LASTMA sacks five officials for corruption

LASTMA sacks five officials for corruption

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed the dismissal of five officers and reprimanded two for being guilty of corruption and misconduct while performing their duties in the state. According to the statement, the Lagos State Civil Service Commission had approved every proposal the Personnel Management Board had made about the seven LASTMA officers who had been indicted during their meeting on Tuesday, August 19, 2023. Taofiq said, “While […]

December 11, 2023 54

NEWS

UNGA meets on Gaza Tuesday

The United Nations General Assembly will meet on Tuesday to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, officials and diplomats said Sunday, after the United States last week vetoed a Security Council resolution for a ceasefire. A special meeting of the General Assembly has been called for Tuesday afternoon by the representatives for Egypt and Mauritania “in their respective capacities as Chair of the Arab Group and Chair of the Organisation […]

December 11, 2023 37

SPORTS

Ten Hag under scrutiny as Man Utd fight for Champions League survival

Manchester United’s future in this season’s Champions League hangs by a thread ahead of Bayern Munich’s visit to Old Trafford, with an early exit in Europe sure to put more scrutiny on manager Erik ten Hag. The Dutchman tried to argue after victory over Chelsea last week that United’s season has not reached crisis-mode. But Ten Hag’s hopes that a turning point had been reached were short-lived as a 3-0 […]

December 11, 2023 23

BUSINESS

Dangote refinery: Diesel, JetA1 hit market January, petrol delayed

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is set to start producing Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, and JetA1 or aviation fuel in January 2024, while the production of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, is being delayed by the supply of crude oil in installments. It was gathered on Sunday that the facility would require a minimum of six million barrels of crude oil to kick-start the full production of […]

December 11, 2023 58

NEWS

Lagos reviewing property, rental laws, says Sanwo-Olu

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has disclosed that the government was reviewing the Property Law of Lagos State 2010 and the Rental Law of Lagos State 2011. He stated this at the just concluded 5th Lateef Jakande Housing Lecture Series Organised by the Real Estate Developers Association. According to Sanwo-Olu, the government plans to protect the interest of investors and end users in the state through the review. […]

December 11, 2023 54

BUSINESS

Court jails cashier five years for defrauding employer N64.4m

The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced cashier, Tunde Abdulramon, to five years’ imprisonment for his employer’s N64,420,900 to marry a new wife and also for opening the same kind of his employer’s business for his new wife. Justice Raliat Adebiyi who handed down the sentence also ordered the convict to make restitution by returning all the properties he bought while in his employer’s establishment and also […]

November 15, 2023 29

NEWS

NGE lauds A’Ibom Gov’s performance

The Nigerian Guild of Editors said on Tuesday it was closely following the ARISE agenda of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, saying it had started yielding the targeted dividends. The NGE President, Mr Eze Anaba, stated this at the Government House during a courtesy visit to the governor ahead of the 19th All Nigerian Editors Conference, scheduled to hold from November 15 to 19, 2013. While thanking the […]

November 15, 2023 85

POLITICS

THE ELECTION DAY PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES, POTENTIAL FOR VIOLENCE AND ELECTORAL VIOLENCE- KIMPACT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

KDI observed the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi elections on November 11, 2023, and set up her Election Day Data Room (EDDR) to get reports from 254 trained observers deployed across the fifty-six (56) LGAs of the 3 states for swift, credible, real-time information, analyses and escalation of incidents on the election during and after the poll. Also, to give objective insights into the incidence of election violence, document the same […]

November 15, 2023 91

BUSINESS

Dangote refinery secures licence to refine 300,000bpd crude

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said his refinery has secured a licence to refine more than 300,000 barrels of Nigerian crude per day and will begin to process gasoline soon. “We don’t want to start our refinery with foreign goods, we want to start with the Nigerian crude,” Dangote said in an interview in Riyadh on the sidelines of the Saudi-Nigeria business roundtable, according to Bloomberg. “We’re more than […]

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