The Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has approved the cut-off marks for 2021/2022 Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) for its National Diploma programme. The Deputy Registrar of the college, Mr Joe Ejiofor, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. Ejiofor said that the admission cut-off marks Read More…
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alabi, has assured residents of Lagos State of improved service delivery and respect for human rights in line with international best practices. This is contained in a statement issued by the state’s Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday in Lagos. Alabi said that his optimism Read More…
The project board of the Ikoyi collapsed building hid sensitive and import details, a report by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has said. According to Mr Tomide Akinnawo, Chief Engineer and COREN’s Head of Lagos Liaison Office, a COREN investigative panel noticed that the project board mounted at the site Read More…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has intercepted three million capsules of opioids at Jaelith Bonded Container Terminal under Tincan seaport in Apapa area of Lagos. NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi , said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the seizure of 3million capsules of Tapentadol and Carisoprodol weighing Read More…
An Independent Investigation Panel sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered the Chairman, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa to produce suspended DCP Abba Kyari on March 22. The panel also ordered the new Commandant of the IGP-IRT, Tunde Disu to do the needful to ensure that Kyari is produced before the Read More…
A three-storey building in the Mushin area of Lagos State was on Wednesday gutted by fire following the explosion of a tanker discharging Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at a nearby petrol station. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South-West Zonal Office,National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos. Farinloye Read More…
In picture above: File photo: A demolished building in Ogombo, Eti-Osa Local Government Area. Credit: FIJ Three persons impersonating staff of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) have been arrested for the illegal demolition of a property in Ogombo, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Read More…
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, on Wednesday in Abuja updated the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the availability of 1.9 billion litres of petrol. He said the quantity was enough to last the country for 32 days. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr Mele Kyari, accompanied the minister to the Read More…
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi and his Deputy, Mr Eric Igwe have asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja which ordered their removal from office. The governor and his deputy, in a notice of appeal filed by their counsel, Mr Chukwuma MaChukwu- Ume, SAN, on March Read More…
Developing countries should not have to target renewable energy sources and turn away from fossil fuels, Nigerian energy officials said on Tuesday, joining other emerging oil-producing nations reluctant to embrace the global energy transition trend. Some 900 million people in the world, most of them in Africa, still have no access to energy for basic Read More…