By Grace Alegba Wema Bank on Thursday marked a joint celebration of its 79th anniversary and seventh year of its fully digital bank, ALAT. Its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Moruf Oseni, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. Oseni said the significant celebration commemorated nearly eight decades ofContinue Reading
By Adebola Adegoke/Mariam Akande Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has emphasised the role of public-private sector partnerships in driving accelerated and sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. He made the remark at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Public Lecture and Founders’ Forum held at the Lagos Business SchoolContinue Reading
By Yetunde Fatungase The Federal Government says families of those who lost their lives in Saturday’s gas explosion at Ita-Oshin in Abeokuta, Ogun, will be compensated. It also said that those who lost properties and others receiving treatment in the hospital would be compensated. The Minister of State for PetroleumContinue Reading
By Lydia Ngwakwe The Federal Government has disbursed N2.75 billion for the first phase of the compensation payouts and unveiled the new design routes for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, made the announcement at the commencement of payouts to property owners affected byContinue Reading
By Aisha Cole The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday continued its humanitarian visits to the families of four victims of the stampede that occurred during one of its rice sales in Lagos. A high-powered delegation, led by ACG Hammi Swomen, the Zonal Coordinator, Zone A, visited theContinue Reading
By Lydia Ngwakwe Some food vendors and others selling souvenirs as well as umbrellas to beachgoers have commended the federal government for putting ” human face” to the demolition of properties on the right-of-way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. The vendors, low-income earners, spoke in separate interviews with theContinue Reading
By Yusuf Yunus The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) says it expects over 300 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from eight vessels to ease fuel scarcity and queues in Lagos and other parts of the country this week. MEMAN Chairman, Mr Huub Stokman, said this whileContinue Reading
 By Lydia Ngwakwe The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said on Monday that solar cameras would be installed on the Third Mainland Bridge by June. Umahi said this after a routine inspection of the under deck at Iddo, Carter and the Third Mainland bridges in Lagos. HeContinue Reading
By Alaba Olusola Oke A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) editor, Mr Tayo Ikujuni, has been awarded the Torch Bearer of Press Freedom Award by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). A letter signed by Mr Opeyemi Akorede, the Secretary to the NUJ Press Freedom Awards Selection Committee, onContinue Reading
By Lydia Ngwakwe The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, said on Sunday that he had been given a presidential directive on the immediate design of the Sokoto- Badagry Coastal Highway. Umahi spoke after he inspected the end of Section one, phase one, of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway andContinue Reading
