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By Bennett Oghifo Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has turned the sod for the reconstruction of the Atan-Lusada-Agbara Road, with a promise that the road will not be abandoned. The governor also commissioned the 10.25km Lusada Junction-Igbesa-Ogun Guangdong FTZ Road, a project undertaken via a Public-Private Partnership. At the twin-event, Chairman Senate Committee on Works, Adamu Ailero, assured the Ogun State Government that the committee would ensure that the reconstruction work on A...

Beloxxi cream crackers is arguably one of the most popular snacks common to children and adults in Nigeria and has even expanded to other countries in Sub-saharan Africa. If you have flown with Lufthansa, KLM, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, Ethiopian, Kenyan or even South African Airways in the last four year, then you should know that the Beloxxi cream crackers is one of the snacks served onboard. From a small importation and trading company, Beloxxi has grown to become a large biscuit man...

The company’s programme impacts on over 17,000 children annually.

He said that the roads when completed, would impact positively on the ease of doing business along the industrial corridor. The governor said that his administration decided to embark on the reconstruction of the roads in order to give succour to the residents and industries along the axis notwithstanding that “it is a federal government road.” He commended the federal government for the prompt approval of his request for the transfer of the rehabilitation, reconstr...

One killed, many injured, vehicles burnt, shops burgled in Lagos On By Bose Adelaja, Esther Onyegbula & Nimat Otori Pandemonium broke out, yesterday, at Iyana Iba bus/stop along the Mile Two/Badagry expressway, Lagos, following a violent clash between members of the transport union and commercial motorcyclists, over an increase in toll collection. A yet-to-be-identified person was reportedly killed while scores of others were injured during the fracas that put commercial activities in the ever...

Neglecting Nigeria’s path to job boom, economic booster The Punch Published 21 April 2021 Experts say a purpose-driven investment in Technical and Vocational Education and Training will help to grow the economy and reduce dependency on importation of goods and services; GRACE EDEMA writes Mrs BolajiOluni became a graduate of law from the University of Ibadan after spending over eight years due to different industrial actions. After law school and without a good job in sight, s...

How telecom mast is causing distress to Badagry family “My wife is unable to sleep in the house, her mind is never at rest, two of my young children have developed high blood pressure.” 5 min read For Ayo Folarin, being a landlord at Kelani Olaniyi Street, Toga-Zanmu, Badagry, Lagos, has brought more hardship than comfort for him and his family. Mr Folarin, 55, lives with his wife and five children at Toga-Zanmu village in Badagry, “in what he called an escape from tenancy...

Minister of Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo and Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey By Sun Apr 18 2021 The recent decision of social media giant, Twitter, to set up its Africa office in Accra, Ghana, has reopened talks on how Nigeria increasingly lose similar opportunity even as more companies relocate to the Ghanian capital. Daily Trust on Sunday reports on the trend and how it can be reversed.     Ghana, and not Nigeria, has become the preferred destination for international firms hoping ...

By Godfrey Bivbere and Providence Adeyinka THE Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has arrested five persons, Lawal Abiola; Afeez    Rasaq; Akeem Gbolahan; Idowu Jelili and Safiriyu Oyebanji over alleged involvement in the stealing of a 40-foot container of Cocoa worth N55 million meant for export to the United States of America, USA. The five suspects were alleged to have connived to steal the consignment that was contracted to one Kolawale Idowu of No. 3 Olawumi Academic Zone, Ibadan, on December 17...

The Lagos-Badagry Expressway needs urgent attention On RECENTLY, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was in Badagry to commission some projects. First, we cannot help but wonder how the governor possibly got to Badagry by road. Did he fly over the gullies and ditches which have for many years become metaphors for the Lagos-Badagry Express Road? And if the governor was actually in Badagry and drove through the unbelievably decrepit road, we would like to ask how he felt about that roa...