The Lagos State taskforce strike squad today carried out massive raid on okada riders at second rainbow / Toyota busstop along apapa oshodi express way. 105 bikes were impounded in the process. A total 201 bikes were also impounded last week. #SecureLagos
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Nigeria received about $8.4bn investment announcements as at 4th March 2021, out of which $5.46bn were pledged by foreign investors. The remaining $2.08bn was promised by domestic investors, statistics obtained from the Nigerian Investments Promotion Commission showed. The sum pledged by foreign investors in Q1 2021 is 27.5 per cent …
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US move comes on the anniversary of a tribunal ruling that says Beijing has no claims over the South China Sea. China’s military said it “drove away” a United States warship that it said illegally entered Chinese waters near the disputed Paracel Islands on Monday, the anniversary of a landmark …
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A High Court sitting in Awka has declined to renew an order it granted embattled litigant Senator Ugochukwu Uba on the 5th of July, 2021 seeking the non-recognition of Mr. Valentine Ozigbo as the authentic candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State. The said order, initially granted …
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“The individual you mention (sic) is not known to us and has not been a student with us at any time,” the institution told Newsextra24 Adamu Abdulhamid, Nigeria’s newly appointed ambassador to the World Trade Organisation did not obtain a master’s degree in Business Management and Leadership from London …
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A personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie has been making headlines over the last few days for declaring that she seized being a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC in 2019. It would be recalled that controversy has trailed the nomination of Ms Onochie …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his condolences to the Fasasi family on the death of Olanrewaju Fasasi, popularly known as Sound Sultan. Buhari mourned the passing of the 44-year-old artiste in a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Femi Adesina. The Nigerian leader described Sound Sultan’s demise as a loss …
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the sum of N17.47 billion for the acquisition of a property in Victoria Island, Lagos, to serve as the new headquarters of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, …
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The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) have started a campaign tagged “Information Blackout,” to protest against two anti-media bills before the National Assembly. The two bills are the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act Amendment Bill, and …
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Open Grazing Ban: There’ll be no peace – Fulani group warns Southern govs A Fulani group, Gan Allah Fulani Development Association, GAFDAN, has warned against the resolution of Southern governors to ban open grazing. GAFDAN said a ban on open grazing would lead to a breakdown of peace between Northerners …
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