Two teams have won the Lagos Smart Meter Hackathon, with a combined prize of ten million naira. Team Power Bit Crunchers and Team Zeena Platform were also awarded working space at the Eko Innovation Centre. The Deputy Governor, KADRI OBAFEMI HAMZAT, who announced the winners, said the Lagos Smart Meter Programme is meant to demonstrate the state…
Nigeria now has a central database for the management of all assets recovered from treasury looters. This is in line with the approval of the Federal Executive Council for a new anti-corruption outfit to be known as ‘Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Agency’. During the launching ceremony of the database in Abuja, the Minister of Justice…
The Police Service Commission has sent a monitoring team to Edo State, ahead of the governorship election this Saturday, September 19, 2020. The team of officials of the Police Service Commission are to monitor the conduct of the more than thirty-one thousand police personnel on election duty in Edo State. The PSC Monitoring team is led by…
Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, has declared that cinemas will reopen soon. Governor SANWO-OLU made this known during a virtual meeting with members of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria. The Governor also pledged the commitment of his administration to work with the creative industry in Lagos State. SANWO-OLU also promised that his government would do all…
The Police, Wednesday, September 16, 2020, disrupted a protest around Yaba area of Lagos over the hike in the cost of electricity and petrol. The protesters were mobilised under the banner of the Joint Action Front but some of them were arrested. Among those who were said to be detained by the police are popular rights activists…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has given the Federal Government two weeks to return the old prices of petrol and electricity. The NLC said if the government fails to do so, it should be ready to face industrial unrest across the country, beginning from September 28, 2020. The Congress made the demand at the end of the meeting…