Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has received the Share Certificate of the state government from the Odu’a Investment Company Limited, a company jointly owned by the six South West states. The Share Certificate was presented to Sanwo-Olu by the company’s Chairman, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru during a courtesy visit to the Governor by the company’s board members and management team …

An Abuja-based lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi has appealed to chief executive officers of banks and billionaire businessmen including Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Abdul Samad Rabiu and Mike Adenuga to pay off the N1.1 trillion demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The lawyer said the Federal Government has displayed irresponsibility and nonchalance to resolve the lingering strike by ASUU …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria could rank third largest in the world by 2050, after China and India. He told a stakeholders’ summit on the 2023 Population and Housing Census on Thursday at the State House, Abuja: “With a projected population of 216,783,381, Nigeria is the sixth most populous country in the world and the most populous country …

If all goes well, a vehicle assembly plant will roll out different classes of new cars in Lagos will be ready by the end of the year. It is a joint project if the Lagos State Government and CIG Motors. On Thursday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu inspected the progress of the automobile facility located at WEMPCO Road in Ogba area. He was …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday assured representatives of victims of Kaduna Train abduction that the Federal Government was doing all that is within its powers to ensure the safe return of the remaining captives. With the release of the fifth batch of seven hostages on Wednesday, 30 victims are still in the custody of the terrorists, having set free 31 …

Seven more captives – including a family of six – were released on Wednesday by the terrorists who attacked the AK-9 Abuja-Kaduna passenger train 28 March. The seventh freed victim is a woman. The released family included Abdubakar Idris Garba, his wife, Maryam Abubakar Bobo, and their eldest son, Ibrahim Abubakar Garba, who is 10 years old. Others are Fatima …

Preparations for Lagos State’s 2023 budget got underway on Tuesday with a five-day consultative forum across its five divisions – Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos Island and Epe (IBILE). According a government statement, the forum is aimed at transparency to the state’s budgetary preparation process and also an avenue for government to update stakeholders on the half year performance of the …

Nigeria now rates No 4 among the World Bank International Association borrowers’ list. With $13 billion International Development Association (IDA) debt stock as at 30 June 2022, Nigeria moved one step up in the list as against fourth in the corresponding period last year. The World Bank Fiscal Year 2021 audited financial statements (IDA financial statement) showed that Nigeria was …

The Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu has described the Benin City River Port and access road project “as a catalyst that will massively contribute to the transformation of Nigeria’s dwindling economy”. At the inauguration of the panel review exercise on the environmental and social impact assessment for the proposed project, the Deputy Governor, who represented Governor …

Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency (well known as Amotekun), have intercepted another 168 suspected invaders. They were allegedly found in two trucks with dangerous charms. This came barely three days after the corps arrested 151 suspected invaders with dangerous charms concealed inside bags of rice in Sango area, along Akure-Ado Expressway. The Commander of Ondo Amotekun, Adetunji …