Over 15000 abandoned cargoes congest Lagos terminals

This is not the best of times for terminal operators as thousands of containers and imported vehicles remained uncleared from Lagos ports. It was  gathered that over 9000 containers and 6000 imported vehicles are still trapped at the APMT and Tincan Island Container Terminal (TICT), thereby congesting the port. The abandoned cargoes have taken over […]

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Significance of Wike as FCT minister – Part 2

By Martins Oloja Now that the the Supreme Court has confirmed the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Nigeria’s President from May 29, 2023 to May 29, 2027, we have a responsibility to take back our humanity and our country we almost lost to the complex politics of our controversial electoral justice system. What […]

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May the Supreme Court never become an undergrowth

Being Honourable Justice Odemwengie Uwaifo’s valedictory speech on his retirement as Justice of the Supreme Court,  delivered on January 24, 2004. This is one special occasion I found difficult in my choice as to what to say and how to begin. Then I remembered what a Justice of the United States, known for his traditional […]

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Africa Magic At 20, MultiChoice restates commitment, takes fans on studio tour

Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels, MultiChoice West Africa, Dr. Busola Tejumola, has said that the audience has been a key part of the Africa Magic journey and that it will continue to carry them along in the 20th-anniversary celebrations. Dr. Busola said this when he took members of the press and others […]

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Igboho’s freedom and quest for a just society

The release of Yoruba nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, in Benin Republic after two years of incarceration in the country over his quest for an independent Yoruba State and campaign against killer herdsmen in Nigeria has rightly been hailed across sections of the country. It is indeed a welcome […]

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1.2m Euros equipment to be imported to maintain Eko Bridge – Umahi

Equipment worth 1.2 million Euros will be imported to effect maintenance on Eko Bridge in Lagos, Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi says. Mr Clement Ezeorah, Assistant Director of Information, at the Federal Ministry of Works, made this known in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja. He stated that the minister made the […]

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Israel pounds Gaza as Red Cross warns of ‘intolerable’ suffering

Israel intensified its attacks on Gaza on Sunday, calling for civilians to flee south where it vowed aid would increase. This is as the Red Cross warned of “intolerable” suffering. The United Nations warned that thousands more civilians could die in Gaza as Israel declared the war had entered a “second stage”, stepping up its […]

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How kidnapping, banditry push northern youths to uninhabitable places in Lagos

Makeshift structures being used as homes in dirty environment The insurgency and banditry in the north of Nigeria have led to the death of many and displaced millions of others. While some of the displaced persons have found solace in communities close to them, others have travelled thousands of miles away from home to get […]

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