The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Sunday, announced an allocation of N18 billion as compensation for property owners impacted by Section 1 of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project. Umahi assured that all individuals on the compensation list for this section would receive their payments within 10 days. His statements were part of a stakeholder…
The King and Queen of Spain have been pelted with mud and other objects by angry protesters during a visit to flood-hit Valencia. Shouts of “murderer” and “shame” were directed at the royal couple, Spain’s prime minister and other leaders as they walked through the town of Paiporta – one of the worst-affected in the…
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed on his verified X on Sunday the swearing in of seven new Ministers by President Bola Tinubu on Monday. The post added, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will swear in the new seven ministers tomorrow Monday. The Ministers are Dr Nentawe Yilwatda –…
Court jails ‘Professor’ for trying to write UTME for daughter A Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has sentenced ‘Professor’ Jide Josiah Jisos to six months in prison for impersonation during the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Spokesperson to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in…
Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has disclosed that no fewer than 6000 people enter Lagos on a daily basis, with about 3000 of them staying back with no known addresses. He said the population of Lagos estimated at about 27m is struggling with the state’s N2.2 trillion which is equivalent to $1.3bn, noting that…
The presidency has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments in Nigeria’s security agencies favour the Yoruba ethnic group, asserting that these appointments reflect fair regional distribution. Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser on Public Communication and Orientation to President Tinubu, made this known in a statement in response to allegations of ethnic bias within…
The federal government has disclosed that it has released funds for payment of withheld salaries of Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU). A statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), Bawa Mokwa, disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday. Recalled that the…
Kemi Badenoch, Anti-woke” candidate on Saturday won the vote to become the UK Conservatives’ new leader, replacing Rishi Sunak who quit after the party’s disastrous showing in July’s general election. Badenoch, 44, came out on top in the two-horse race with former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, winning 57 percent of the votes of party members….
#Endbadgovernance: AGF intervenes, takes over, sought for transfer of casefile of 114 detained protesters The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has sought transfer of the casefile of 114 EndBadGovernance protesters from the police to his office. Mr Fagbemi also directed the director of Public Prosecution of the Federation to…
UBA set plans to expand it’s operations in the Middle East. United Bank for Africa Plc, has set the wheels in motion to expand its operations in the Middle East with plan to open a subsidiary in Saudi Arabia, its largest economy. This move, expected to happen within one year will mark the bank’s second…
