Day: March 20, 2024

‘Bricklayer shot dead, body taken away by land grabbers in Lagos’

A mother of three, Mrs. Joke Kolapo has narrated how her husband Sodiq, a bricklayer, was shot and killed by a gang allegedly working for a notorious land grabber, popularly known as Ibile in Ibeju-Lekki, Epe division of Lagos State. She spoke at a news conference held on Tuesday in Lagos where activists under the […]

Pedestrians worry over damaged bridge railings in Lagos

Pedestrians using the Falomo-Ikoyi link bridge in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State have expressed fear over using the pedestrian section of the bridge owing to its damaged railings. The pedestrians expressed their concerns while speaking with PUNCH Metro on Monday. Our correspondent, who monitored activities around the bridge on Monday, observed that some parts […]

Subsea cable: Services successfully restored – MTN

Bayobab Group, a subsidiary of MTN Group, has announced the successful restoration of its services following subsea cable disruptions. The telecom operator disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. It said that despite the challenges occasioned by the cable disruptions, its subsidiary demonstrated its capabilities by swiftly recovering over 3 Terabits per second (Tbps) of […]

CBN intervention funds: Lagos state borrowed N196 billion for rail projects

The Lagos state government borrowed around N196 billion via the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervention funds for the Redline and Blueline rail projects across the state. This is contained in the CBN development finance report detailing the intervention disbursement by the apex bank in the last four years. According to the report, Lagos state […]

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