By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, Sept. 30, 2024 (NAN) The Federal Government has begun palliative repairs on the dilapidated sections of the Lagos-Sango-Otta-Abeokuta Expressway. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, inspected the palliative works on the about seven kilometers damaged portion of the road, on Monday.Continue Reading
Worried by worsening incidents of devastating floods across the country, the Federal Government has ordered an integrity test on all dams in Nigeria. President Bola Tinubu announced this on Tuesday in the National Broadcast to mark the nation’s 64th Independence Anniversary. He said the measure is aimed at averting futureContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said his administration would convene a National Youth Conference to address the diverse challenges and opportunities confronting youths. The President made the announcement in his Independence Day broadcast. He said the conference would provoke meaningful dialogue and empower our young people, whoContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu says his administration is taking appropriate measures to reduce the cost of living. The President said this in his Independence Day broadcast on Tuesday. “The central concern of our people today is the high cost of living, especially food costs. This concern is sharedContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said that Nigerian security forces have eliminated more than 300 commanders of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the last one year. Also eliminated are many commanders of other banditry groups, especially in the North-West and North-East. Tinubu gave the security update in his NationalContinue Reading
By Yunus Yusuf Shell has appointed Mr Ronald Adams as the new managing director of its deep-water subsidiary in Nigeria, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo). Gladys Afam-Anadu, Media Relations Manager at Shell, announced in a statement on Tuesday that Adams previously served as the Chief ExecutiveContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi/Sumaila Ogbaje The Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Ali Muhammad Ali, says it is about time NAN charts a course on pathways to peace and economic prosperity in the continent. Ali stated this in Abuja on Monday while speaking on the agency’s Inaugural International LectureContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu on Monday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to upholding the independence and sanctity of the judiciary. Tinubu made the pledge while swearing in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Kekere-Ekun, the second female CJN inContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko The Federal Government has handed over 64 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses to representatives of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). The handover of the buses took place on Sunday at the State House ConferenceContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, and some other key figures in the Nigerian corporate space will be addressing the increasing issue of sexual crimes in the workplace at a session slated for Oct. 25 in Lagos. Joseph Edgar, Chairman ofContinue Reading
