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The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, has disclosed that the state’s monthly rental scheme will be enforced before the end of 2024 or early next year. She stated it during a recent press briefing of the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority in Ikeja, Lagos. She said, “We all see what is being done in ... Read More »

The House of Representatives Committee of Financial Crimes has resolved to recommend that the House invokes its powers to subpoena and arrest executives of Binance. This followed the failure of executives of the company to appear in an investigation hearing by the Committee on Monday, March 4. Chairman of the Committee, Hon Ginger Obinna Onwusibe, said the executives of the ... Read More »

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s two-day official visit to the State of Qatar will assume full gear today with the signing of seven agreements between Nigeria and the Middle East country. The visit had begun yesterday with a visit the Nigerian president paid to the Museum in Doha, the capital city where the CEO of Qatar Museums Mohammed Saad Al Rumaihi ... Read More »

 In an unprecedented move, the Harvard Business School, the graduate business school of Harvard University, is set to cast the spotlight on the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), recognising the Foundation’s extraordinary philanthropic achievement in a ground-breaking case study. The case study, first of its kind on any philanthropic organisation in Africa, is to be launched on Thursday, February 29, 2024, before ... Read More »

There are some anomalies observed in the just concluded promotional recruitment exercise. The reliable source insisted that since some of the actors in the unfolding saga are in the services of the Community, he will like to exercise some degree of discretion. He said that Nigerians are being denied promotion to jobs that they are entitled and are eminently qualified ... Read More »

This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya. Aya said the rescue operation was consequent upon the kidnapping of 11 passengers from Peace Mass Transit Bus and five others from a Sienna bus along Ette Enugu Ezike Road on February 25, 2024. “The Joint Kogi Police and Military team from ... Read More »

Here are some of the highlights of the far reaching decisions taken today at the Federal Executive Council meeting, chaired by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 1. FEC approved construction of Lagos-Port Harcourt-Calabar Coastal Superhighway to Messrs Hitech Construction Africa. The First phase made up of 47 kms will begin in Lagos. 2. Social security payments to the vulnerable households to ... Read More »

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Monday, February 26, approved the adoption of the Orosanye Report, aimed at the reduction of cost of governance, for implementation. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to journalists during a media briefing after the FEC meeting, which was presided over by President Bola Tinubu. According to Idris, the adoption of ... Read More »

…Pressure mounts on NLC over planned protests Political leaders, pan-ethnic organisations and civil society groups yesterday mounted pressure on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its proposed protest over the rising cost of living. The two-day protest is billed for tomorrow and Wednesday. Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere; Lagos People’s Assembly (LPA) and Arewa Think-Tank cautioned against blackmailing President Bola ... Read More »

In keeping with his commitment to the tenets of checks and balances and separation of powers emphasized by the Renewed Hope administration of the President of Nigeria,*His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR* the Honourable Minister of Works, *His Excellency Sen Engr Nweze David Umahi CON* led the critical departments of his Ministry to honour the invitation of the ... Read More »