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The latest report by Africa’s identity verification startup, Smile ID, has revealed that the Nigerian National Identity document is one of the most-attacked documents by fraudsters wanting to clone IDs, ranking 9th in Africa. According to the 2024 Digital Identity Fraud in Africa Report, National ID cards of African countries have seen a surge in attacks […]
The Lagos State Government on Sunday gave a five days quit notice to different squatters under the Ijora Causeway bridge and Lagos Blue rail Line over head bridge in Ijora to remove all their shanties for constituting a danger to the Lagos Blue Line corridor or risk demolition and removal. The quit notice was given […]
Olanike, the wife of a car dealer, Ayodeji Soetan, has been hospitalised after their landlady, Juliet Akano, allegedly vandalised and broke into his apartment at Tijani Bello in the Ojodu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened at about 11 am on Wednesday, January 24. Speaking with our correspondent on Sunday, Soetan […]
Just like the price of other foodstuffs and agro commodities rising on daily basis, tomato traders in Badagry, Lagos State, have cried out over the growing price of the commodity, leaving them with little or no profit. According to The Guardian investigations across markets in the area, a basket of tomato, which they previously buy […]
Recent studies have shown that COVID-19 and its aftermath, otherwise called ‘Long COVID’, thrives in Nigeria and other developing countries unreported, because of little or no testing. Not only is the prevalence of Long COVID poorly understood, but also often ignored by physicians and the wider public, CHUKWUMA MUANYA writes. Long COVID is a complex […]
Manufacturers have predicted fresh hikes in the prices of commodities in the market to rise in response to the continued fall of the naira against the United States dollar. On Friday, the naira plunged to N1,420/$ at the parallel window of the foreign exchange market. The President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Francis Meshioye, […]
There are strong indications that a shortage of tracking equipment is hindering police investigations into kidnapping incidents in the country. Top sources in the Nigeria Police Force on Sunday told our correspondents that the police had continued to rely on the state-of-the-art tracking device belonging to the Department of State Services resulting in long delays […]
The Lagos State Government has described the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) initiative as a transformative scheme, serving as a catalyst for empowerment that addresses not only immediate needs but creates a pathway for sustained prosperity. This assertion was made by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Sustainable Development Goals, Dr. […]
Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Agriculture on Saturday commenced a fresh food fair at the newly constructed middle-level Agro produce hub, located at Idi-Oro in the Mushin area of the State. The food hub, which was established by the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration as one of the direct answers to the question of food […]
As restaurants, fast-foods and eatery outlets across Lagos seek alternatives to the use of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics, recently banned by the state government, agriculturists have suggestedwrapping leaves as substitute. To bridge the potential economic impact of the ban, the experts say wrapping leaves is not only healthy, but a cheap and nutritive alternative […]
