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21 Jan
Across many major roads and streets of Lagos are streetlight poles that do not illuminate roads and streets at night. This is a huge departure from what it used to be between 2015 and 2019, when the LightUp Project of the state government was launched.
21 Jan
Like many national assets, Festac Town in Amuwo Odofin Local Council of Lagos State is rotting away with government paying little or no attention to maintain its facilities. Road infrastructure is a major asset in any residential or industrial estate.
31 Dec
Despite multiple regulatory agencies overseeing compliance with the rules guiding building construction in Lagos,the state is still experiencing incessant building collapse attributed majorly to sharp practices.
5 Nov
At the end of second quarter of 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics revealed that Lagos State has a domestic debt of N996.44b, while the external debt is $1.26 billion. This is despite the state’s N651.15 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and 160.93 billion, which is federal allocation in 2022 and N400 billion IGR as of half year IGR of 2023.
22 Oct 2023
It is four years and five months that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu got sworn in as the governor of Lagos State. But a day after he was sworn-in, May 30, 2019 precisely, he promised to end the menace of articulated vehicles parking on Lagos roads, especially port access roads. He pledged this while on a field…
15 Oct 2023
In terms of good road networks, Ogun State has never had it so bad in recent years, going by the current state of the roads and what many see as the indifference of the state government to the plight of the residents.
1 Oct 2023
October 1, 1960 would remain indelible in Nigeria’s history. Nigerians will continue to cherish the day because it was on that day that the country was granted full independence from Great Britain, and it received its Freedom Charter from the Queen’s representative at the independence ceremony, Princess Alexandra of Kent. Marked low-keyed today across the…
3 Sep 2023
No fewer than 71 pupils have passed out of Achievax Base Schools, Alakuko, Lagos State.Among them was Favour, Omotola, the Head girl and daughter of the owner of the schools.At the schools’ 16th graduation, the graduands were entertained by the pupils. There were presentations from the various arms of the schools: KG, Nursery, primary and secondary.
3 Sep 2023
Curated to focus on ideal family values in the society, The Blue Peers club recently commemorated its 40-year anniversary. Speaking during the event, the president of the club, Alhaji Tayo Adebanjo, said the club came into existence 40 years ago, comprising five young professionals of diverse backgrounds who came together to help one another and…
13 Aug 2023
Travellers and motorists plying the Warri-Benin dual carriage way are lamenting the dilapidated state of the road. For a journey from Benin to Warri that is usually covered in less than one hour, motorists and travellers endure harrowing experiences....
6 Aug 2023
The deplorable state of Olodo bridge and connecting roads in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has resulted in frustration for road users and a lull in economic activities. Motorists and residents that ply the bridge are currently in pains following its collapse that has forced them to either take alternative routes that cost them more…
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A fire incident disrupted flights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Thursday morning. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in a statement on Thursday, said smoke was detected emanating from the E54 bridge at 05:29 hrs. FAAN's director of public affairs and consumer protection, Obiageli Orah, said the airport engineers immediately…
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Despite the exodus of university teachers and attendant shortage of manpower in public universities nationwide, the non-retention policy of the Federal Government has caused over 5,032 first-class graduates to languish in the job market and far away from the tertiary institutions that erstwhile retained them.
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As the whereabouts of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, remain unknown a week after he was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and placed on a watch-list by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)
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