minister of Education The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has vowed to complete the abandoned National Library in 21 months. The library was first awarded to Reynolds Construction Company in 2006 during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the tune of N8.9bn. About …

Ahmed Abubakar Audi, Commandant General of the NSCDC The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has commenced training for the newly created Safe Schools Special Response Squad (SSSRS). The Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, who flagged-off the training said the new squad was introduced as part of efforts …

  Rep Afam Ogene, Chairman House Committee on Renewable Energy The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee to investigate Failure of Federal Mass Transit Schemes in Nigeria since 1999, has decried the serial mismanagement of humongous government investments in Urban Mass Transit Schemes to ameliorate transportation challenges, with resultant abysmal results. …

President Bola Tinubu has convened the inaugural Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of his administration at the State House in Abuja. The meeting comes 92 days after his official inauguration as Nigeria’s 16th president on May 29, 2023. The meeting is taking place on the heels of the recent swearing-in of …

Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has arraigned ten staff members of ‘Capital Oil’ situated along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for obstructing the arrest of street traders According to LAGESC, the ten staff members attacked its operatives and destroyed branded operational vehicles of the agency. …

The Convener of Omniverse and founder of Storm 360, Obi Asika, has said that Nigeria is missing out on the multi-billion revenue from the creative industry because of the lack of infrastructure like Netflix and Amazon as well as world class venues. Asika also believes that the creative economy could …

Nigerian industrialist, Otunba Dr. Adejare Adegbenro, has called on Nigerians to exercise patience with the administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, cautioning that the nation’s myriad problems are not a quick fix. In a press statement released on Sunday, he urged Nigerians to support the government’s efforts in tackling the …