Fire has gutted the popular Ajao market in Ajao area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident started around 1am on Wednesday. Although the cause of the fire incident is yet to be ascertained, our correspondent learnt that the inferno started around a shopping mall close to the market and had extended into the main Ajao market. Properties worth millions of naira were said to have been destroyed as the fire had affected some adjoining buildings and made residents flee for safety. Emergency responders, including Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Lagos State Fire Service, and men of Nigeria…

While Nigerians have been told to get set for massive recruitment of about 774,000 unemployed and unskilled workers, 15 per cent of the jobs (116,100) have already been allocated to lawmakers, a minister said. Mr Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour, added that the lawmakers were still not satisfied with what they were given. “They still want to hijack the entire the programme, taking over the power of the president in the process,” Keyamo told journalists after a stormy session with lawmakers on Tuesday in Abuja. Keyamo and the lawmakers had clashed at a meeting held with the Joint…

United Nations says at least 7.8 million Nigerians are in need of life-saving assistance. While addressing reporters on Tuesday, Ms Eve Sabbagh, head of public information unit, UN office for coordination of humanitarian affairs in Nigeria, said coronavirus has worsened the situation of hunger. She added that there is an urgent need to support farmers across the country. Sabbagh said the number of those in need of life-saving assistance rose above 7.1 million in the mid of 2020, when compared to the figure at the end of 2019. “It is extremely important to have funding in time to provide support…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, inaugurated the $2.592bn Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas pipeline project, admitting that the Covid-19 pandemic has thought his regime invaluable lessons. He said the government also learnt from some oil-rich countries that have utilised their crude oil to achieve economic and industrial diversification. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the President spoke while inaugurating the pipeline project virtually from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Kogi State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello; and Kaduna State Governor, Mr Nasir El-Rufai, were, however, present physically at Ajaokuta and Rigachikun sites…