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…prays for Dangote for creating jobs Traditional ruler of the Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos state, Oba Olumuyiwa Ogunbekun has urged Nigerians to support the entrepreneurial spirit of the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, rather than sponsor malicious and false stories about his person and his companies. The Oba urged well-meaning …

Lagos, Nigeria; October 5th, 2020: E-commerce giant, Jumia Nigeria has partnered with Standard Chartered Bank, Samsung, and other brands for the 2020 Black Friday campaign, which is scheduled to begin on Friday, November 6th till 30th, 2020. Other partners include Pernod Ricard, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, Intel, Defacto, Umidigi, Michelin, Stanbic …

The Senate on Thursday, urged the State House officials to stop President Muhammadu Buhari, from embarking on foreign medical trips by ensuring that the State House clinic becomes fully functional this year. The Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, gave the charge when the Permanent Secretary of the …

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the nomination of a new Chairman and Members of the Lagos State Local Government Service Commission. In a Statement released by the Lagos State Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola, stated that Mr. Governor’s approval of the new Nominees, which was …

The Lekki Concession Company (LCC), operators of Lekki tollgate, Lagos, has claimed the surveillance camera at the tollgate stopped recording at 8 pm on Tuesday, October 20, the day soldiers allegedly opened fire on #EndSARS protesters. LCC MD, Abayomi Omomuwa, stated this while appearing at the Judicial Panel of Inquiry …

The power sector has recorded a generation capacity loss of N243 billion within 10 months from January to October 2020. This was revealed in the October 2020 electricity generation statistics released by the Association of Power Generation Companies (APGC), the umbrella body of GenCos. The data puts the current available …

The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination on Monday, November 2, 2020. Head of the National office, Patrick Areghan, said a total of 1,549,740 registered for the examination. Areghan said 1,338,348 candidates representing 86.99 per cent obtained credit and above …

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the total closure of the Adekunle to Adeniji section of the Third Mainland Bridge for repair works. The state’s Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde, who disclosed this in a statement, said the total closure of the section of the bridge would be …

•Considers Insurance For Serving Officers, As Govt Promises To Rebuild Burnt Police Stations Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu today met with police officers serving in Lagos at the Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja, with a promise to provide scholarship for children of police officers who lost their lives in …

Following the rate of looting and vandalization in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), by hoodlums, the FCT police command has arrested 79 suspects, it was learnt on Wednesday. FCT Commissioner of Police, Bala Ciroma who disclosed this when he accompanied the FCT Minister, Muhammed Bello to inspected companies, warehouses and …