Rishi Sunak will be the first British Asian prime minister after his only surviving challenger dropped out of the Conservative leadership race. Before the nomination deadline on Monday, nearly 200 Conservative MPs publicly backed the former chancellor. Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt withdrew after failing to garner enough backing from MPs. It means that Mr. Sunak Read More…
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Terror alert: DSS warns Nigerians to adopt safety measures
In light of the security alert issued by the US Embassy on a potential terror assault on Abuja, the Department of State Services (DSS) has urged Nigerians to take the appropriate safety measures and exercise caution. The DSS’s public relations officer, Dr. Peter Afunanya, made the call in a statement on Monday in Abuja. He Read More…
Thieving Frenzy and Debt Slavery
At the rate Nigeria’s patrimony is being pillaged by known and unknown but well connected rats, the Guinness Book of Records will have to be updated to recognise our frog leap to primacy in thievery. Imagine, the Antwerp diamond heist used to be considered one of the largest robberies in history in which loose diamonds, Read More…
Marketers warn Nigerians against panic buying cooking gas
Due to the force majeure declared by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd (NLNG), the Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has warned Nigerians against buying Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, in a panic. In response to NLNG declaring force majeure on its gas facilities due to flooding on Monday, Read More…
Lagos ready to host 35th NAFEST – Tourism commissioner
The 35th National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST), which will take place in Lagos State, is ready to go, according to Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture. During a media tour of the National Stadium in Lagos, where the festival will take place, on Friday, Akinbile-Yusuf said that all Read More…
Lagos government invents first environment-friendly vulcanising machine in the world
In order to protect citizens’ health and life, the Lagos State Government claims to have developed the first multipurpose solar-powered vulcanising apparatus in the world. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, Mr. Daisi Oso, the general manager of the Lagos State Planning and Environmental Monitoring Agency (LASPEMA), stated this. Read More…
Shoprite reopens Lekki Mall after #EndSARS incident
After a 24-month closure, Retail Supermarket Nigeria Ltd (RSNL), the company that owns Shoprite in Nigeria, has announced the start of business at its location in Circle Mall, Jakande, Lekki. The announcement was made by Mr. Hubertus Rick, the Chief Executive Officer of RSNL, at the Circle Mall’s reopening celebration on Friday in Lagos. Following Read More…
Championing rule of law at home and criminality abroad
Only a quarter of the eight million Palestinian people live in Palestine; one million in Gaza, 750,000 in the occupied West Bank and 250,000 inside Israel. The rest, or over six million, are forced to live outside with at least three million of them classified as stateless persons with no legal rights. Yet these Palestinians Read More…
39-year-old woman jailed for alleged N8.9 million fraud
Deborah Tella, who is 39 years old, was charged at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday. She is accused of stealing N8.9 million from her employer’s business. The defendant was prosecuted for fraud and theft. She worked as an administrative support officer for a company and lived at 8, Akinwunmi Street, Egbe, Ikotun in Lagos Read More…
EKEDC will reduce estimated billings through aggressive metering
To close the metering gap in its operating network, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says it has started aggressive metering under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) and National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) Schemes. Mr. Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Media Communications, EKEDC, disclosed this to journalists on Friday. Idemudia said that the plan gave the company Read More…