Lagos power company technician electrocuted while working on transformer

Deji Lambo 20 September 2021 Kindly share this story: A technician with the Ikeja Electric, Adebowale Ogunbanwo, has been electrocuted in the Dopemu area of Agege, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the technician was working on a high-tension transformer on Oke Street when power was suddenly restored in the area, as he was electrocuted. The […]

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Borrowing for recurrent expenditure foolish, says Obasanjo

Ademola Olonilua 19 September 2021 Kindly share this story:  Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has frowned at the way the Federal Government is taking loans. According to the ex-president, borrowing for recurrent expenditure is ‘foolish’. In a video interview posted on Channel’s Television Facebook page, Obasanjo said that borrowing and accumulating debt for the next generations […]

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VAT-by-states-a-joke comment: Masari under fire, Akeredolu says FIRS planned amendment dead on arrival

Solomon Odeniyi and Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Dennis Naku, James Abraham, Peter Dada and Raphael Ede 20 September 2021 Kindly share this story: The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari, was on Sunday heavily criticised for dismissing moves by Lagos and Rivers states to start collecting the Value Added Tax directly. Groups, including the Pan Niger Delta Forum, […]

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Ondo federal roads turn death traps, travellers pay deadly price daily, security agents feed fat on motorists

Peter Dada 20 September 2021 Kindly share this story: PETER DADA examines the bad condition of federal roads in Ondo State and notes that they have been aiding activities of bandits Travelling within or through Ondo State on the Federal Government roads has continued to become a difficult task for the motorists and travellers following  […]

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How a corper made N2m from teaching in a village during his NYSC — Bishop Oyedepo .

.The General Overseer of the mega ministry, Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo has advised the youths to be productive…He narrated the story of a Graduate who went to serve in one village during the a recent convention. He said the young graduate studied Economics during his undergraduate days and while other Corp members were […]

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Lagosians Back Sanwo-Olu on VAT And Ban on Open Grazing

Residents of Lagos State have expressed their support for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the recent ban on anti-open grazing and the already assented Lagos VAT law. The residents support for Sanwo-Olu was made known through a feedback survey conducted on Monday, September 13, 2021 by a Lagos based Public Relations and ICT Consultancy Firm, Freddan […]

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NDA Attack: Major CL Datong Rescued, Many Bandits Neutralized

NDA Attack: Major CL Datong Rescued, Many Bandits Neutralized Major CL Datong, who was kidnapped during an attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna State by bandits last month has finally regained his freedom. Bandits broke into the Nigerian foremost military school on August 24, killed officers and abducted Major CL Datong. The […]

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