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Lagos State Government says it has trained 3,748 youths in creative skills and announced that additional 5,000 youths would be trained over the next three years. The Commissioner for Tourism, Art and Culture, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, said this during a ministerial press briefing on Monday in Alausa, Ikeja. She disclosed that the state government is […]
Oruku Caroline, a Lagos State-based widow, has narrated how N2,133,922.42 was fraudulently withdrawn from her Ecobank account by unknown persons. Oruku, 76, told FIJ that the incident happened on March 3, 2023, after she authorised two cheque withdrawals on the account. “On the day of the incident, I issued two cheque instructions to the Ecobank branch […]
Two motorcyclists, on Monday, lost their lives during an exchange of gunfire with policemen who prevented an attack on the Ipaja Division of the Lagos State Police Command. PUNCH Metro gathered that the policemen embarked on the enforcement of the existing ban on motorcycle operations in the state when the motorcyclists revolted against the action. During […]
LAGOS — President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr. Joe Ajaero, and Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company, Mr. Bismarck Rewane, at this year’s annual Vanguard Economic Discourse, traded words over Organised Labour’s N615,000 minimum wage demand which has been reduced to N497,000. While Mr Rewane contended that the minimum wage being demanded by […]
Nigerians are turning to locally-used vehicles as soaring prices make imported cars unaffordable in a country grappling with the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. Multiple car dealers told BusinessDay that demand for locally-used cars has surged because the naira devaluation has made importation more expensive. The naira has weakened by as much as 639 percent […]
