...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
The World Happiness Report released on Wednesday ranked Nigeria as the 102nd happiest nation in the world out of 143 countries. This shows that the country has slid by 7 positions over the last year as it ranked 95th in the 2023 edition of the same report. Nigeria came behind countries like Iran and Azerbaijan, which […]
..the state officials operate by ordering rides on the Uber platform only to set upon the drivers who accepted the rides, deflate their tyres and impound their vehicles. The Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has reportedly started impounding vehicles belonging to e-hailing drivers operating on the Uber app. According to people close to the matter, the latest […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Recall that Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had earlier stated that the “Ounje Eko” food markets would sell food items at discounted prices in the five divisions of the state from Sunday, March 17. Some residents of Lagos State have claimed that the food items being sold at the discounted market recently launched by the […]
LAGOS- Save A Soul Initiative, a non-governmental organization, has given an award to Mr. Babatunde Yahya in recognition of his humanitarian service to Lagos residents and other Nigerians. Speaking at event at the event, the founder of the initiative, Mr James Nwakamma, said that the organisation gives out awards to people who have provided humanitarian service […]
The eleven Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) in Nigeria obtained a credit facility totalling N273.34 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria which was allocated to purchase 414,000 meters and enhance their distribution capacity nationwide. This is contained in a report from CBN covering a detailed assessment of the N10.3 trillion developmental finance between 2015 to […]
In these days of artificial intelligence, AI, where consumers are faced with information overload on many products and services which may turn out to be false or less than what is promised, the Group Executive Director, Commercial Operations at Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Hajia Fatima Aliko Dangote, has said the consumers have the right to know […]
