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In South-West Nigeria, many people are consuming Adimenu, a local herbal mixture made from extracts of selected plants, touted as an all-purpose medicinal remedy without knowing that they are consuming a killer cocktail processed with tobacco extract and fermented cow urine. ANGELA ONWUZOO reports For years, Mrs Mercy Taiwo, 58, suffered from severe joint pains […]
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals plant has purchased one million barrels of Agbami Crude grade from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited, STASCO. This is targeted at increasing Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity and attaining energy security (self-sufficiency). In a statement obtained by Vanguard, Dangote Refinery stated: “The STASCO cargo contained one million barrels from […]
The Lagos Safety Commission (LSC) has shut 19 event centres for safety infractions in the interest of public safety. The Director General, Lagos Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola disclosed this, during an on-the-spot assessment of event centres in the State on Thursday. According to him, the safety assessment exercise is an ongoing effort to promote the […]
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled a newly-built police station, Area M Command, at Idimu, Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. The Governor was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Abimbola Haudenyin, said the police station, furnished with a lecture hall, hostel blocks, and canteen, attested to the commitment of […]
Many families risk celebrating the approaching Christmas and New Year in hardship due to the hike in the prices of goods and services, and are devising life-changing ways to cut costs, findings by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. Several families told our correspondents that life had become tougher for them as a result of the economic hardship in […]
The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, and the British High Commission in Nigeria are set to collaborate on the generation of energy from solid waste as well as recycling for an improved economy. Solid waste management is a major issue for the State, as the State generates 13,000 […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has solicited artisans’ collaboration to tackle building collapse often caused by shoddy construction and corrupt practices. He gave the charge during a stakeholders’ engagement in Oregun, Lagos, with the theme, “Achieving Building Compliance: A Task for All Stakeholders,” organised by Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) for all artisans in […]
A pedestrian bridge at Alapere Ketu Estate Gate on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway collapsed in the late hours of Thursday after a truck rammed into it, got stuck and caused damage to the entire bridge. The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa, confirmed this in a telephone chat with PUNCH Online […]
The Nigerian Navy said its Forward Operating Base, (FOB) Igbokoda in Ondo on Wednesday 6 December 2023 at about 10 pm detected and arrested in the early hours of Thursday 7 December, a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) Vinnalaris 1 Lagos for crude oil theft. Director of Naval Information, Commodore, Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan made this known in […]
• Project worth billions of naira, delayed for efficiency, says FPRO• ‘We buy our own uniforms, officers’ welfare not police priority’• Lawmakers consider auction of ‘squalid quarters’ Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, yesterday, disclosed that 2,055 unexploded explosive ordnances were recovered from the 2002 bomb blast site in the Ikeja Cantonment, Lagos, […]
