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Since it was inaugurated, about a fortnight ago, the Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led government in Lagos has made some policy statements all of which point to the direction of change. In one of such policy statements, the administration hinted that the rested monthly environmental sanitation exercise might be re-introduced by the state government. Governor Sanwo-Olu was, however,…

A Few weeks after a fire incident at Onipepeye Bridge, along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, where people were burnt to death, another fire incident occurred on Friday midnight in Orita-Aperin Market, Ibadan, destroying goods worth millions of naira. The Babaloja of the market, Abiodun Hammed, said: “The fire started by midnight on Friday. We immediately called on…

Fifty-one days after a fire outbreak at the Ojumole Oil Well 1 in Ugbo Kingdom, Ilaje Local Council of Ondo State, the operating company, Chevron Nigeria Limited..

For the umpteenth time, residents of Old Ewu Road/Oludegun Avenue and its environs in the Mafoluku area of Oshodi, Lagos State, have called on the state government to come to their aid, by face-lifting the potholes infested roads....

Business owners and residents of Aliu-Bisiru/Erinfolami, Apena Streets, Ago Palace Way, Okota and environs in Lagos State, recently protested against what they described as incessant blackout....

Residents of Ahmaddiya Community, Beckley Estate, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Lagos State are still counting their losses, following the havoc wrecked by last Monday’s early morning downpour. Worse hit in the disaster were houses and shops located on Oshimade Close and Bamidele Street, off Edun Alaran Road, off Ahmadiyya Road. They were submerged by the rainwater.…

Calm and normalcy have been fully restored at the ever-busy No 630 TOS Benson Crescent, Utako District, Abuja, where authorities of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) recently levelled top-class Caramelo Lounge and Suites, Utako, Abuja. Apart from being the third structure to be demolished in a matter of months, the demolition like that of…

When in April this year, the site Manager of Zenith Construction Company, a foreign national, Gassan Naser, was kidnapped in Mbiaya, in Uruan Local Council of Akwa Ibom State, and a police sergeant attached to him, Mohammed Sarba shot dead in the process, the news jolted many across the state, including the state government. This…

Security consultant and Regional Vice President, American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International Region 11A, Oluwaseyi Adetayo, in this interview with GERALDINE AKUTU, blames the country’s criminal justice system, which he said is making things difficult. Daily, the fear of being kidnapped assails Nigerians just as heinous crimes against humanity are being committed in the…

He does not attend a school that is blessed with a state-of-the-art library, air-conditioned classrooms, heavily equipped science laboratory, lush green playing fields, generally plush ambience, or that is sited in an upscale neighbourhood.

The Paramount Ruler of Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, and Grand Patron of the Qua Nation, Ndidem Patrick Inok Oqua Agbo V, has commended the Federal Government for bringing succour to the people of the state...

In 1961, the people of Bang, Bang Three Corner, Vakunde, Tamya, Mbamnga, Mbamnga Pete, among others in the Mambilla Plateau of Sardauna Local Council of Taraba State voted to remain in Nigeria...