Tokunboh Wahab
22 Dec
The Lagos State Government has urged residents to embrace good environmental sanitation practices during and after the Yuletide in order to ensure a sustainable environment. In a statement, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, said as the festive period approaches, utmost cleanliness of the environment and proper waste disposal during…
1 Dec
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said its officials were not the men captured in a viral video destroying bags of sachet water being transported by a truck in Lagos. The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunboh Wahab, had fingered NAFDAC as responsible for the action…
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Eniola Badmus, the Nollywood actress and special adviser to the speaker, House of Reps on social events and public hearing, expressed her desire to have kids of her own during the 7th edition of her 'Feed the Needy' initiative. The event was held at Temidire Primary School, Shogunle, Oshodi, Lagos. Eniola made this known on…
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The Oyo Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Friday said 222 people lost their lives in various Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) in the state in 2024. The corps disclosed this in Ibadan in its end-of-the-year statistics signed by the Sector Commander, Mrs Rosemary Alo. Alo said the figure indicated a reduction…
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Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has approved the construction of a major water works in Bama Local Government Area to address water- related problems in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bama was one of the council areas overrun by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014 ,before liberation by the military in…
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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has rescued eight injured passengers involved in an accident at Hammadiya inward Abule-Egba. The LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. The statement was signed by Mr Taofiq Adebayo, Director, Public…
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World food commodity prices declined by 2.1 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year, mainly due to falls in cereals and sugar, the FAO said on Friday. Last year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's price index for cereals dropped 13.3 compared to 2023 and its sugar price index fell 13.2 percent. The…
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Turkey's annual inflation rate slowed for the seventh consecutive month in December, official figures showed on Friday.
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The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed disappointment over the failure
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The councillors in Uhumwonde, Orhionmwon and Owan East LGAs have impeached the chairmen and their deputies in their local governments in Edo State. The impeached chairmen and their deputies have been allegedly accused of misappropriation of public funds and dereliction of duties. In Uhunmwonde LGA of the state, violence broke out as the chairman of…
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