After firing her finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, on Friday, British Prime Minister Liz Truss is anticipated to abandon key components of her government’s economic programme in an effort to weather the current market and political instability. Kwarteng said that he quit at Truss’s request and came back late the night before from IMF meetings in Read More…
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EKEDC adds 100MW to Lekki
With help from the Niger Delta Electricity Holding Company (NDPHC), the management of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced plans to add 100 MW of power to the Lekki axis. During Friday’s Stakeholders Town Hall Meeting in Lekki, Lagos, EKEDC Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Dr. Tinuade Sanda made the promise. She said that Read More…
64-year-old charged with hemp trafficking
Lucky Osuya, 64, was charged with hemp trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday. The defendant is facing charges at a Federal High Court in Lagos. The charge is labelled FHC/L/590C/2022. According to the NDLEA, the defendant committed the crime on September 18, in the Ikate area of Lagos State. The Read More…
4 men accused of stealing N5.1m worth of steel
Four individuals who are suspected of stealing reinforcement steel with a value of N5.1 million from their company appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Olaleye Akintola, who is 42 years old and works as a storekeeper, Michael Taiwo, who is 27 years old and works as a driver, Femi Olaoye, who is Read More…
Ikorodu Senior High School wins inter-school debating tournament
Ikorodu Senior High School won the inaugural edition of the inter-school debate competition for public secondary schools in the Ikorodu Division on Thursday. The competition was organised by Ikorodu Local Government in collaboration with the NGO, Kaodwad and Associates (KA). At Thursday’s grand finale, Ayangburen High School was named first runner-up, and Elepe Community Senior Read More…
ASUU ”conditionally” calls off 8-month old strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has temporarily called off the eight-month-long strike, LM is now able to confirm. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who used to be the president of the union, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. ”The union will issue a statement to Read More…
Labour Party to publish supplemental campaign council list, removes Wabba, Osifo
To correct the mistaken inclusion of Ayuba Wabba and Festus Osifo, Labour Party (LP) has stated it will produce a fresh list of its Campaign Council members. This was announced at the conclusion of LP’s Expanded National Working Committee (NWC) meeting in Abuja by the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure. Abure claims that the party’s Read More…
Civilians in annexed Kherson encouraged to flee to Russia as Ukraine advances
People who had to leave their homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson for safety after a Moscow-appointed official told them to do so were set to arrive in Russia on Friday. This shows that Moscow is losing control of the territory it claims to have annexed. “We suggested that all residents of the Read More…
ASUU has called off its strike?
It appears that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called a halt to its eight-month strike. Even though the union has yet to make an official statement, media reports say that the decision was made at the end of the National Executive Council meeting on Thursday at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. “Yes, Read More…
Florida jury decides not to execute Parkland school shooter
A Florida jury opted on Thursday to spare Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who killed 17 people at a high school in the city of Parkland in 2018, the death sentence, instead recommending life in prison. Some victims’ families shook their heads in the Fort Lauderdale courtroom as the jury rejected the prosecution’s plea for the Read More…