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The Federal Government has suspended the partial closure of the Falomo Bridge in Victoria Island for repairs. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, made this known in Lagos on Sunday. Popoola said the decision to suspend the rehabilitation of the bridge was reached after a meeting with relevant
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The Lagos State Government has resorted to partnering with the Federal Government to revitalize the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in other to ensure early completion of the long-drawn project. Both parties reached an agreement at the end of a two-day parley with stakeholders held in Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday. The Federal
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by Alli Mustapha Due to the increase in cases of the novel coronavirus infection in Nigeria, and in line with playing a role to curtail the spread, the former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has disclosed that his company, Priam Group, would donate N50 million to fund palliative measures for Nigerians. The last
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by Badejo Oluwaseun The Federal Government has declared the ongoing two-week warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as illegal. The government says ASUU did not follow the laid down procedures before embarking on the industrial action. The position of the FG on the strike was made
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by Alli Mustapha The Federal and Lagos State Governments have announced that it has placed more than 100 persons who came in contact with the infected Italian on its watch list to prevent possible spread and deaths in the country. Also, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, revealed that test conducted for two foreign nationals earlier proved
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by Alli Mustapha The Lagos State government on Sunday has said that no fewer than 100 people had contacts with the Italian who is Nigeria’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) index case. According to the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Akin Abayomi, told Reuters: “It is around 100 people (that have been identified). He added that
Read MoreAlarmed by the continuous pillage of cash allocated to local government councils across the country by the state governments through the State, Joint Local Government Accounts, the federal government on Monday, May 6, 2019, outlawed the meddling of states into council allocations. The federal government, through the newly inaugurated Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, which was
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Ahead of the February 23 presidential and parliamentary elections, the Federal Government has declared Friday, February 22, 2019, as a public holiday. However, bankers and other officials offering essential services across the nation were exempted from the break. In a statement from the Ministry of interior, the government stated; “Federal Government declares Friday 22, February 2019 as
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The federal government has declared Monday and Tuesday, June 26 and 27, as Public Holiday to mark Eid-el-fitr celebration. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the federal government, enjoined all Muslim faithful and Nigerians in general to use the occasion of the celebration for
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