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Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced production of diesel and aviation fuel. President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, elatedly thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his support, encouragement, and thoughtful advice towards the actualisation of this project.Dangote also thanked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited), the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Nigerian […]
The Lagos State Government has issued fresh update on the closure of Third Mainland Bridge for repair. The government, in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, on Friday said based on observations on the on-going diversion on the Third Mainland Bridge, the government has adjusted the Island (Adeniji Adele bound) to […]
The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Health Service Commission, Dr Eniayewun Ademuyiwa, has lamented that government-owned hospitals are becoming overstretched due to the mass emigration of health workers abroad for greener pastures, in what is commonly called japa. He revealed that the acute shortage of manpower in some of the federal facilities had increased the number […]
Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof Yakubu Ochefu, speaks to TEMITOPE ADETUNJI on the issue of fake professors in the country’s ivory towers How did you receive the report that trended last week about the alleged presence of fake professors in Nigerian universities? The thing is that the report was first […]
The case of the female employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Amarachi Ugochukwu, who allegedly took her own life after consuming an insecticide has been referred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, City Round has learnt. The incident reportedly happened on Monday within the premises of the bank when the 32-year-old locked herself in the […]
The Lagos government has ranked Agege, Akoka, Ojo, and Ketu as the worst areas with air pollution. High-brow Banana Island was adjudged as one of the most ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ areas in Lagos. The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) disclosed this on Thursday in an air quality index on its official X handle. […]
As part of efforts to counter trafficking in human beings in the country, the United States Mission in Nigeria has donated office and equipment to the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA).Handing over the complex yesterday, US Consul General in Lagos, Mr. Will Stevens said that the initiative represents a significant step forward the collective […]
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday reserved judgment until Jan. 26, in a case involving a Lagos bishop, Oluwafeyiropo Daniel, charged with raping his assistant pastor and one other (names withheld). Daniel, who is the Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, was also charged with attempted rape of one other alleged […]
Maryrose Uzochiamaka was filled with excitement, she never thought she would be among the lucky ones to benefit from the Federal Government’s 50 per cent transport subsidy. She had left home for the Oshodi Transport Interchange to board a bus to Rivers State. The fare was N30,000. Like a dream, Uzochiamaka was told that under […]
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, said that seven high ranking cultists have been arrested in Ikorodu area of the state. Fayoade confirmed the arrest during his interaction with the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) at the state’s command headquarters on Thursday. He said three were arrested on Tuesday, while […]
