SUBAIR MOHAMMED gives a vivid account of how events played out in the Lagos State House of Assembly following the threat by the impeached Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa to resume in office, when the House resumed plenary on January 27.
On Apr. 30, 2024, as the sun rose over Lagos, bulldozers rolled in to the Oniru waterfront, a popular leisure hub, where they cleared kiosks, restaurants and other beachside businesses. The demolitions signaled the start of Nigeria’s most ambitious road project in decades.
Ghanaian YouTuber Wode Maya was honoured with a street named after him in Lagos, Nigeria, sharing his excitement and jokingly calling himself a Nigerian.
Foreign investors, particularly those from the European Union (EU) have been urged to really commit to the development of Nigeria.
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has explained why United Airlines chose to make an air return to Nigeria.
In a statement on Wednesday, Abdullahi Musa, NAMA’s director of public affairs and consumer protection, said the decision to return to Nigeria was made by the pilot based on his assessment of the situation and the perceived safety of landing at the departure airport.
The Lagos State Government has stated plans to launch a N500m Ounje Eko Farmers’ Subsidy Programme to empower farmers with a 25 per cent subsidy on animal feeds (poultry and fish) to boost local agricultural production in the state.
Kazeem said the number of cows slaughtered daily in Lagos dropped significantly due to the socio-economic challenges in the country.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday it is investigating a United Airlines flight on Friday from Lagos, Nigeria to Washington D.C., in which a sudden aircraft movement led to injuries of passengers and cabin crew.
A United Airlines flight from Africa to Washington D.C. had to turn around on Thursday after a "technical issue" caused "unexpected aircraft movement," the airline said.
It is unclear what caused the jolt; United Airlines has said the cause was not severe turbulence, and that it is “working with aviation authorities in the US and Nigeria to understand the cause.”
United Airlines said it was cooperating with U.S. and Nigerian investigators to determine what exactly happened on the flight.