Real estate contributing sizable share to Lagos GDP – Governor’s aide
Mrs Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Housing, says real estate is contributing a sizable share to the state’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP). She said this on Wednesday while delivering an address at the fourth Lagos Real Estate Market Place Conference and Exhibition, organised by the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority […]
UI student apprehended for allegedly raping colleague
A 200-level student of the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan, has been apprehended by the institution’s security personnel for allegedly raping a 100-level colleague within the campus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the student had been reported to the authorities of the institution for committing the crime against the student who […]
Media must remain in vanguard of tracking budgetary process, NAN MD declares
Mr Ali Muhammad Ali, Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), says the media must spearhead the tracking of budgetary process to ensure that Nigerians get the actual value allocated in fiscal proposals. Ali made this submission on Wednesday in his goodwill message at a two-day capacity building for journalists orgainsed by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum […]
Nollywood thriller, “A Tribe called Judah’’ to hit cinemas
A Nollywood thriller, “A Tribe called Judah’’, is set to hit cinema screens across Nigeria on Dec. 15, its producer has said. Ace Nollywood actress and producer of the movie, Funke Akindele, made this known on her Instagram page after the official premiere of the blockbuster in Lagos. According to Akindele, the movie is directed […]
10 die in Lagos-Ibadan expressway crash
No fewer than 10 persons died in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. She noted that the accident involved Iveco truck marked KRA 80 XA and a Hiace bus […]
Tuggar unveils Nigeria’s 4D foreign policy doctrine, says country’s development hinged on it
Foreign Affairs Minister Amb. Yusuf Tuggar on Monday, officially inaugurated a 4D foreign policy doctrine for Nigeria anchored on Democracy, Development, Demography, and Diaspora, saying the nation’s development depends on it. Tuggar said in Abuja during the inauguration and exhibition that the ceremony presented a unique ambience crystallising the cultural heritage, values, and aspirations of […]
We’ll account for oil revenue, says Finance Minister
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, says the administration of President Bola Tinubu will account for revenue from oil. Edun said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation to defend the 2024 appropriation bill. He said the issue of accounting for oil revenue […]
‘Japa’: V-Cs, lecturers, others worry as lecturers abandon universities
Some Vice-Chancellors, (V-C) Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other stakeholders on Tuesday expressed concern over the decline in the number of lecturers in the nation’s universities. The university education stakeholders bared their minds in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently approved the implementation of 35 percent […]
Court remands man for alleged defilement of seven-year-old old girl
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday, remanded a man, Wasiu Oriyomi in Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl. Oriyomi, whose residential address was not given, is being charged for defilement. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. Justice Rahman Oshodi remanded him in the correctional […]
Yuletide: Bank customers appeal to CBN to address cash crunch
Some bank customers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to urgently address cash crunch issues to ensure swell celebrations during the yuletide. Some of the customers who are also small business owners told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, that the development […]
