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The Lagos State Government says it will ensure the delivery of the Lagos Resident Card, commonly called LAG-ID cards, to the homes of the residents more reliably. The LAG-ID card is a smart card introduced in July 2022 by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to allow residents to access state services seamlessly. At the launch of the […]
Hi-Tech Construction Company, a local construction firm, has been constructing the Agric-Isawo road in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State for eight years now. However well intended, the construction has impacted home owners in the ways they least imagined. Olanipekun Ogunsanya, 75, acquired a piece of land in Agric in 1978 and erected a building […]
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has advised power distribution companies (DisCos) to design a quick response mechanism to address customers’ complaints within their networks. The FCCPC acting executive chairman, Adamu Abdullah, gave the advice recently in Lagos at the end of a four-day one-stop-shop for addressing billing, metering, transformer, connection, disconnection, customer […]
The Federal Government said it will begin the distribution of grains nationwide to curb hardship in the country. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Senator Abubakar Kyari disclosed this in a statement via his official X handle on Monday. Dear Fellow Nigerians, In these trying times, I extend my sincere compassion to those affected by […]
A Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, on Monday filed a N10bn suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos against the Nigerian Communications Commission, its Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communication Commission, Dr Aminu Maida, for alleged inconvenience, discomfort, injury and loss of business opportunities by Nigerians due to the blocking of their lines […]
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 […]
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 […]
….prohibits forceful entry and illegal occupation of landed properties In a bid to curb and tackle the unscrupulous activities of land grabbers in the State,the Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Special Taskforce on Land Grabbers under the State Ministry of Justice, on Tuesday , organized a stakeholders meeting, Themed: Safeguarding Possessory Rights in […]
Details have emerged how Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu singlehandedly footed the bills to fly the remains of former Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu from Germany to Nigeria for burial. Akeredolu was buried last week. The former governor’s widow, Betty Akeredolu disclosed this on Wednesday when President Bola Tinubu paid the family a condolence visit […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission has ruled out an extension of the February 28, 2024 deadline for the linkage of Subscriber Identity Module cards to National Identification Numbers. As a result, telecommunication companies have been directed to bar 12 million lines which have not been linked to the owners’ NINs after the expiration of the deadline. […]
