Author: Prince Emmanuel Odunayo Ikusagba

The FLM is the last layer of the Bus reform Initiative for Lagos state, which comes from the Lagos state transport master plan developed by LAMATA.The first and Last mile bus scheme which are small capacity (7-11) passenger buses which will travel on routes designed to take you closest to and from your origin and destination.These buses will connect community routes to the major BRT bus stops, bus terminals, ferry terminals as well as train stations.The implementation of the First and Last Mile Bus Scheme followed the restriction of the operations of tricycles and motorcycles in six local government areas…

Chelsea have indicated they are willing to pay Tottenham’s £150million asking price for Harry Kane this summer, putting the Blues ahead of Manchester United and Manchester City in the race to sign the England captain. Kane has informed Tottenham that he would like to leave this summer and though he hasn’t formally handed in a transfer request, he has asked that the club listen to offers for him. The 27-year-old’s preference is to remain in the Premier League, meaning there’s less than a handful of clubs that have the financial capability of signing him. United and City are both interested…

The Ogun State government on Tuesday took delivery of medical equipment worth N194m from the government of Czech Republic. The equipment include fifteen ICU beds, an incubator, children cribs, a generator and a phototherapy machine. Handing over the equipment, the Czech Republic Ambassador to Nigeria, Marek Skolil, to the state governor, Dapo Abiodun in his office, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, expressed his home government’s delight to support and partner the state government, particularly in the area of health development. Skolil added that the Czech Government is concerned about how Nigeria, being the centerpiece of the regional architecture of the African continent, was not developing…

The Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has received the very disturbing news of the arrest of one of his political appointees, Mr Abidemi Rufai, in New York over alleged unemployment benefits fraud in the United States.   In view of the gravity of these allegations, the Governor has ordered the immediate suspension of the accused appointee.   The Governor wishes to restate his commitment to an open, transparent, accountable and morally upright Administration and will not condone any act bordering on criminality by anyone .   Kunle Somorin Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Dapo Abiodun  

After 19 consecutive months of rising, Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped slightly by 0.05 percentage points in April 2021 to 18.12 per cent according to data released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is against the 18.17 per cent recorded in March 2021. The report showed that food inflation fell slightly to 22.72 per cent in April from the 22.95 per cent recorded in March. The food prices rate is the second-highest recorded in the country since 2009, NBS previous records reveal. Food inflation had risen by 21.29 per cent in February and 20.57 per cent in…

Heavy rain and wind on Saturday disrupted agitators of Yoruba Nation at the popular Nelson Mandela Freedom park very close Old garage area of Osogbo capital of Osun State on Saturday afternoon.PmReporters correspondence  reported that groups of Yoruba Nation agitators stormed the streets of Osogbo on Saturday after they changed the venue where the agitators ought to gather because of the heavy security presence.One of the leading Yoruba Nation agitators, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho arrived in Osogbo from Oyo State at 1:37 pm and went straight to where the agitators were demonstrating at Nelson Mandela Freedom Park Osogbo.Igboho got to the…

Wes Morgan, so close to heartbreak, makes the final clearance of the match. A historic victory for the Foxes! They won the final in style, Youri Tielemans scoring a sensational winner, Kasper Schmeichel making a couple of huge late saves. There will no doubt be some controversy over the late VAR let-off, but take nothing away from Leicester, who were magnificent in that second half.For the first time in the club’s history,Liecester City just clinched their first FA CUP trophy.Congratulations to the foxes

Preparations for the Festival of Adire, Arts and Crafts and Ofada Rice received a boost recently as the Ogun State Ministry of Culture and Tourism hosted its partners and stakeholders in Abeokuta, the state capital.At the meeting, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Toyin Taiwo, emphasised the need to reintroduce what the gateway state stands for to Nigerians all over the world. He also noted that investment opportunities and tourism potential of the state was underexplored. He said, “The planned expose on adire (tie and dye), the locally cultivated Ofada rice and other artistic products which are identities of the…

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello addressed the press on November 17, 2020. Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Friday said he is considering running for President in 2023. He made the comment while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “Nigerians, the youth and women, and all Nigerians, including very objective elites are asking me to run for President in 2023,” he said. “And I believe it is high time that we look into capacity, who can do the job, who is going to unify this country. And I think they are seeing something in me that they are asking me to…

Olusola Fabiyi, Oyetunji Abioye and Jesusegun Alagbe15 May 2021Troops can’t be schooling when we’re in a war situation –Brigadier generalsFollowing intensified insurgency attacks across the country, particularly in the North, the Nigerian Army has recalled a large number of its personnel studying in civil institutions (universities and polytechnics) across the country, according to a leaked memo by the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Department of Army Training, Abuja.In the memo dated May 11, the Nigerian Army also suspended the sponsorship of personnel in civil institutions with the exemption of students in the final year.This is happening as the army continues to suffer…