Category: City Beat
Heavy rainstorm blows off Ekiti monarch’s palace, 46 houses
No fewer than 46 houses and a monarch’s palace were destroyed by a rainstorm in Are Ekiti, a town in Ifelodun/Irepodun Local Government Area of Ekiti. The News Agency...
Photos: Tinubu meets NURTW executives over violence in Lagos
Ahead of Saturday’s polls, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday met with the executives of the National Union of...
Pictures: Gov. Ambode, Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat at road show for Lagos guber election
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, flanked by APC Governorship Candidate in Lagos, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and his running mate, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat...
Lagos organizes public lecture to mark 2019 world Glaucoma week
As part of activities to commemorate 2019 World Glaucoma Day, the Lagos State Ministry of Health in partnership with some Eye Care Partners has organised a public...
2, 070 small scale business owners get N103.5m grants – DG SMEDAN
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has earmarked N103.5 million as grants for 2,070 small scale business owners in Sokoto State. The...
Photojournalist released after five years in jail
An award-winning Egyptian photojournalist, Mahmoud Abu Zeid, known as Shawkan, was released on Monday after being in prison for over five years. A post on his Twitter...
Rainfall: Abuja residents raise alarm over flooding after first rainfall
Some residents of Abuja have raised alarm over the damage caused by flooding after the first rainfall on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that after the...
Benue traditional ruler lauds First Bank @ 125
The Tor Sankera, Chief Abu King-Shuluwa, has lauded the management of First Bank Plc for effective service delivery in the nation’s banking industry. Shuluwa stated...
FRSC seeks continuous working relationship with NYSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Enugu State, has sought the continuity of the existing harmonious relationship between the command and the National Youth Service...
PIB Passage: Stakeholders task incoming NASS on expedition
Some stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have tasked the incoming 9th National Assembly to speedily pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) for the president’s...
