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• ATMs go blank, PoS operators exploit customers• Nigerians lament as banks’ apps fail• DMBs carry over N200b USSD debt to 2024 as platform drags Added to the economic slowdown and cash crunch challenges that took the shine off the 2023 festive period, sluggish payment digital channels have compounded the woes of Yuletide. The challenge […]
Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Afolabi Ayantayo, has said that the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is committed to fostering continuous learning and professional development of officers within the state’s public service. Ayantayo gave the assurance, yesterday, duringa two-day training programme, with the theme, “Key Stages in Environmental Impact Assessments,” held at the […]
The Lagos State Government at the weekend urged stakeholders to embrace Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a critical tool for environmental management. Addressing a stakeholder’s engagement on mainstreaming Environmental Impact Assessment and safeguard instruments into developmental initiatives at Alausa, State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab said the move was necessary to […]
The General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency LASEPA, Dr Babatunde Ajayi has warned churches, event centres, night clubs and others against noise pollution during this Yuletide period. He also congratulated the Christians in the State for witnessing another celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, praying that God would grant them long life to […]
No fewer than 4,258 incidents of insecurity have been witnessed across 573 local government areas of the country between May 31 and December 24, 2023. From the incidents caused by non-state actors across the LGAs, at least 5,691 persons were killed, while 2,719 were kidnapped within the period under review. However, 721 of the kidnap […]
The number of power consumers without meters across the country is now 7,117,167, as a total of 504,729 meters were installed by electricity distribution companies between January and September 2023. Data obtained from the latest third quarter report of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission indicated that as of September 30, 2023, there were 12,825,005 registered […]
No fewer than nine passengers lost their lives following a road accident that occurred while travelling along the Ikirun/Offa Expressway, Inisa on Monday, after the truck they were traveling in ran into the bush. The truck involved carrying bags of beans and some passengers, said to be coming from Niger State and reportedly heading to […]
A 29-year-old fun-seeker identified simply as Francis has drowned while swimming at the Pop Beach Club in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Thursday at about 12pm while the victim was holding a birthday hangout with his friends. It was gathered that the late Francis […]
An immigration lawyer based in the United Kingdom, Femi Aina, has advised Nigerians seeking to relocate abroad for greener pastures not to sell all they have to process their travelling. Aina, who gave the advice in an exclusive interview with our correspondent at the weekend, said many Nigerians seeking greener pastures failed to realise that […]
Lagos State Government Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy, OCCE, has launched a Yuletide awareness campaign, tagged: ‘#LetOurLagosBreathe’. According to Titi Oshodi, Special Adviser to the Governor on Climate Change and Circular Economy, the campaign aims to highlight different activities that people engage in during the Yuletide, and demonstrate how these activities impact the […]
