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Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced that some sections of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway would be closed from September 2 to October 31, 2019 to facilitate the ongoing construction work on the road. The closure of the road was announced on Sunday, September 1, 2019, in a traffic advisory released by LASTMA. According to […]
Lagos state government is to inject 200 new trucks into waste management. And as part of the reforms, the Private Sector Participants (PSP) Waste operators are being recapitalized. Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mrs. Folashade Kadiri, said “the decision of the governor is to inject the 200 trucks to ensure that […]
Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State has directed Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Mr Mustapha Inuwa, to arrange a meeting for him and security chiefs with suspected bandits at their hideouts for dialogue, to ensure peace returned in the state. The Director General on Media and Publicity, Mr Abdu Labaran, made this this known […]
The federal government has announced a reduction in the amount payable by citizens of the United States of America seeking Nigerian visas. This comes 24 hours after the US authorities increased the cost of visa application for Nigerians under a “tit for tat policy”. In a statement, the US consulate in Nigeria had said America was […]
After more than 18 months of unfruitful negotiations with the Nigerian government to reduce its high visa fee, the United States Embassy yesterday invoked its reciprocity rule. “The total cost for a U.S. citizen to obtain a visa to Nigeria is currently higher than the total cost for a Nigerian to obtain a comparable visa […]
The fate of several passengers in a boat that left Calabar, the Cross River State capital, with over 100 passengers and crew members for Cameroon was yesterday unknown after the boat capsized on the high sea. Reports said the boat capsized in Gulf of Guinea between Nimunda and Edina, in Cameroon, on Sunday with many […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board should partner with law enforcement agencies in the country and the judiciary to set up mobile courts for the trial of examination fraudsters and offenders; Says former Registrar of the board, Prof Bello Salim. He made this recommendation to the registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, in the JAMB bulletin released […]
The FBI in the United States, has released names of 80 Nigerians suspected to have been involved in well coordinated fraud and money laundering in the country. A statement released by the States authorities revealed that the suspects either played major roles in the alleged fraud or acted as accomplices. The United States attorney, Nick […]
Nigeria has gone three years without a case of polio, putting it on the brink of being declared free of the disease. This is a dramatic change from 2012 when the country accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide, the World Health Organization has said. The head of the primary health care […]
