Dangote Refinery is adding 17,000 more jobs to its workforce over the next few months. This was revealed by the President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Ltd., Alhaji Aliko Dangote, in a statement signed by the Group Head, Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, Mr Anthony Chiejina, on Sunday in Lagos. According to the statement, the refinery intends to Read More…
Based on an approval given by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Kudirat Abiola Memorial Cenotaph, located along Mobolaji Johnson Way, besides 7-UP Plant in Oregun, Ikeja is to undergo restoration and preservation. To ensure work is properly done, officials of the Museum & Monuments Department of the State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Read More…
I CAME ACROSS A CABLE NEWS NETWORK, CNN, interview with a man identified as the Ugandan Minister of Internal Affairs. It was anchored by the network’s North American Correspondent, Larry Madowo, who clearly was being threatened. Madowo, a Kenyan journalist who had also worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, had to go into hiding Read More…
ON THE D-DAY OF FINAL DEPARTURE of US forces from Afghanistan, there was ululation and dancing in the streets. It was a celebration of several Eids all rolled into one — Eid-el-Victory, my friend called it. After spending well over $2 billion on the Afghanistan misadventure, America was finally cutting its losses and returning to Read More…
After suffering a defeat at the US Open on Friday night, Naomi Osaka is considering taking a hiatus from the sport, reports the New York Times. In a shocking upset, the US Open defending champion lost her third-round match to Canada’s Leylah Fernandez. Osaka spoke candidly to reporters about losing the joy of playing tennis Read More…
The unruliness and the menacing antics of commercial bus drivers may soon come to an end if they agree to an offer made by the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) to educate them on traffic rules. This offer came during a parley between the Chairman of the Taskforce, CSP Shola Jejeloye, and Read More…
If you are a Lagos parent, it is becoming imperative that you keep a close eye on your children because they may have been or will soon be sexually molested. This is the result of global studies cited by the Lagos State Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo that one out of four girls or Read More…
It appears the Nigerian economy has become the cynosure of all global economic eyes, as the International Monetary Fund may revise upwards its growth forecast for the country. Jesmin Rahman, the IMF mission chief to Nigeria, cited the country’s surprise exit from recession in the fourth quarter as a reason why its future projections of Read More…
Lagosians have been advised to embrace wholesome hygienic practices to beat the cholera epidemic now ravaging parts of the country In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, residents have been charged not to wait until a cholera outbreak occurs before taking preventive action or measures. Read More…
Stop-work orders have been issued to 10 illegal dredging sites at Awoyaya area of the State and its environs The orders came from the Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources who embarked on a monitoring exercise of the area. Speaking on the incident, the Director of Mineral Resources and Solid Minerals, Mr. Emilio Read More…