WE WILL POLICE LAGOS WITH ROBUST INTELLIGENCE – CP

Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has addressed the operatives of the intelligence unit of the police in Lagos State Command, reiterating that  Lagos State will be policed with robust intelligence. While charging them to be proactive and responsive in discharging their duties, he affirmed that modern and effective policing propelled by prompt and relevant intelligence …

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We Remain Committed to our duties -IGP Adamu

Dedeigbo Ayodeji The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu in the company of Lagos state commissioner of police, CP Hakeem Odumosu and other Government officials on Tuesday Inspected the level of damage done on Makinde police station by hoodlums some weeks ago. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, stated that 1,539 suspects have been arrested across the country …

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Nigeria’s debt to hit N38.68tr next year, says minister

NIGERIA’S external and domestic debts have been projected to hit N38.68 trillion by December 2021, Finance, Budget and National Planning Minister Zainab Ahmed, alerted on Tuesday. Mrs. Ahmed, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts to defend the ministry’s next year budget, blamed abandonment of road projects on the intricacies in the preparation of annual budgets. …

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#EndSARS: The Aftermath By Reuben Abati

The #EndSARS protests which lasted for about two weeks until the crisis in Lagos on October 20, 2020, now known as the Black Tuesday in Nigeria’s contemporary history, may have abated, with the disappearance from Nigerian streets of the horde of protesters, looters, hijackers, and miscreants who together lent a new dimension to the protests. But essentially what we are …

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Ikeja Electric implements revised service reflective tariff

Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) says it has commenced implementation of the revised Service Reflective Tariff (SRT), as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) effective Nov. 1. The electricity distribution company made the announcement in a public notice posted on its official Twitter account on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the previous SRT which began …

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When a Bank Puts SMEs First

Last week will go down as one of the most challenging weeks,if not the most challenging, Nigeria has faced in 2020. What started out weeks before as very well-organised peaceful protests by young Nigerians campaigning to #EndSARS, was supplanted by hoodlums engaging in wanton looting, arsonand destruction of public and private properties across many states at an unprecedented scale. By …

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Cheque transactions shrink by 39% as digital payments rise

The volume of cheques cleared by Nigerian banks keep shrinking as bank customers continue to embrace electronic payments for their financial transactions. From January to September this year, the volume of cheques dropped by 39 per cent to 3.59 million compared with 5.88 million recorded in the industry in the same period last year, the latest data from the Nigerian …

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Ojodu ‘95 Set Old Students Warm Up for 25th Anniversary

Members of the 1995 Set, Ojodu Grammar School Old Students Association (OJ’Gramms) are currently warming up for the 25th years anniversary of their graduation from the school. The celebration is slated for Saturday, 12 December 2020 at Ikeja Club, Lagos. The silver jubilee celebration is expected to be the first of its kindly, with many laudable projects in place. Speaking …

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I Will Tell The Next Generation About Lekki Shootings -Rudeboy

Paul Okoye, popularly known as Rudeboy, has said nothing will stop him from telling his kids and the next generation about the Lekki shootings of unarmed protesters. On 20 October, 2020, a day that would later be termed ‘Black Tuesday’, a team of military personnel invaded Lekki Tollgate, venue of the EndSars protests and shot at the protesters. Before the …

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We Have Footage Of Lekki Shooting, LCC Tells Lagos Judicial Panel

The management of the Lekki Concession Company (LCC) yesterday informed the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and the Lekki Tollgate incident that the footage of the tragic incident that occurred on October 20 this year at the tollgate, is available. A representative of the company, Gbolahan Agboluwaje told the eight-member panel …

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