...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
...news, reports, issues... about Lagos
As the economic downturn continues, all areas of Nigerian lives and plans are also striving to grapple with the situation, as areas like housing and rent are also being affected. Nigerians are used to building with cement, but now have to go for other alternatives, as the price of cement is now on the high […]
A 12-year old Junior Secondary School (JSS-2) student, (name withheld), who was allegedly used to steal two bags of rice by suspected kidnappers has been found. His father, Pastor Joshua Ogbonna told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that suspected kidnappers allegedly took his son and used him to steal two […]
Artisans, labourers, and suppliers of sand, gravel and other items in the construction industry in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State have lamented that the hike in price of cement has rendered them jobless and their businesses prostrate. eaffected several sectors of the economy, including construction, sending most people out of business. According to them, […]
The Lagos State Police Command has begun an investigation into the circumstances leading to a three-year-old simply identified as Michael burning to death when a fire resulting from a melted candle razed down their compound at Olorunsogo Street, Ejigbo, in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred at about 11:10 p.m. on Saturday. Our […]
No fewer than 40 million telephone lines were barred by telecommunication operators over the weekend following the expiration of the February 28, 2024 deadline issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission mandating telecom consumers to link the Subscriber Identity Module to their National Identity Numbers. This represents a 28 million increase from the 12 million telephone […]
Ravaged by political and social economic challenges, Nigeria has dropped to the position of eighth happiest country in Africa, according to the 2023 World Happiness Report. The latest report showed that as of March 2023, Finland was the happiest country in the world for the sixth consecutive time. Only two decades ago, Nigeria was ranked […]
Chief Olusegun Osunkeye has a rich profile. An accomplished captain of industry, Osunkeye occupied top offices at blue chip companies in Nigeria including West Africa Portland Cement, WAPCO, where he was the Company Secretary/Accountant from 1969 to 1972, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Nestlé. He retired from executive positions in 1999 but was recalled from retirement and […]
Dr Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi is the Director General of the Bureau of Public Sector Reforms, the body overseeing reforms at the federal level including the implementation of the Oronsaye Report. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Coordination, Ms Hadiza Bala-Usman, and the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced last week that […]
The Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has expressed sadness over the death of renowned Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu. The minister, in a statement through her Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Nneka Anibeze, described the occurrence as “one death, too many”. Musawa said this was coming […]
A Nigerian based in Canada, Kayode Stephen, has been accused of defrauding several people of millions of naira under the pretext of getting them certificates of sponsorship for care jobs in the United Kingdom. A home learning website — www.ncchomelearning.co.uk— describes a care worker as ‘a trained professional who supports other people in all aspects […]
