...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
Only seven countries in the world met safe air pollution levels in 2023, a new report by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir reveals. The World Air Quality Report, released this week, draws on data from more than 30,000 monitoring stations in 134 countries, territories and regions. Of these, 124 were found to breach safe […]
A 2020 agreement between ride-hailing platforms and the Lagos state government to share access to user data is now at the center of a potential fallout between the government and Uber. While competitor Bolt has agreed to the terms, Uber is hesitant, said one person familiar with the company. As part of ride-hailing regulations introduced in 2020, […]
The Lagos State Government has announced plans to go after electricity distribution companies that engage in indiscriminate digging of the ground for their installations without seeking relevant approvals from required agencies. The Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency, Oyekanmi Elegushi, disclosed this during a chat with the pressmen at his office […]
Tens of millions of Nigerian bank customers are at risk of losing access to their accounts if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) implements its… Tens of millions of Nigerian bank customers are at risk of losing access to their accounts if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) implements its directive on restricting accounts without […]
The Murtala Muhammed Airport Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday, announced that it generated N28.9 billion from cargoes imported into the country through the airport between January and February. By this, the command said it surpassed its January and February, 2024, revenue target. Customs Area Controller, Mohammed Yusuf, also disclosed that the command […]
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 […]
