Business Economy Metro Top Story World

U.S. to build $537 million consulate in Lagos, largest U.S. consulate in the world

The United States will build a $537 million consulate in Lagos, the country’s commercial capital, as Washington strengthens economic and diplomatic relations with Africa’s most populous country. The U.S. is among the largest foreign investors and donors in Nigeria with annual trade between the two countries at over $10 billion, according to the State Department. Read More…

Nigeria Top Story

Driver killed in Lagos-Kano train accident in Kaduna

Nigerian rail history went a notch darker on Thursday as reports emerged that a narrow-gauge train travelling from Lagos to Kano derailed at Farin Ruwa, near Jaji in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing the train driver in the process. Malam Abdullahi Alhaji, Public Relations Officer, Northern Regional District of the Nigeria Railways Read More…

Metro Top Story Traffic

Traffic to be diverted at Ogunmokun crossing, Mushin for 4 months for Red Line

The Lagos State Government says it will divert traffic at Kayode/Ogunmokun Streets, Mushin from April 2 until July 20 for the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red Line Project. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, made this known in a statement signed in Lagos on Thursday. According to Oladeinde, the piling Read More…