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…As FG, Lagos Flag Off Work By Halimah Olamide The rehabilitation of the Third Mainland Bridge is to gulp a sum of N21.074billion as the Federal Government and Lagos state on Wednesday flagged off the reconstruction. Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, accompanied by the Deputy Governor of Lagos, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, during the flag-off, said the sum was as a result of an expansion of the scope of work to include complete replacement of the asphalt of the bridge deck to the standard two inches to make motoring smoother and safer on the bridge. “This is yet another milestone…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu the federal government is planning to de-emphasise the national grid and focus on distributed power. This was just as he said alternative sources of power generation are being considered to improve to power supply in the country. Adelabu spoke in Abuja on Wednesday while interacting with Power Correspondents. The minister said power could be generated and get down to the consumers without passing through the national grid, adding that the best way to do this is to look at alternate source of generation, “We want to use small hydros, we…

From left: Salman Rushdie, Bob Dylan, Henry Kissinger, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Andrew Wylie, Lou Reed, Sally Rooney, Chinua Achebe and Martin Amis.  Andrew Wylie is agent to an extraordinary number of the planet’s biggest authors. His knack for making highbrow writers very rich helped to define a literary era – but is his reign now coming to an end? Andrew Wylie, the world’s most renowned – and for a long time its most reviled – literary agent, is 76 years old. Over the past four decades, he has reshaped the business of publishing in profound and, some say, insalubrious ways.…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 1, 500 personnel and 35 vehicles including tow trucks as part of preparations towards ensuring a smooth conduct of the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa. This is contained in a statement by the Deputy Corps Marshal(DCM) Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Bisi Kazeem on Wednesday in Abuja. Kazeem quoted the FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu as ordering operatives of the Corps drafted to cover the elections to ensure effective collaboration with the Nigerian Police Force (NPF). This, he said included Independent National Electoral Commission,(INEC) and other security agencies…

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has restrained a South African company, Novare and its subsidiaries, from selling off their assets in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Novare is the owners of retail malls, including Shoprite malls, in the country. Justice Peter Kekemeke gave the interim order following an ex-parte motion moved to the effect by counsel to the applicants, Darlington Ozurumba. NAN reports that Grand Towers Reality Ltd, Grand Towers Plc and Nze Chidi Duru, who were applicants in the suit marked: FCT/HC/0224/2017 with motion on number: M/13811/2023, are the Nigerian partners to Novare…

By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Wednesday disclosed that the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has affected the inflow of Nigeria’s crude oil into the international market. The company said demands for the Nigerian product, which used to enjoy massive quantity from the Asian market is being hugely affected as the war rages endlessly. NNPC’s Executive Director, Crude & Condensate, NNPC Trading Limited, Maryamu Idris , said in a panel presentation at the Argus European Crude Conference in London, that in addition to the substantial price shocks impacting commodity and energy prices globally, “the conflict…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Lagos State University on Wednesday removed its Dean Students Affairs Prof Tajudeen Abayomi Olumoko. Olumoko, an Associate Professor of Marketing was relieved of his position over allegations that he was involved in certificate racketeering. A senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Dr Abiodun Fatai-Abatan, has been appointed as acting DSA. Though there was no official confirmation of the decision of the university, it was gathered that the issue has attracted the attention of the state government. A source said the Lagos state House of Assembly has also concluded plans to summon the Vice Chancellor…

n Grit, two half brothers, both ex soldiers, broken and nursing the illusion of failure, are goaded by two separate political groups to run for the office of chairman. In a twist, the two political parties end up as one with a single aim: to maim the family from the inside. The brothers are left to deal with the implications of their decisions, and the cloud of guilt and death that hovers over them. Obari Gomba’s Grit is one of those powerful plays that leave a lasting impression. The book gives him his fifth Nigeria Prize for Literature nomination since…

The Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Maj.-Gen. John-Ochefu Ochai, on Wednesday visitedAhmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria to commend Prof. Umar Ka’oje for voluntarily returning N1,153,953.36 wrongly paid to him. The money was paid to the don after expiration of his teaching contract with the.nation’s apex military academy. The visit by the commandant to the university was in addition to a letter of commendation to the don by the NDA dated Sept. 11. The commandant was received by Dr Rahanatu Lawal Head, Department of Political Science and International Studies. Lawal said,”Only a few people today could exhibit Prof. Ka’oje’s…

A National Industrial Court in Abuja on Wednesday began has a contempt proceedings against FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and others over alleged disregard of series of court orders. The court affirmed Alhaji Faruk Abubakar as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Abuja Markets Management Limited (AMML). The development was sequel to the decision of the minister to include AMML’s MD in the list of heads of agencies dissolved on Sept. 27. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Wike had, on Sept. 27 in a statement, relieved the heads of 21 parastatals, agencies and government companies of…