The Muhammadu Buhari administration will not leave in 2023 without establishing a new national airline. The timing is even closer. In spite of the numerous hiccups which have bedevilled its launch in the past, the Nigerian government says it will launch a new national airline by April. When it does so, it will seek to Read More…
Perhaps in going with the momentum of COP26, Lagos State intends to spend 10 per cent of its earmarked N1.38 trillion in 2022 on green investment in the environment, social protection, housing and community amenities. In the main, Lagos State has earmarked a huge capital expenditure of N823billion representing almost 60 per cent of the Read More…
Lagos and Kano States are collaborating to get an extra one per cent of revenue allocation for their megacity status. This was revealed by the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Danguje, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar. In the statement, Gov Ganduje said that Lagos and Kano States were Read More…
The buzz behind the acquisition of new skills as an artisan has become louder with the advent of new technologies. The need for it has always been there just that it existed in varied dimensions before. Tradesmen sharpened their career skills, focusing on either formal education or informal skill acquisition. These days, more young people Read More…
WHEN BASHORUN JK RANDLE (scion of the illustrious Randle family of Lagos) handed over the property of his late aunt, Alhaja Munirat Muhammed, at 14A Bashorun Street, Ikoyi, to the Muslim community through the Lagos Central Mosque, many people who did not understand the symbiotic relationship between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria’s southwest, were confounded. Read More…
In picture above: Founder TEDA Dr Godson Dinneya receiving the Trophy for producing best overall results in WASSCE 2020; third winner in WASSCE for 2020 in Nigeria, Miss Nwaozuzu Confidence Chinaza; TEDA Principal, Mr. Bethel Agozie; donor of the Award, Prof ABO Oyediran and representative of Oyo State Governor, Mr. Olawale Mogbonjubola. Eke-Owerri is one Read More…
Lagos, Nov. 16, 2021 (NAN) The Lagos State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, says it has arrested 12 suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of police officer Kazeem Abonde, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that late Abonde, a former Operations Officer of the Command, was Read More…
Lagos, Nov. 16, 2021 (NAN) The security guard at the apartment where Mr Usifo Ataga, Super TV Chief Executive Officer, was allegedly murdered, on Tuesday said he was the person who discovered the corpse of the victim. The security guard, Abubakar Mohammed, said this while testifying before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Read More…
ABUJA, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Nigeria will start a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign later this week, aiming to inoculate half of its targeted population by the end of January, government officials said. Africa’s most-populous country has a goal to vaccinate 111 million people to reach herd immunity. Under the initiative to start on Friday, 55 Read More…
The owner of the apartment where TV executive, Usifo Ataga, Super TV Chief Executive Officer, was allegedly murdered, on Monday said murder suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, did the booking with the name, Jewel. She had neither met Ataga nor his alleged murderers before the incident. Nkechi Mogbo testified before a Lagos High Court sitting at the Read More…