Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State …
Read More »Buhari orders sales of seized assets
In order to generate funds and address infrastructural needs in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the sales of all assets forfeited to Federal Government within the next six months. Buhari also approved that a 22-man Inter-Ministerial Committee that would supervise sales of the assets forfeited to the apex government …
Read More »BREAKING: Petrol scarcity looms as PENGASSAN issues strike notice
Nigeria may face the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in coming days as oil workers have been ordered to down tools nationwide. Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria were ordered by the association to vacate their duty …
Read More »#EndSARS: LAGOS ATTORNEY-GENERAL DIRECTS RELEASE OF 253 PERSONS ARRESTED BY POLICE
•To Prosecute 92 For Arson, Stealing, Murder, Others 253 persons arrested by the Police for criminal offences in connection with the #EndSARS protests in Lagos State are to be released immediately for non-disclosure of a prima facie case against them by the Police. A statement released earlier today by the …
Read More »Onilekki urges Nigerians to emulate Dangote’s entrepreneurial spirit
…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 …
Read More »Jumia partners Standard Chartered, Samsung, others to offer consumers exciting deals during Black Friday
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 …
Read More »State House Clinic earmarks N1.3bn for 2021 as Senate asks Buhari to stop foreign medical trips
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 …
Read More »SANWO-OLU APPOINTS BAIYEWU, ADARANIJO, BAMGBOLA, SERIKI, OREKOYA AS CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE COMMISSION
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 …
Read More »Lekki shootings: Our cameras stopped recording by 8pm, no audio – LCC tells panel
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 …
Read More »Power sector records N243bn capacity loss within 10 months
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 …
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