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Passengers using the Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit were stranded on Sunday as drivers of one of the companies operating the service, Primero Transport Services Limited, embarked on a strike over alleged non-payment of their December salary. Our correspondent, who visited the Ikorodu BRT terminal, noticed long queues of passengers at all boarding stops at […]
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, has said that no police officer is permitted to search the phones of any Nigerian. He noted that the Police Force had a cyber section responsible for that, adding that if a police officer suspected anything, they would take the person to the station so the phone […]
The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board has said Persons Living With Disability who wish to sit for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination can register at no cost. The JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this while rolling out the registration process for interested candidates across the country. While announcing that registration for the 2024 matriculation […]
The Lagos State Government has collaborated with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through its real estate regulatory body to combat fraudulent activities in the real estate sector. The partnership between Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority (LASRERA) and EFCC was solidified following a courtesy visit on Thursday by Barr. Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, the Special […]
LAGOS—THE management of the Federal Government College, Ijanikin in Lagos State has suspended three students of the school indefinitely because their parents dared to petition the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the manner in some funds were managed by the Parents Teacher Association, PTA, of the school. The fourth student escaped the axe […]
By Cheta Nwanze There was a tweet that drew attention on the Nigerian section of Twitter recently because it had a young Nigerian, Vincent Adeoba, former Co-founder and CEO of a transport tech startup, Transtura, describing his experience in setting up a startup in Lagos and how he encountered unforeseen challenges and the pervasive grip […]
The immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has alleged that Nigerian security operatives have not been utilizing the NIN-SIM database to tackle the rising spate of kidnapping and other forms of insecurity in the country. Pantami stated this on Sunday as Nigerians on social media queried the usefulness of the […]
