Fire has razed a two-storey building at Dosunmu Market in the Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday around 11:10 am. The Head of Public Education, Lagos State Fire Service, Amodu Sjakiru, confirmed the incident to journalists. He also disclosed that Lagos State Fire Service…
Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government to reverse the 245 per cent electricity hike by electricity distribution companies. The National Secretary of the Association, Nnamdi Ajibo, made this known in a statement on Monday while reacting to the tariff hike for Band A electricity customers….
Members of the Concerned Abia Pensioners on Sunday held a thanksgiving service in church to celebrate payment of the backlog of their pensions owed by the previous administration. The thanksgiving which was held at The Apostolic Church Nigeria, No. 55, Awolowo Street, Umuahia, was led by the chairman of Concerned Abia Pensioners, John Kalu….
Paul Onwuanibe, CEO of Landmark Beach Resorts, has appealed to the Lagos State Government (LASG) to consider rerouting only 1.5km of the 700km coastal highway currently under construction to avoid the destruction of the $200 million Landmark Resort. The Landmark ecosystem accommodates over 80 businesses and annually hosts approximately 3 million visitors, including tourists and…
Justice C. J. Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Solomon Martins to one year imprisonment for romance scam. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission disclosed this in a statement shared on its Facebook page on Sunday. The commission stated that Martins was arraigned by its…
The Reformed Arewa Youth Coalition, RAYC, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of undermining the principle of federal character in his appointments. The group, at a press conference, weekend, in Abuja, alleged that Wike was running the FCT like a lord of the manor where everyone deferred…
The Socioeconomic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has instituted a legal action against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over the failure to recall Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ningi. SERAP also sued Akpabio over his inability to refer the budget padding allegation to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for prosecution. Ningi had raised…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says any candidate who chooses to get an underhand admission should face the consequences. This is even as the Board reiterated that all tertiary institutions’ admission must be processed through it. The admonition, which was contained in a post on its official X handle on Sunday, came…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has mandated electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to refund customers it wrongly billed in the wake of a new tariff. NERC recently increased tariff costs for Band A users but some DisCos erroneously billed customers who do not fall under the spectrum the new rate. However, on Saturday, NERC…
A public interest and human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has described as insane the recent increment in electricity tariffs. Effiong claimed it could only happen under a President who is divorced from the suffering of the citizens. In a post on his X handle on Saturday, the legal expert alleged that “President Bola Tinubu’s…