Eko Disco apologies to Lagos residents over power outage
Idemudia Godwin The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Sunday apologised to its consumers in Victoria Island, Ikoyi, Lekki, and Oniru areas of Lagos over power outage. Mr...
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One of the flooded homesFlood wreaks havoc in Akowonjo area of Lagos, sacks residents Residents of Akowonjo in Alimosho Local Council of Lagos State are still counting their losses after Friday’s...
View Article‘Rooftop train riders to pay N100,000 fine soon’
Nigeria Railway CorporationThe Lagos District Manager, Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr. Jerry Oche, has said the corporation would soon increase the fine of rooftop riders to N100,000. He told...
View ArticleNewly elected officers move to end crises at Alaba International Market
Soje (left), Chinedu, Mozoba, Onyiam and Buba at the eventThe incessant crises rocking the entire Alaba International Market in general and Furniture and Fancy Dealers section of the market in...
View ArticlePolice arrest man for allegedly blackmailing victims with nude pictures
The suspect, AtandaA thirty-five-year-old man, Michael Atanda, who has been threatening to expose nude pictures of four ladies on the social media, if they failed to pay money into his account, has...
View ArticleRotary clubs target 1,000 pints of blood in voluntary donation
Mrs. Ikhelola (left); Mrs. Modupe Olaiya; Ramesh Biswal; Patrick Ikheloa; President, Rotary Club of Maryland, Tunde Ojo; Dr. Femi Akodu Santosh Kakade; Past President, Suman Ramesh and Jayashankar...
View ArticleAgunloye in Odigbo, promises to transform Ore
Agunloye The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Dr. Olu Agunloye, yesterday took his campaign to Odigbo Local Council area where he promised to develop Ore into a commercial...
View ArticleSSANU disrupts activities at agric varsity, bars students, others
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta •AAU shut over protest The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU)...
View ArticleOutage mars Osinbajo’s visit to Minna
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo PHOTO: NAN Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at the weekend in Minna, Niger State, had a first-hand experience of the epileptic power supply being experienced by...
View ArticleMADE to launch N80m project grant for Niger Delta SMEs
PHOTO: timeslive.co.za All is now set for the Market Development in the Niger Delta (MADE), a UK Department for International Development Funded programme to launch N80million Technology Adoption Grant...
View ArticleObaseki appoints Ogie as SSG, others
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, on his first day in office with his deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu Newly-inaugurated Governor Godwin Obaseki has appointed the director-general of his campaign...
View ArticleGroup warns INEC against derailing democracy
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu A pro-democracy group, the Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution (CDNDC), has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
View ArticleConfusion as Lagos-bound passenger finds self on Air Peace plane to Abuja
Air Peace Port Harcourt International Airport witnessed a mild drama on Sunday, when an Air Peace passenger discovered he had boarded the wrong plane just before takeoff. The discovery forced the...
View ArticleInjustice to Jegede will boost his popularity, says Mimiko
Olusegun Mimiko • Candidate promises to retrieve mandate • Ikpeazu relies on judiciary to save logjam Governor Olusegun Mimiko has explained that the injustice done to Mr. Eyitayo Jegede would boost...
View ArticleFalana plans legal action against government for crashes on Lagos -Ibadan...
Femi Falana Poised to mitigate the increasing number of road crashes in the country, the Road Safety Coalition (RSC), a coalition of non-governmental organisations, has called for an inter-agency...
View ArticleHost communities ask Chevron to quit
PHOTO: nta.ng • Navy alerts kerosene users of dangerous product in circulation The host communities to multinational oil corporation, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) have given the company a 14-day...
View ArticleTeenager kidnapped in Ibadan, rescued in Calabar
The suspects • Policeman kills colleague to help suspected cult members • Suspected marijuana vendors nabbed in Lagos A Teenager kidnapped in Ibadan, Oyo State, has been rescued in Calabar, Cross River...
View ArticleWater scarcity hits Lokoja
Damage to a major pipeline supplying water to Tank A at Ganaja Junction in Lokoja is causing scarcity of water to residents in Lokoja and environs. A statement by the Kogi Ministry of Water Resources...
View ArticleContractor denies collecting N3.48bn mobilisation fee for Jos stadium
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State. The Contractor constructing the multi-billion Naira Jos Stadium, BCC Tropical Nigeria Ltd., on Tuesday denied collecting N3.48 billion mobilisation fee to...
View ArticleObasanjo gets Aba-made shoes as gifts from Ikpeazu
Obasanjo and Ikpeazu during the visit Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, an ardent campaigner for ‘Made-in- Nigeria’ products, has received pairs of shoes – all made in Aba, Abia State, as gifts from...
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