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Prophet Oni Martins, who is the Director-General of the Police Assistance Committee/Association of Tradesmen/Women and Artisans of Nigeria, has urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Solomon Arase to prosecute a “criminal gang”, which demolished his building and damaged his property worth N1.2billion in 2009 using a questionable court judgment. In a petition to the police through his counsel, Gboyega Okenla, ...

The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule has urged residents to adopt attitudes and practices that could promote good environmental sanitation and cleanliness to pave way for good health. Adebule made the plea during the monthly environmental sanitation inspection at Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the residents dumped refuse ...

Construction work has commenced on the expansion project of Adebare Road and the Ogudu interchange bridge and others in Kosofe area of Lagos State. The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Ganiyu Johnson, said at a stakeholders’ meeting that the contractor, Messrs Timfat Ventures Limited, was back to the site, with equipment and personnel fully mobilised. The project is expected ...

The zonal head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in charge of South South, Ishaq Salihu, has expressed the readiness of the agency to focus its attention on contractors of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. Speaking while receiving the acting managing director of NDDC, Ibim Semenitari, in his office in Port Harcourt, Mr. Salihu noted the existence ...

The Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi, has said that the Federal Government would need to clear all legal hurdles surrounding the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited for it to begin to function. The minister stated this while defending the 2016 Budget proposal of the ministry before the Senate Committee on Power and Steel on Tuesday. He said it would ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday that the China-Exim bank has agreed to finance Nigeria’s railway projects linking Lagos to Kano and Lagos to Calabar. The plan of the federal government to raise a $25 billion Infrastructural Fund from the global community and establish long term bankable projects is gaining traction, Mr. Osinbajo said. “We have seen considerable, favourable ...

The Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Tuesday offered to provide 50 per cent of the total N60 billion required by the federal government and its agencies to construct the Bonny-Bodo Road. The road, handled in conjunction with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has been one of the long-standing government projects in the Niger Delta. But, the NLNG management told the ...

A Tenant nursing a six-month old pregnancy simply identified as Mrs. Ikhuoria, has been allegedly stabbed to death by her neighbour over N1,000. It was gathered that the deceased had on Monday gone to demand from her neighbour, identified as Mama Emmanuel, to pay back the N1,000 loaned to her, when an argument ensued between them.   The owner of ...

An early morning fire on Monday razed shops with goods worth millions of naira at Abakpa main market in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State. Premium Times gathered that the fire, which started about 3am on Monday, destroyed at least 16 shops, most of them electrical appliances shops, and warehouses behind the building. The electrical appliance shops destroyed were filled with assorted items such ...

Mr. Dehinde Tunwase has been appointed by the Lagos State Government as the new General Manager for the Lagos state Mortgage board. A statement on Monday by the Public Affairs Officer of the agency, Kayode Abayomi, said the appointment was with immediate effect. The statement added that the move was to show that the state government was not relenting in ...