Lagos State Government on Monday issued a quit notice to all the traders with containerised stores and other forms of stalls recently gutted by fire at Oke-Arin/Ebute-Ero market beneath Eko Bridge to relocate with immediate effect. The State Government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello…
Day: February 17, 2020
Presidency Denies Rumors On Traveling To UK
President Buhari on Monday dismissed as fake the report that he is expected to travel to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, and Austria on a private visit. The Presidency in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, described the purported traveling plan as fake and warned…
BREAKING: Head of Wuhan Hospital Dies of Coronavirus
The head of a hospital in Wuhan today died of coronavirus, according to Chinese media. Liu Zhiming, the director of Wuchang Hospital, is the first hospital leader to have ‘sacrificed’ in the fight against coronavirus, reported Red Star News. The news comes after a 59-year-old nurse in the same hospital was killed by the virus…
Bayelsa Update: Alaibe vs Diri Game of Thrones.
Ex Gov. Dickson Coerced Party-man Alaibe to Withdraw Litigation Over Gov. Diri, as Bayelsa PDP Chieftain Timi Alaibe, has turned into a beautiful bride overnight for the Dickson PDP in Bayelsa State following the swearing-in of Senator Douye Diri as governor.
Tough Livelihood: Group Lambasts Lagos State Government
Informal workers have cautioned Lagos State government to stop its recent attacks on working people, their livelihoods and their communities. The workers, under the umbrella of the Federation of Informal Workers’ Organisations of Nigeria (FIWON) demanded for a reverse of actions on the recent destruction of 24 waterfront communities and what it considered whimsical ban…
JAMB Registration Ends Today, Records Almost 2 Million Registration
2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) ends today and over over 1.9 million prospective candidates for have registered so far, JAMB said on Sunday. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head of Media and Information, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on in Lagos. NAN reports that this year’s registration for…