...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
Motorists plying the Berger-Mowe end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were trapped in a gridlock after a downpour flooded the Long Bridge section of the road. PUNCH Metro gathered that the stretch of the bridge towards Warewa was covered by water as the road users were left stranded due to the intense rain that fell on Thursday […]
ABUJA — For the second day running after Monday’s nationwide strike, the Federal Government negotiating team yesterday failed to make a fresh offer to the Technical Committee on the New National Minimum Wage, NNMW, as the five-day deadline to end negotiation draw nearer. This is even as Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, George […]
A troubling increase in heart attacks among young people has prompted initiatives to enhance cardiac care capabilities in Nigerian hospitals. Leading public and private tertiary hospitals are forging unusual partnerships to enable clinical skills transfer and optimal use of technology to tackle the rising prevalence of coronary heart diseases among Nigerians below 50. With a […]
– By Lanre Roland January 9, 2024, I wrote a piece (Our Sad Reality: If The Corruption Does Not Stop). Shortly after, Organized Labour came up with a minimum wage that: when broken down, reiterates what was in my article. 5 months down the line, we are farther from Uhuru than closer to it. Nigeria […]
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos State, on Wednesday, confirmed the killing of a smuggler in the Badagry area of the state. The spokesperson for the unit, Theophilus Duniya, who confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday, said the deceased and his gang members attacked both the officers of […]
Dealers in Liquefied Petroleum Gas popularly known as cooking gas have expressed satisfaction over the fall in the price of the product. The dealers under the aegis ofNigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers, said the ban by the Federal Government of the export of LPG was what led to the reduction in price from […]
In a surprising turn of events, the federal government has finally admitted Africa’s biggest oil-producing country will be spending up to N5.4 trillion on oil subsidies in 2024. This comes after months of repeated denials by government officials who insisted there were no subsidies. The revelation came during a presentation by Wala Edun, the minister […]
The federal government has acknowledged a dire food security situation with an estimated 31 million people facing a food and nutrition crisis by August 2024. The revelation came during a presentation by Wale Edun, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy on an Accelerated Stabilisation and Advancement Plan (ASAP), designed to address […]
ABUJA — Failure of the Federal Government negotiating team to present a fresh offer beyond the N60,000 it offered last week has stalled further negotiation. Recall that President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday, given a marching order to the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, to prepare cost implications […]
No fewer than 30 state governments of the federation spent N986.64bn on recurrent expenditures, including refreshments, sitting allowances, travelling, utilities, etc., in the first three months of 2024, The PUNCH reports. The states’ budget implementation reports, which were obtained from Open Nigerian States, a website supported by BudgIT that acts as a repository for public […]
