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Travel chaos raises Covid-19 spread risk Wednesday June 09 2021 Travellers crowd Namayiba Bus Terminal in Kampala to catch buses to their respective destinations yesterday. Many bus operators hiked transport fares following the influx of travellers. PHOTOS/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI Summary In the city’s bus terminals, travellers swarmed the facilities to catch a bus seat, whose fare had more than doubled due to the swelling number of travellers.   Advertisement For the last two days, there has bee...

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed commitment of his administration to embark on new developmental projects in the next two years that would impact positively on the lives of residents. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the Chief of Staff, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, made the promise on Sunday, during the Special Church Service in Commemoration of the Second Year in Office, held at Chapel of Christ The Light, Alausa, Ikeja. He noted that over the last 731 days,...

Indonesia has cancelled the haj pilgrimage for people in the worlds largest Muslim-majority nation for a second year in a row due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the religious affairs minister said on Thursday. For many Indonesians, the religious pilgrimage is a once-in-a-lifetime

The Punjab Higher Education Department (PHED) has finalized the date sheet for matriculation and intermediate examinations. According to the schedule, the

The Lagos State Government says it received a total of 74 applications for naturalisation on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Home Affairs within two years. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Anofiu Elegushi, said this in Ikeja on Sunday during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing to Commemorate the Second Year in

The official said the state suffered huge damage to critical public property which affected it economically.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He said this was aimed at carrying them along with state governments policies. "The ministry is presently imputing data of every place of worship located in the state on a centralised database, to allow the state government have reliable data of churches, mosques and their locations, with a view to carrying them along with government’s policies. "It is expected that the policy, because of effective resource allocation and efficient management inherent in i...

By Florence Onuegbu Lagos, May 2021 The Lagos State Government says it is executing 377 different capital projects in the 377 wards across the state. The Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Samuel Egube, made the disclosure at Ikeja on Thursday during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing to Commemorate the Second Year of Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration in the state. Egube said that the projects were initiated in response to the series of requests by the various communities...

By Moji Eniola/Florence Onuegbu Lagos, May 19, 2021 The Lagos State Government says it has presented a total of 16 bills to the State House of Assembly in the last two years. The Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo, made this known on Wednesday in Ikeja during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing in

By Florence Onuegbu Lagos, May 20, 2021 The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it realised an Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of N127 billion in the first quarter of 2021. The Commissioner for Finance, Dr Rabiu Olowo, made this known in Ikeja, during the 2021 Ministerial Press Briefing in Commemoration of the