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The Lagos State Government has denounced purported claims by some highly placed politicians, owners and drivers of articulated vehicles that it has permitted them to park under the Marine Bridge, Ijora and other adjoining areas in the Apapa axis. In a statement, the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr Tunji Bello, said Lagos has […]
No fewer than seventeen suspected notorious cultists are now languishing in police net in Lagos. The suspects were rounded up at their hide outs in Ayobo, Shogunle, Oshodi, Ajegunle , Apapa, Ikorodu , Ketu and Alapere areas of the state. They were nabbed by operatives of the police Anti Cultism Unit who had been keeping […]
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is collaborating with the International Air Transport Association, IATA, in the registration and accreditation of Travel Agencies in the country. The collaboration is to instill sanity and orderliness into the operations of travel agencies in Nigeria and to provide a robust regulatory oversight on this sector of aviation downstream […]
Highlife Star and “Zigima” music exponent, Bright Chimezie has been elected as a member of the COSON Board at the 9th Annual General Meeting of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) held in Lagos. Also elected to the Board on his own merit was renowned music maker and comedy star, Mr. Kofi Idowu Nuel, popularly known […]
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand in prison custody of hip hop artist, Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley. The judge ordered that Naira Marley be remanded in prison after his arraignment before the court on an 11 count charge of alleged credit fraud by Economic […]
Vehicular movement on Lagos Badagry expressway was at a halt earlier today over protests on the deplorable state of the international road. Stakeholders who formed a coalition with a hashtag #fixbadagry road barricaded portions of the road to drive home their demand. Strategic portions of the highway such as Badagry round about, Ijanikin, Agbara, iyana […]
President Muhammad Buhari has approved the appointment of Captain Rabiu Hamisu Yadudu as the new Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Captain Yadudu is to take over from the erstwhile Managing Director, Engr. Saleh Dunoma. An ICAO / ACI accredited International Airport Professional, Captain Yadudu was until his new appointment, the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-Enactment Act, 2019. By this act, the new minimum wage is now pegged at N30,000. The President assented to the Act today in Abuja, mandating all employers of labour across the country to pay workers a minimum of N30,000 monthly wage. The minimum […]
African Ministers in charge of transport have appealed to other member states yet to adopt the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) to do so. The Ministers made the appeal at the Second Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialised Technical Committee in Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism in Cairo Egypt 16-17 […]
Importers and Clearing Agents operating at the Lagos seaports are daily being frustrated with the avalanche of trucks blocking the ports access roads as well as the adjourning streets, thus making both vehicular and human movements a lot more stressful. Correspondent John OBOT just back from the ports, said some of the affected areas are […]
