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Commercial bus drivers protest against ‘agberos’ in Lagos
Commuters in Lagos on Wednesday trekked long distances to their various destinations as commercial bus drivers embarked on protest against the activities of agberos in the state. The protest, which started at the Toll Gate end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway spread to other parts of Lagos State. The bus drivers and their assistants carried various placards protesting against the alleged…
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Lagos Red Line Rail ‘ll become reality before May 29, Sanwo-Olu assures Lagosians
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday assured Lagosians that the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT), Red Line project would become operational before the end of his first tenure in office. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance while fielding questions from journalists shortly after the inspection tour of the project which took the governor to Yaba and Ebute Meta axis of the…
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NGX advocates financial literacy for young Nigerians
Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) continues to build on its advocacy of inculcating a culture of saving and investing in young Nigerians as it celebrates the 2023 edition of Global Money Week (GMW). The event was held at the Exchange on Tuesday to raise awareness on the importance of ensuring that young people, from an early age, are financially aware, and…
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Equities market down by 0.05% to maintain down trend
The equities market segment of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Monday opened the week extending its losing streak for the seventh consecutive session as investors’ stock declined by 0.05per cent. The NGX All Share Index (ASI) decreased by 29.35 basis points or 0.05 per cent to close at 54,886.04 basis points as the market capitalisation lost N16 billion to…
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Afenifere leader, Fasoranti, endorses Sanwo-Olu for second term
National leader of the apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, has endorsed the re-election bid of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, urging the electorate in the State to queue behind the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in order to consolidate on the achievements recorded in the in Lagos. Lagos, the Afenifere leader in a press statement said,…
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Opinion: Clarion callto Lagosians to return Sanwo-Olu back to office, By Kola Amzat
Governance at all levels is a very serious business. Indeed, governance is a sensitive enterprise that people shouldn’t aspire to be involved, if their leadership capacity and effectiveness is suspect. It’s a one human endeavor that requires everything from those who are aspiring to be involved-resourcefulness, hard-work, probity & accountability, decisiveness, steadfastness, emotional and psychologically stability and of course, being…
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Former UK PM, Boris Johnson, set to deliver Anyiam-Osigwe lecture
Former UK Prime Minister and Member of Parliament, Boris Johnson, will address the 16th session of the Osigwe Anyiam-Osigwe annual lecture series. The former UK leader will address the august gathering in Lagos on March 27, 2023 coming after the last edition that was addressed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari While announcing the 2023 event, Acting Coordinator-General of Osigwe…
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Obasa stops political walk over Lagos train accident
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt (Hon) Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday suspended a political walk across Agege following a train accident that happened in the Ikeja area of the state earlier in the day. The Speaker met the thousands of youth, men and women as they walked towards the Pen Cinema area of Agege on his way…
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Afenifere’s endorsement of Labour Party governorship candidate, a charade-Lagos APC
All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos chapter, has described the endorsement of the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, by the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere as a ‘charade’. APC, in a statement issued on Thursday by its state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Seye Oladejo, stated that the endorsement was done by ‘attention seeking and politically irrelevant group of people’,…
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Seplat Energy refutes racism allegations against its CEO
Seplat Energy Plc on Wednesday denied racism allegations made against its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roger Brown. The company in a statement on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) claimed that the allegations were orchestrated and clearly calculated to spread false information. A report revealed that the Nigerian government had revoked the work permit, Visa and Residence Permit of the…
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