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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has constituted a monitoring team to oversee the payment of compensation to land owners affected by the acquisition of lands on the first segment of the Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja Circular Road.   A letter signed on behalf of Olanike Adeyemo, a Professor and the Secretary to the State Government, indicated that the monitoring team would be headed by Sunday Odukoya, a retired of […]

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been re-appointed as the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). She is now set to serve her second term as the DG of the global trade institution. The WTO had earlier confirmed that Okonjo-Iweala was the sole candidate for the position. A statement by the organisation on Saturday said Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s former finance minister, confirmed her willingness to serve a second four-year term on September 16.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has expressed concerns over the rising incidents of vandalism targeting transmission lines and towers, warning that this trend is severely disrupting the nation’s power grid and infrastructure. TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, made this known in a statement while reacting to the recent destruction of the 330 kV Lokoja-Gwagwalada transmission line I. The company urged well-meaning Nigerians to join its campaign […]