Category: Metro

Lagos Govt To Sanction Uber
March 10, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Govt To Sanction Uber

Citing non-compliance with an important data-sharing agreement, the Lagos State Government has announced its intention to sanction Uber Technologies System Nigeria Ltd.   The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, explained in a statement that the action against Uber was...
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Labour Insists On Nationwide Protest
February 27, 2024 No Responses

Labour Insists On Nationwide Protest

The meeting between the Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday at the State House in Abuja ended in a stalemate. Speaking after the meeting on Monday night, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, said:“The rally goes...
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Court Orders FAAN To Account For Airport Toll Gate Revenue
February 24, 2024 No Responses

Court Orders FAAN To Account For Airport Toll Gate Revenue

Justice Ibrahim Kala of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to reveal how much it made from toll gates and parking lots fees in all Federal Government owned airports and how...
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Lagos Lifts Suspension On RTEAN
February 20, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Lifts Suspension On RTEAN

The Lagos State Government has dissolved the Lagos State Parks and Garages Administrators’ Committee which was set up to mark the parks and garages in the state. A statement issued on Monday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on...
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Tanker Drivers Begin Strike
February 19, 2024 No Responses

Tanker Drivers Begin Strike

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers arm of the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has directed all its members to withdraw their petroleum trucks from product-loading activities starting Monday, February 19, 2024. The development follows the associ...
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Customs Impounds N19.6M Sex Enhancement Drugs
February 17, 2024 No Responses

Customs Impounds N19.6M Sex Enhancement Drugs

The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), joint border patrol team, sector IV, has seized a consignment of sex enhancement drugs worth N19.6M in Sokoto state. Briefing Journalists in Sokoto, Coordinating Comptroller, Mr. Kolapo Oladeji, explained that trucks carrying...
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NGX Group Mourns Ogunbanjo, Commiserates With Wigwe Family
February 12, 2024 No Responses

NGX Group Mourns Ogunbanjo, Commiserates With Wigwe Family

Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group) is “deeply saddened to acknowledge the tragic passing of our former Group Chairman, Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo, OFR, and the Group Managing Director of Access Holdings Plc, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, CFR, along with his wife.....
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How Bandits Killed Our Driver, Abduct Abuja-Bound Passengers, By GUO Transport
February 12, 2024 No Responses

How Bandits Killed Our Driver, Abduct Abuja-Bound Passengers, By GUO Transport

Long-distance luxury and minibus transport company, GUO Transport Co, has confirmed that one of its Hiace buses that left Lagos on Friday for Abuja, was attacked by bandits who killed the driver and abducted the passengers. GUO Transport said in...
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Lagos Begins Arrest, Prosecution Of Pedestrians Crossing Highway
February 12, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Begins Arrest, Prosecution Of Pedestrians Crossing Highway

The Lagos State Government has commenced arrest and prosecute of pedestrians crossing any highway across the state. A statement issued on Sunday by the Lagos State Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, explained that officia...
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Obaseki Mourns Wigwe, Wife, Son, Ogunbanjo, Others
February 11, 2024 No Responses

Obaseki Mourns Wigwe, Wife, Son, Ogunbanjo, Others

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has described the news of the passing of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Bank Holdings, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, who died in a helicopter crash in the United States of America as...
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Lagos To Sanction, Impound Vehicles With Defective Number Plates
February 10, 2024 No Responses

Lagos To Sanction, Impound Vehicles With Defective Number Plates

The Lagos State Government has warned motorists who drive vehicles without proper number plates or use covered ones that they stand the risk of having their vehicles impounded. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, issued the warning on Frida...
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NDLEA Declares Ex-Beauty Queen Wanted
January 29, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Declares Ex-Beauty Queen Wanted

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared an ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye wanted. She was declared wanted after escaping from her Lekki, Lagos residence when operat...
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Edo Seals 108 Unregistered Health Facilities
January 25, 2024 No Responses

Edo Seals 108 Unregistered Health Facilities

The Edo State Government has stepped up regulation of the State’s health sector, sealing off over 108 unregistered health facilities for various unsafe medical practices and failing several quality assurance checks, thereby endangering the lives of millions ...
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FRSC: 5,081 Persons Died In Road Crashes Nationwide In 2023
January 22, 2024 No Responses

FRSC: 5,081 Persons Died In Road Crashes Nationwide In 2023

No fewer than 5,01 people were killed in Road Traffic Crashes in 2023 nationwide, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has disclosed.  According to FRSC, this is against 6,456 in 2022, representing 21 per cent reduction. The Corps Marshal, Dauda...
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