The Federal Government has restated commitment to make Ekiti State a major Free Trade Zone in Nigeria. The government said this would support the state in delivering economic and knowledge free zone where education-based industries and technological companies could operate. The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, said this…
Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has thrown away a suit filed by a Lagos-based lawyer Julius Ajibulu challenging the Lagos State Government’s restriction of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada and tricycles (Keke NAPEP) from some of its roads. The court held that Ajibulu “failed woefully” in his bid…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has warned campaign convoy drivers to avoid speeding and reckless driving as political parties intensify campaigns ahead of the general elections. The corps also urged the drivers to drive in conformity with established road traffic regulations to avoid road traffic crashes. News providers reports that in December 2022, four people…
The Lagos State Government has called on residents of Ejigbo, Egbe-Idimu, Alimosho, Oshodi and their environs to promptly report suspicious moves or vandalism of petroleum pipelines to the government and other relevant authorities. The Head of the Department of Oil and Gas Department in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Sesan Odukoya, made the…
A communications expert and trade partner attached to one of the mobile telephony companies, Chinedu Anaukwu, has accused a member representing Anambra East/West Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Chinedu Obidigwe, of attacking and beating him to a coma, with the help of “hired” thugs. Anaukwu, who spoke to journalists on his sick bed at…
The United Nations Children’s Fund says it has concluded plans to train health workers on effective service delivery to address acute malnutrition in Adamawa State. UNICEF Country Representative, Christian Munduate, told newsmen shortly after inspecting Yelwa primary health facility in Yola, the state capital, on Monday. Munduate, who did not disclose the number of the…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has deployed a Rapid Response Team to Jigawa, Yobe, and Katsina states. Head of Special Projects and Partnerships Unit at NCDC, Dr Priscilla Ibekwe, said this on Monday in Abuja, during a ministerial bi-weekly meeting on the update of COVID-19 response and development in the country’s health…
Passengers were on Monday morning, January 23, left stranded at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, following an industrial action by members of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO). It was gathered that several international and local flights at the airport were grounded following the strike. There are reports that the protesting workers…
