The Lagos State Government has held a high-level meeting with stakeholders from Computer Village, Ikeja, to discuss the planned relocation of the market to a new, purpose-built ICT and Business Park in Katangowa. Relocating the market would optimise business activities while restoring sanity to Ikeja, originally designed as a residential district. Speaking at the meeting, the Permanent Secretary of the Office of Urban Development, Gbolahan Oki, stated that the engagement was convened at the directive of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to promote transparency and ensure that all stakeholders are actively involved in the relocation process. The relocation is part of a...

China shut schools, businesses and cancelled flights on Tuesday, as Super Typhoon Ragasa approached the country’s south. The measures will affect tens of millions of people and crimp activity at thousands of factories across a swathe of China’s manufacturing heartland. Ragasa is expected to make landfall in the central and western coastal areas of Guangdong within 24 hours, the province’s emergency management bureau said in a statement on Tuesday morning. “Key areas should decisively adopt measures, fully ensuring the safety of people’s lives and property, and minimising disaster losses to the greatest extent,” the statement said. Guangdong triggered its highest...