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Many commuters were left stranded on Monday, following a protest by commercial bus drivers over alleged extortion by the Task Force and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). A few regions in the state were impacted, including Agege, Iyana Ipaja, and Egbeda. In a post on X, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated that the …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva, has won in Brass Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa state for the Saturday November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. According to the result just declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sylva who hailed from Brass scored 18,431 while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate and the incumbent …

Recently, President Bola Tinubu said he would not hesitate to fire underperforming ministers. Two other stories from the Presidency were also reviewed for your reading pleasure. 1. Threatening ministers with sack On November 1, Tinubu warned his cabinet members to avoid being a clog in the wheel of Nigeria’s progress, noting his readiness to sack anyone who underperforms. He stated …

Caverton Offshore Support Group suffered a 59.46 per cent drop in its profit after tax in the second quarter of 2023, the firm’s Q2 financial statement revealed. Ripples Nigeria gathered that Caverton’s net profit between April to June this year was N184.65 million, failing to surpass the N455.56 million reported in the same period in 2022. Although Caverton’s net profit …

Yiaga Africa, a none profit election observer organisation, has raised questions over the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to conduct off-cycle governorship elections in some polling units in Imo and Kogi States on Saturday. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Chairman of Yiaga Africa Watching The Vote (WTV) Working Group, Dr. Hussaini Abdu, the organisation …

The prices of basic food items in Nigeria have continued to soar as food inflation rate has climbed another notch in the month of August, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In a new report titled ‘Selected Food Prices Watch (August 2023)’, released on Monday, the NBS disclosed that prices of items like beef, tomatoes, beans, garri, yam, …

Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate, has claimed that any lawmaker who discharges their duties as they should will not be relected. Akpabio stated this on Sunday, at the centenary birthday celebration of Second Republic lawmaker Senator Kunle Oyero held in Abeokuta, Ogun State, hosted by the Abeokuta Grammar School Old Boys Association. He was represented by Senator Shuaib …

The equity capitalization in the Nigerian capital market rose by 1.54 percent at the close of trading on Thursday. This represented a N541.84 billion growth in the value of investments from N34.97 trillion to N35.51 trillion at the close of trading today. Similarly, the All-Share Index rose by 995.7 basis points to close at 65,263.06, up from 64,267.36 ASI posted …

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Immediate past Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Hon. Oluwole Oke has petitioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over developments within the Office of the Auditor General for the Federation, AuGF, bordering on constitutional infractions on the appointment of a substantive Auditor General for the Federation Hon Oke, who represents Obokun /Oriade federal constituency of Osun state, …