A 55-year old businesswoman, Grace Akindele has been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing some quantity of iron rods, bags of cement, gravel, blocks and sand, all valued at N3 million belonging to one Shittu Fausat Oladeide and allegedly threatening her life. A Police source revealed that the arrest of the accused was ordered by ...

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) is to repair 19 road projects under Executive Order 7 in the six geopolitical zones of the country to be undertaken by six leading manufacturing and construction firms. The Managing Director of FERMA, Mr. Nuruddeen Rafindadi, who disclosed this during a visit by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) said that the projects would ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has succeeded in increasing power generation from 4,000 megawatts to 8,100MW over the past three years. Mr. Osinbajo stated this on Monday while delivering a lecture during the University of Lagos, UNILAG, 50th Convocation Lecture. The vice-president said: “On power, we have moved generation from 4000MW to 8100 ...

Police Command in Rivers State has appealed to residents of Port Harcourt to continue to show understanding and cooperation with the Command’s continuous closure of Port Harcourt-Aba road. The command’s spokesman, Nnamdi Omoni, Deputy Superintendent Police told the reporters in Port Harcourt yesterday that the closure was on account of security. According to reports, the Waterlines Bus-stop to GRA stop ...

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council says it has commenced reforms towards making property registration and construction permits easy in all states across the country. PEBEC was set up in 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari to address constraints to doing business and make the country a progressively easier place to start and grow a business. The council, set up as ...

Chisco Transport Nigeria Limited has dragged the administrators of the estate of Chief Joseph Akanbi Oyelowo, Mr Oladuuni Oyelowo, and Mr. Olatunji Oyelowo before a Lagos High court, Igbosere over the property situated at no 6 Ikorodu road, Jibowu Yaba. The claimant in the suit no LD/5324GCMW/18 asked the court to declare that Lagos State Government is the lawful owner ...

Chief Marcel Ifejiofor, Anambra Commissioner for Works, on Friday, cried out that there were more than 1,000 active gully erosion sites scattered across the state. Ifejiofor who disclosed this in Awka, however, said the state Executive Council had inaugurated Erosion Design Review Committee to tackle the problem. He said that findings by the government had shown that most of the ...

Lagos State Government has rescued a mother with her twins (name withheld), along with her three other children after delivery from an uncompleted building in Igando axis of the state. The rescue was a sequel to the viral video on social media of the mother and her children who were helpless and in dilemma. Commissioner for Youths and Social Development, ...

Fire razed six houses and four shops on Eyo Edem Street near Watt market in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State in the early hours of Tuesday. Eyewitnesses said the fire broke out around 2:30 am on Tuesday. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report. One of ...

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) on Friday decried the ongoing defecation and bathing on the roads at Apapa area and its environs by articulated vehicle operators. LAWMA’s Head, Public Affairs, Mr. Obinna Onyenali, who lamented the situation in Lagos, said the actions of the truck operators degraded the environment as well as wears out the asphalt on the road. ...