The Lagos State government says it plans to hold its local government councils poll in July. Retired Justice Ayotunde Phillips, Chairman of Lagos State Independence Electoral Commission (LASIEC) said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Phillips said election into the offices of Chairman, Vice Chairman and Councillors in all the 20 local councils Read More…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged commercial banks to leverage their presence in other parts of Africa to support Nigerian businesses seeking to plant their footprints into new markets. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, gave the advice at the Zenith Bank’s 2021 Export Seminar on Tuesday in Lagos. Emefiele called on the Read More…
Arsenal, Man United also announce intention to withdraw after parley with fans Premier League clubs Chelsea and Manchester City were reported to be preparing the paperwork to withdraw from the breakaway European Super League less than 72 hours after agreeing to join it, in a major blow for the proposed new competition. Shortly before the Read More…
A property technology platform, Rent Small-Small, says eight of 10 residents in Lagos prefer to pay their house rent on a monthly basis. Its Co-founder/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Tunde Balogun, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, said this was an outcome of a survey conducted in Lagos. The organisation provides Read More…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N466.1 billion revenue in the first quarter of 2021. The statistics obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the office of the Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Joseph Attah on Tuesday, showed that the revenue was generated from January to March. The data indicated Read More…
Arsenal supporters will have the chance to quiz the club over the new European Super League at a fan forum on Thursday. The forum, which includes representatives of domestic and international supporters’ clubs, had originally been postponed. However, it is now back on the table and representatives from Arsenal’s fanbase will be to attend on Read More…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday that breakaway Super League clubs cannot be “half in, half out” of the established soccer system, while Real Madrid supremo Florentino Perez insisted he is trying to “save football” with the move. European soccer’s governing body UEFA has threatened to ban the 12 clubs, who include Manchester United Read More…
There will be no new portraits and members of the royal family will each take turns visiting the queen Queen Elizabeth II will have a scaled-down get-together to celebrate her 95th birthday on Wednesday, according to a royal source. The COVID-19 pandemic has put a halt on traditional practices held on the queen’s latent day. Read More…
Controversial Nollywood actor, Uche Maduagwu, on Monday, shocked and surprised his fans when he announced that he lied about himself being a gay. Maduagwu took to his official Instagram account @uchemadagwu to announce to his fans and Nigerians that he lied about his gay status. He wrote, “Dear fans I am not gay. I lost Read More…
In the first part of this topic, we made the point that, “Religion is not the problem. The use to which religion is put is the issue.” But it has not always been like that— especially when the issue is considered from the perspective of local influencers. What this means is that we have degenerated. Read More…