September 2025 – Page 107

UBA Pledges $150M for Kenya Roads Levy Program

16.09.2025

United Bank for Africa has pledged $150m (KES 20.5bn) to the Government of Kenya’s Roads Levy Securitisation Programme, a $1.35bn initiative spearheaded by the Kenya Roads Board, which aims to upgrade critical road infrastructure, accelerate payments to contractors, and boost national connectivity. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UBA Plc, Oliver Alawuba, led a...

Nigeria’s Luxury Housing Hotspots: Eko Atlantic, Ikoyi Lead

16.09.2025

A new report reveals Eko Atlantic, Ikoyi, Banana Island, and Victoria Island as Nigeria’s most expensive residential locations. The report by Diya Fatimilehin & Co, tagged ‘Nigerian Residential Market Review 2025’, found that Lagos retained its luxury dominance, while Ogun and Oyo emerged as viable real estate alternatives, boosted by infrastructure projects and lower entry...

I’ll Tackle Infrastructural Deficits, NIWA Boss Tells Osun Residents

16.09.2025

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) and governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2026 election in Osun State, Bola Oyebamiji, has assured residents that addressing infrastructural deficits across the state would top his agenda if given the mandate in...

Customs Creates Special Desks To Speed Up Govt, Diplomatic Imports

16.09.2025

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, said on Monday that special desks have been set up in headquarters and key commands to fast-track the clearance of imports for government projects, manufacturers, embassies, and international agencies. He noted that the goods were vital for power, road, health, and education projects, saying...

SSANU, NASU Give FG 7-Day Ultimatum Over Outstanding Demands

16.09.2025

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), have issued a seven-day ultimatum beginning from Monday, September 15, 2025, to the Federal Government to meet its outstanding demands. The unions, in a letter issued on Monday to the Minister of Education by their joint...

UniLag Alumni Urges FG To Settle Dispute With ASUU

16.09.2025

The President of the University of Lagos Alumni Association, Engineer Ifeoluwa Oyedele, has urged the Federal Government to settle with the Academic Staff Union of the Universities (ASUU). The Alumni President speaking with journalists yesterday in Lagos on their 55th Anniversary Dinner and Award coming up on October 17, 2025, said the issue of the...

You’re Out Of Touch With Unfolding Positive Dev’t, Presidency Tells Atiku

16.09.2025

…says govt recording unprecedented revenues under Tinubu The Presidency has said that the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar must be out of touch with unfolding economic realities for him to have claimed that hunger was ravaging the country. Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, while responding to Atiku’s claim in a statement on Monday, said the country...

Edo NDLEA Arrests Four, Destroys 18,000kg Of Cannabis

16.09.2025

The officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Edo State Command have destroyed over 18,000 kg of cannabis sativa in a raid targeted at cultivators in the state. Speaking at a press briefing on the onslaught, which took place on September 11, 2025, at Ugbogui Forest, Ovia South West Local Government Area of...

Group Commends Tinubu’s Fight Against Insecurity In Northern Nigeria

16.09.2025

…Demands action on alleged security sponsor Concerned Citizens of Zamfara State have commended President Bola Tinubu for his administration’s commitment to combating banditry and kidnapping in Northern Nigeria. The group, in a statement issued by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr Yazidu Muhammad Namoriki, highlighted the president’s efforts to restore peace and security in the...

NMA Lagos Seeks Single 5-Year Tenure For CMDs, MDs Of Tertiary Hospitals

16.09.2025

…Demands Restoration of Lagos Doctors’ Salaries The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Lagos State Branch, has called for a single five-year tenure for Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) and Medical Directors (MDs) of tertiary hospitals. Also, the NMA has rejected the deduction and reduction of salaries of Lagos State-employed doctors, calling on the Lagos State Governor, Babajide...