BY ETOP EKANEM LAGOS— Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has assured that his government was determined to ensure the creation of more employment opportunities for indigenes and non-indigenes resident in the state. Fashola, who made the remark during the pre-50th anniversary/investiture of grand patrons/patronesses and N20m ultra modern water factory luncheon by the Holy […]
Protests against the removal of fuel subsidy grounded parts of Lagos, Ibadan, Ilorin and Gombe on Tuesday. Thousands of people marched through the streets chanting songs in condemnation of the removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan. One person was feared killed in a similar protest in Ilorin while the police reportedly arrested […]
BY ALBERT AKPOR LAGOS—BARELY three days after the President declared State of Emergency in some local government areas of four Northern states and temporary closure of borders linking these states with the neighboring countries in the heat of Boko Haram menace, Police detectives in Lagos have arrested 40 foreigners suspected to have sneaked into the […]
Commissioner of Police Lagos State Police Command, Yakubu Alkali File copy The police in Lagos said on Friday that they were intensifying surveillance of identified flashpoints in the state during Christmas and New Year festivities. The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Samuel Jinadu, said this in an interview with […]
IN what amounted to a wholesale approval of the report of its ad hoc committee that probed the Federal Government’s privatisation programme since 1999 till date, the Senate on Tuesday voted unanimously to recommend the removal of the Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprises, Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa, from office. The Senate […]
By MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO IKEJA- Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, commissioned the N16 billion ($100 million) Ikeja City Mall, at Alausa, Ikeja, which was constructed to offer an array of retail services to residents of Lagos. At the inauguration of the 27,000 square metres mall, Fashola said the investment was a clear indication of […]
IMPLEMENTATION of the reforms proposed for the judiciary by the 28-man stakeholders’ committee set up by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru Musdapher, will begin in January 2012, Nigerian Tribune has exclusively learnt. The report of the Justice Mohammed Uwais-led committee, containing the proposed reforms, is expected to be officially presented to him […]
By OLASUNKANMI AKONI & MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO BADAGRY— No fewer than 12 pupils narrowly escaped death, yesterday, at Igborosun, near Badagry, Lagos, when a portion of a building in a government-owned school collapsed on them. Vanguard gathered that the portion of the building on the premises of Saint Paul’s Anglican Primary School, Igborosun, collapsed at 10 […]
By UCHE USIM Friday November 18, 2011 Some of the seized arms, ammunition Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, has seized a cache of ammunition believed to have been abandoned by criminals and suspected terrorists who engage in illegal arms deal. The […]
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has presented a budget proposal of N485.292 billion to the State House of Assembly for approval for 2012 fiscal year. The budget, which is expected to revamp and boost economic prosperity of the state, comprise, N227.47 billion recurrent expenditure and N257.821 billion capital expenditure. The capital to recurrent ratio […]
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