The Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development on Friday said it had sealed 19 more buildings on Banana Island, Ikoyi, over lack of building permits. The ministry said in statement that the exercise was in continuation of the state government’s ongoing effort at regulating physical development in the state. Dr Idris Salako, Read More…
The COVID-19 Inspection Committee for the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF) has proposed Oct. 25 to Nov. 4 as tentative dates for the commencement of the festival. Tonobok Okowa, Chairman of the committee, which was set up by the National Council on Sports, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Benin. “We have suggested Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari has described sports as crucial to fostering unity and national development of the country. The president said this on Friday in Abuja at the formal unveiling of the renamed Moshood Abiola Stadium and exhibition to mark the 2020 June 12, Democracy Day. The president, represented by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory Read More…
It all started on Friday, 29th May, 2020. I felt ill. I had started running a temperature. But it was late in the night, so I just took paracetamol to control the shivering. On Saturday, 30th May 2020, my wife got me some malaria medication and antibiotics just in case I may also be suffering Read More…
After an unprecedented high of 3,756 fresh tests on Wednesday, Lagos on Thursday reported its own all time high fresh COVID19 infections of 345. According to the latest report from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos now has a total of 6,611 confirmed COVID19 cases. Of these, 5,532 are still active, while 82 Read More…
World Athletics, the athletics’ global governing body, has published a set of health and safety guidelines to assist competition organisers. The aim is to minimise the risk of spreading the coronavirus when staging in-stadium outdoor events during the current pandemic. A statement on the body’s website read that the guidelines were drafted by World Athletics’ Read More…
Arsenal face four successive away games when English football resumes next week but, with stadiums closed to fans, manager Mikel Arteta believes that run is not as daunting as it could be. The Spaniard takes his side to Manchester City in the English Premier League (EPL) on Wednesday, before trips to Brighton and Hove Albion Read More…
Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IE) has announced that the prices of meters sold to customers under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP)scheme has been reviewed upward effective June. 1. The DisCo, in a notice on its Twitter account on Thursday, said the review was in compliance with the directive of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). It said Read More…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing the Lagos Central Senatorial District, on Friday said Nigeria’s democracy has deepened the quest by Nigerians to do what is right. In her Democracy Day message entitled, A Call to Obey, Senator Tinubu, said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was on the right path. She said: .”It has not been Read More…
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and Cherie Blaire (Wife of Tony Blaire, former UK Prime Minister) are among personalities expected at the 2020 Democracy Day celebration by Lagos State Government. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the state will Read More…