LASTMA Expands Night-time Operations for New Year Celebrations
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) is expanding its night-time traffic management and monitoring operations in the state ahead of the New Year. The move targets high-traffic commercial zones, including Lekki-Ajah, Ikoyi, Victoria Island, and other busy areas within the city, to enhance road safety and ensure seamless vehicular movement during the holiday season. Announcing […]
Warri Refinery Restarts Operations at 60% Capacity
President Bola Tinubu is joyful about the re-opening of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. In a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, the President described the move as another remarkable achievement in 2024 that has strengthened Nigerians’ hope in his administration. President Tinubu expressed confidence that […]
FG Says Saudi’s bullion Dollar Investment to Create More Jobs for Nigerians
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has disclosed that Nigeria’s recent economic diplomacy efforts in Saudi Arabia have already started yielding tangible benefits, including investments, foreign exchange inflows, and job creation for Nigerians. Edun spoke yesterday with journalists after a briefing meeting with President Bola Tinubu by the Nigerian […]
FG Denies Claims of Sabotage, Terror Links in Niger Republic
Federal Government has dismissed allegations made in a viral video by Niger Republic’s military leader, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, claiming collusion between Nigeria and France to destabilize his country. A statement by the Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris, clarified that Nigeria has never engaged in any covert alliance with France, or any other country, to sponsor […]
NPFL to Review Players’ Salary Next Year
Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League, Gbenga Elegbeleye, says minimum salary a club should pay players will be reviewed after the 2024/2025 campaign. At a roundtable discourse with newsmen in Akure yesterday, Elegbeleye stressed that the league would only attractive investors through transparency, credibility and professional refereeing. According to him, the league management would […]
Morocco Proposes Family Law Reforms to Improve Women’s Rights
Morocco aims to grant women more rights over child custody and guardianship as well as a veto over polygamous marriage, in the first review of its family code in 20 years. Justice Minister, Abdellatif Ouahbi, told reporters that the draft code proposes more than 100 amendments, notably allowing women to stipulate opposition to polygamy in […]
NCAA Sanctions Five Airlines Over Cancelled Flights
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has initiated enforcement action against five airlines (two international and three domestic operators) for various violations of Part 19 of the NCAA regulations. The spokesperson for NCAA, Michael Achimugu, disclosed to journalists yesterday that the violations include the non-payment of refunds within the stipulated time frame, non-responsiveness to the […]
FG Subsidises Road Transport Costs on 144 Routes
Federal Government has subsidised transportation costs for Nigerians as part of moves to ease the hardship during the festive period. In his Christmas message for 2024, President Bola Tinubu said the government has provided free train rides and subsidised road transport costs on 144 routes nationwide to ease Nigerians travels. The President also called on […]
US Biden Commutes Death Row Sentences to Life Without Parole
US President Joe Biden has converted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on federal death row, to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Those who had their death sentences commuted included nine people convicted of murdering fellow prisoners, four for murders committed during bank robberies and one who killed a prison […]
President Bola Tinubu says No Going Back on Tax Reform
President Bola Tinubu has maintained that his administration is not going to back down on the new tax reforms bill pending before the National Assembly. Speaking during his first Presidential media chat last night in Lagos State, President Tinubu stated that the reforms are in favour of the poor, and initiated to eliminate colonial rule’s […]
