Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation. By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has charged regulatory bodies to reduce the cost of doing business by checking the exploitation of operators at seaports. The Minister who gave this charge at the 2020 World Maritime Day Celebration with the theme: ‘Sustainable Shipping for Sustainable Planet: The …

Agboyi 2 toilets By Rasheed Sobowale With the envy of its infrastructure and being the commercial hub of Nigeria, every region in Lagos State would have been imagined to possess basic amenities. However, such is not the case with Agboyi 2, a community in Agboyi Ketu CDA of the state. The residents of the community which …

Surv. Dr. Victor Chukwuemeka Nnam Honorable Commissioner for Lands and Urban Development in Enugu State, Surv. Dr. Victor Chukwuemeka Nnam, in this interview granted to Urban Radio in Enugu, speaks on the efforts of the government to improve land administration in the state while explaining several other innovations by his ministry since he was appointed by …

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has called for the adoption and implementation of a viable and sustainable healthcare financing programme for states in the country. He made the call on Thursday in a statement issued in Asaba after he had addressed the 40th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference of Nigerian …

Dr. Babajide Ademola Agunbiade Leading US educational Institution, Higer Place Christian University (HPCU) Atlanta, Georgia, has announced Nigeria’s Dr. Babajide Ademola Agunbiade as the keynote speaker during its forthcoming Fall Commencement Ceremony scheduled to hold at its main campus in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States on October 10, 2020. Dr. Agunbiade, who will be speaking on the …

The Federal Government says applicants will not pay any ‘facilitation fee’ to access its intervention grant for Micro, Small and  Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and cautions unsuspecting applicants against fraudsters. Mrs Mariam Katagum, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, stated this at a news conference on the implementation process of the Survival Fund in …

–As Ngige, TUC President clash —Time for deregulation now, SGF —Says new policy not to inflict pains on masses By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The organized labour Thursday insisted that the Federal Government should revert back to the old prices of petrol and electricity tariff, if not the strike will stand. This is as the Minister of …

…Governor has no hand in it – Osagie By Clifford Ndujihe & Ozioruva Aliu Members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, across the three senatorial districts of Edo State are now being arrested by the Nigeria Police on the orders of Governor Godwin Obaseki, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organisation has alleged. A release by the …

By Bose Adelaja The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command Thursday, ordered the immediate orderly room trial of an inspector caught in a widely circulated picture extorting a motorcyclist. The Inspector, Joseph Dike attached to Aguda Division of the State was caught extorting the motorcyclist at Pako Pin-Down Point, Aguda, Lagos State, where he was …

By David Odama NASARAWA chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Thursday constituted a five-man committee to mobilise workers ahead of the planned national protest and strike action Monday, September 28. Announcing the Constitution of the committee after the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting in Lafia, Chairman of the Council, Yusuf It’s said the meeting was …

By Harris Emanuel, Uyo Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) has expressed delight over the re-election of Mrs Anestina Jeremiah Iweh as President of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees(NULGE) in the state, noting that women will soon over the leadership of the entire labour movement. Iweh was reelected at the 7th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of …

By Bose Adelaja Sixteen people Thursday, sustained varying degrees of injuries, a plank while a plank Market and a yet to be ascertained number of vehicles were razed in Lagos following a gas tanker explosion which occurred in at Iju Ishaga Eliot, Lagos State. The incident occurred at about 3.50m when a 30 ton LPG Tanker …

The Nigerian Police The Lagos State House of Assembly is considering the amendment of the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill that will compel a Chief Magistrate to conduct monthly inspections of police stations or other places of detention. The Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions, and LASIEC, Mr Victor Akande, said this during …

By Adeola Badru In line with the vision to improve on power generation, the Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba, has called on the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), to form a synergy with the Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) towards providing improved service delivery to customers. He made the call on Thursday, during …

Ayuba Wabba …Labour insists FG must reverse hikes in petrol price, electricity tariff …Time for deregulation’s now – FG …Wabba asks private sector unions to shut down …Nigeria belongs to few politicians, says TUC boss By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Despite an order by the National Industrial Court, NIC, on the Nigeria Labour Congress , NLC, and Trade …

Visa The United States is seeking new guidelines that could restrict some international students, including those from Nigeria, from admission of more than two-year period. According to report, if approved, the new guidelines from the Department of Homeland Security ,DHS, could mean that affected students will experience difficulty obtaining visas for a four-year course in the …

Lai Mohammed …To launch National Ethics and Integrity Policy By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The Federal Government said yesterday that it was celebrating the country’s 60th Independence Anniversary because the nation has remained one, in spite of many odds it had contended with. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated this …

President Muhammadu Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari says there is a compelling need to strengthen international cooperation in the global effort to curtail the menace of Illicit financial flows as current international mechanisms are not strong enough. Buhari made this call in a speech delivered on his behalf by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the …

…APC’ll crumble in Ekiti, if… —Ojudu By Rotimi Ojomoyela The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State, has suspended the Special Adviser on Political Matters to President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, and 10 other top-notchers of the party, over alleged disobedience. Ojudu and other members were slammed with indefinite suspension as a result of their …

Yakubu By Dayo Johnson THE Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that all the 17 governorship candidates participating in the October 10 election would sign a peace accord, next Tuesday. Yakubu who expressed concerns over the spate of violence in some parts of the state said this during an interactive …