LASG pays over ₦1.5b compensation to beneficiaries whose properties were acquired for public interest
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday paid over ₦1.5 billion as compensation to over 150 beneficiaries whose properties were acquired by the State Government for public interest. The beneficiaries, which…
TCN Managing Director undertakes tour of substations in Lagos
By Onuora Aninwobodo The Managing Director and CEO, Transmission Company of Nigeria Engr. Sule A. Abdulaziz is currently on an official visit to substations in Lagos State to inspect ongoing…
Court remands Farotimi for alleged defamation of Afe Babalola
A Magistrate court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, has remanded a human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi in correctional centre. Presiding Magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun remanded Farotimi…
NESREA releases new environmental audit guidelines
By Onuora Aninwobodo he National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Nigeria has unveiled new guidelines on environmental audit in Nigeria at a workshop-cum-report release programme today. The one-day…
South Africa relaxes visa rules for Nigerian tourists, business travellers
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday announced that tourists from Nigeria can now apply for a visa without submitting a passport. Ramaphosa spoke at the opening of the 11th session of…
Low-Income salary earners can withdraw total retirement savings — PENCOM
Pensioners from low earning jobs are now permitted to withdraw their total retirement savings en bloc or continue to receive their monthly pension pending the approval of the Minimum Pension…
OYOSUBEB set to onboard 5,600 newly recruited teachers, verifications starts Thursday
The Oyo State Government on Monday said a total of 5,600 newly recruited teachers will be uploaded into its database and thereafter, ready to be deployed to public basic schools…
South Korean president declares emergency martial law
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has imposed emergency martial law, claiming that the opposition, presumably sympathetic toward the North, has been preparing a “rebellion.” In a televised address on…
‘World’s largest investigative journalism organization’ secretly controlled by US government as a foreign policy tool – media report
The US government secretly controls around half of the funding for the world’s largest investigative journalism network, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), a joint investigation by Mediapart,…
Reps express dismay at Federal Poly Ugep’s 142 students, 154 staff population
The House of Representatives Committee on Polytechnics and other Higher Technical Education has expressed anger that the Federal Polytechnic, Ugep, in Cross River State has only 142 students with about…
