Tayo Olanipekun Nigeria has been ranked fifth out of the countries unsafe to live in in a newly published list of the world’s safest countries, featuring update sources and dynamics that affect the ranking of 128 countries assessed. Africa’s largest economy with a safety index score of 14.88 only bested El Salvador, Guatemala, Yemen and Philippines in descending order on …

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Protesters under the umbrella of Lagos People’s Assembly(LPA) on Wednesday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly  over the planned impeachment of the Governor Akinwumi Ambode, demanding that the lawmakers should work with the governor. With banners and placards bearing various inscriptions as of 11 am, agitators said the purported removal of Ambode from office could disrupt the peaceful conduct …

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Folake Sokoya One of the support groups of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), The Grassroots Mobilizers (TGM), held their Southern region summit on Sunday in Lagos. The summit, which took place at the conference hall of the Lagos Airport Hotel, was observed without fanfare as the event was already scheduled to take place before the announcement of a 72-hour campaign suspension …

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Tayo Olanipekun Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday launched a 1000-hectare modern satellite city Ibeju-Lekki, an housing scheme for all the major projects coming on board within the Lekki Free Trade Zone. He descrdeskibed the unveiling of the project named Alaro Satellite City as a major milestone in his administration’s vision. He said with major projects such as the Free Trade Zone, …

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Tayo Olanipekun The United Nations (UN) and its partners require N 353,880,000,000  to continue providing basic needs to the most vulnerable people in Nigeria as part of the 2019-2021 Humanitarian Response Strategy for the country. This as the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) together with the UN Development Programme and other partners is today in Abuja launching the 2019 Nigeria Regional …

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Lagos State and the Federal Government  will go into talks to amicably resolve the conflict between them over the regulation and control of waterways. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode made this known on Monday in Lagos while receiving the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) Managing Director, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora and top management staff of the agency on courtesy visit. Putting the perennial …

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Dayo Emmanuel Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina has said that the Federal Government will generate 10,000MW of electricity in 2019 in order to keep meeting the energy need of the country. Adesina speaking at the Breakfast Meeting organised by Christian media organisation, Christian Press Association of Nigeria (CPAN), said the President has good …

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Tayo Olanipekun The suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) few days before the 2019 general elections is like the arrest of a thief on Christmas or Salah Day, the Presidency has said. Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Sheu, by means of an analogy, explained on Sunday night in …

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Renmoney, a leading fintech lending company in Lagos, has been listed by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) among‘Companies to Inspire Africa’ for 2019. Renmoney was featured alongside three other Nigerian companies. In her remarks, Tobi Boshoro, CEO, Renmoney highlighted that the company “has spent the last few years building convenient lending solutions for Nigerians.” She also added: “We are …

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Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has bagged the Honourary Life Member Award of the Ibadan Recreation Club (1902). The governor was represented by his wife, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu, at the award programme in Ibadan over the weekend. President of the Club, Otunba Adegboyega Fisher, described Governor Akeredolu as a humble and great pillar of support to the …

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