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The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has set up three Ministerial teams to provide technical support, project delivery coordination, stakeholder management, and media relations within the ministry. “This strategic move is aimed at strengthening the ministry’s existing capabilities and enhance its efforts in delivering efficient and sustainable power solutions to the nation”, the Ministry said on Wednesday. The statement said further that under the visionary leadership of the Honourable Minister of Power, the newly formed team will play a crucial role in driving key initiatives, ensuring seamless project monitoring and execution, fostering collaboration with stakeholders, and effectively communicating the…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday, inspected the ongoing construction around the state Red Line Rail project, assuring that the government is committed to completing the project. Sanwo-Olu inspecting the ongoing Red Line Rail stations and vehicular bridge overpass at Yaba and Ebute Meta axis of the state stated that the construction is being undertaken by Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). After inspecting the project, Sanwo-Olu stated that the Ebute Metta vehicular bridge overpass was between seventy five to eighty per cent completed, while that of Yaba was ninety five percent completed as the government…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike Wednesday evening announced the removal of all heads of parastatals, agencies and government companies of the FCTA of their appointments with immediate effect. A statement by the Director of Press of the FCT Ministry, Anthony Ogunleye, listed those sacked as follows: T 1. Group MD/CEO, Abuja investment Company Ltd 2. CEO/MD, Abuja Markets Management Ltd 3. MD/CEO, Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company 4. CEO/MD, Abuja Property Development Company 5. CEO/MD Abuja Technology…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned traders along railway tracks to evacuate their goods within two days. The governor gave the warning during his visit to the Agege station of the Red Line Rail Project on Wednesday. According to the governor while addressing some traders during the visit noted that the rail way is not meant for market but a government road for transportation. While disclosing that the train will be moving at every ten minutes interval, Sanwo-Olu urged the traders to vacate the tracks in order to avoid casualty. “This is not a…
By Kamil Opeyemi Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, on Wednesday, said it rescued an Asthmatic patient and a driver in a car accident at Ajala inward Abule Egba, Lagos State. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday by its Public Relations Officer, Adebayo Taofiq. According to the statement, an official of LASTMA, Ogunjobi, who led the rescue team confirmed that while driving in a one-way direction, the driver of the commercial Mitsubishi bus collided with a Toyota Sienna bus which led to the accident. “He confirmed further that preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the…
By Kamil Opeyemi The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has warned the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to meddle in its internal crises. Mr Kayode Agbeyangi, Acting General Secretary of the union gave this warning in his address at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. Agbeyangi alleged that the recent outbreak of violence at the National Secretariat of the union was due to the interference of the NLC for selfish reasons. According to him, “like the proverbial sympathiser who cried more than the bereaved, NLC has gone overboard in expressing their…
By Halimah Olamide The Secretary-General, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), Prof. Yakubu A. Ochefu; a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority and Special Adviser to the President (Policy Coordination) Hajia Hadiza Bala-Usman, and Chief Executive Officer, Cowry Assets Management Ltd, Mr. Johnson Chukwu have been named panel members at the annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers holding in Abuja next week. This is just as the group gears up to host media managers in both private and public sectors to a business luncheon on Wednesday, October 4 at the Abuja Continental Hotel (Old Sheraton) by…
By Kamil Opeyemi President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government has approved the purchase of 12 attack helicopters for the Nigerian Army, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Taoreed Lagbaja said on Tuesday. In a statement by the Army’s Director Of Public Relations Onyema Nwachukwu stated that the Chief of Army Staff disclosed this while declaring open the Nigerian Army Aviation maiden seminar on Aviation Security Awareness at the Army Headquarters Command Officers’ Mess 1, Abuja. “The Federal Government of Nigeria in support of the operationalization of Nigerian Army Aviation has approved the acquisition of the initial 12 MD 530F…
By Kamil Opeyemi The police have released a Facebook user, Chioma Egodi, who criticized Nagiko tomato paste over its taste. NPO Reports had on Tuesday reported how Egodi made headlines after she complained that the tomato paste contained too much sugar, a claim the company’s management accused Egoli of making “to mislead our esteemed customers and discredit the image of Erisco Foods Limited.” Reacting in a statement on Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Babatunde Irukera disclosed that the company had been summoned over alleged arrest of Egoli. Announcing her release on Tuesday…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Kano State Police Command has arrested a robbery syndicate, recovering 890 phones and other items from them. The command made this known in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Kiyawa, on its Facebook page on Tuesday. “On 18/09/2023 at about 1400hrs, report was received from a Mobile Phone Marketer of Beirut Road GSM Market, Kano that the shop owner discovered that several Brands of Mobile Phones and other accessories were stolen from his shop and strongly suspected his sales Boy one Mujittafa Sale, ‘m’ 19 years old of Dukawuya Quarters, Kano. “On…