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The Lagos State Government has given a seven-day ultimatum to house owners on Shoreline Estate, Onikoyi Estate, Park View and Banana Island in the Ikoyi area of the state to remove their fences encroaching on drainage channels. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, during an inspection of the area at […]
Working like elephants and eating like ants appears to be the daily struggles of the commercial bus, popularly called ‘Danfo’, drivers in Lagos who engage in a serious battle and alleged extortions from agberos and traffic officers after spending hugely at filling stations, GBENGA OLONINIRAN writes Kazeem was downcast, his head lowered towards the steering wheel of […]
There’s little rest for your hard-working smartphone. If you’re like many professionals today, you use it for work, play, and a mix of personal business in between. Now, what if something went wrong with that phone, like loss or theft? Worse yet, what if your smartphone got hacked? Let’s try and keep that from happening to you. Globally, plenty of people pull double duty […]
Taiwo Josu, a young lady in her 20s, strapped a school bag on her back; another of such bag was fastened on her chest, while a sack sat on her head. She appeared like someone set for the space, as she walked slowly under the heavy weight of what she carried this sweltering afternoon. Josu […]
•Blame poor infrastructure, policy inconsistencies, others •LCCI urges transparent forex policy By Victor AhiumaYoung & Yinka Kolawole The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), have expressed disgust over the planned exit of Procter & Gamble, P&G, not long after Nampak, GlaxoSmithKline and others exited Nigeria, blaming stringent regulatory and […]
In South-West Nigeria, many people are consuming Adimenu, a local herbal mixture made from extracts of selected plants, touted as an all-purpose medicinal remedy without knowing that they are consuming a killer cocktail processed with tobacco extract and fermented cow urine. ANGELA ONWUZOO reports For years, Mrs Mercy Taiwo, 58, suffered from severe joint pains […]
Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals plant has purchased one million barrels of Agbami Crude grade from Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited, STASCO. This is targeted at increasing Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity and attaining energy security (self-sufficiency). In a statement obtained by Vanguard, Dangote Refinery stated: “The STASCO cargo contained one million barrels from […]
The Lagos Safety Commission (LSC) has shut 19 event centres for safety infractions in the interest of public safety. The Director General, Lagos Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola disclosed this, during an on-the-spot assessment of event centres in the State on Thursday. According to him, the safety assessment exercise is an ongoing effort to promote the […]
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled a newly-built police station, Area M Command, at Idimu, Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. The Governor was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Abimbola Haudenyin, said the police station, furnished with a lecture hall, hostel blocks, and canteen, attested to the commitment of […]
Many families risk celebrating the approaching Christmas and New Year in hardship due to the hike in the prices of goods and services, and are devising life-changing ways to cut costs, findings by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. Several families told our correspondents that life had become tougher for them as a result of the economic hardship in […]
