A giant billboard towers over a stretch of road in central Lagos, offering a tantalizing vision of the future: a sleek, modern station from which Lagosians will be whisked efficiently around the city on a light rail transit line. But … read more
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farida Waziri, has sounded a warning to all new and returning governors to steer clear of acts and intents geared towards money laundering and other economic crimes. Waziri handed down the … read more
Domestic airlines in the country are facing numerous challenges in the operation of their business. This is in addition to other challenges that the domestic operators have been facing, which ranges from lack of infrastructure, high cost of spare parts, … read more
A brainstorming session with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, senior Federal Government officials and principal operators of Nigeria’s private sector in attendance is scheduled to hold on Monday in Lagos to flag-off activities leading up to the inauguration of the President … read more
The likelihood of a passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the National Assembly remains shaky with barely a week to the end of the current lawmaking session. As of Thursday, the House of Representatives only managed through eight … read more
United States has protested the denial of visa to Mr. John Campbell, its former envoy to Nigeria, by the Nigerian embassy in Washing-ton DC. Meanwhile, United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, will be visiting Nigeria next week during … read more
Multiple blasts have rocked a city in Nigeria’s restive northeast where a radical Muslim sect is accused of a rash of targeted killings, authorities said Thursday. A spokesman for Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency said that the three blasts appear … read more
The alleged threat of sack issued by the management of Air Nigeria to its workers to agree to a pay cut or be sacked has reached its peak, as those who are uncomfortable with the threat are said to be … read more
One of Nigeria’s foremost nationalists – as well as one of its most divisive personalities – former President Olusegun Obasanjo has indicated interest to finally retire from active politics. He told Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains from Lagos State who … read more
At least 9,253 about 8.9 percent were tested positive to the Human Immune Virus, HIV in the Lagos State in the last one year. Also the three most prevalent diseases managed in the 7,211 patients attended to during the period … read more