President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Grillo family on the passing of Professor Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo, who was the pioneer Head of the Department of Art and Printing, Yaba College of Technology. A statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media & Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said that the President believed that Read More…
Year: 2021
Gale of Insecurity
FIRST, MY COMMISERATIONS to the families, friends and colleagues of Lieutenant Commander Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Commander Okoronkwo both of whom were killed by terrorists who invaded the Nigerian Defence Academy to the consternation of Nigerians. I pray for the safe return of Major Datong who was abducted by the daredevil terrorists. And the cheek Read More…
Lagos Metropolitan goes full commercial
Launches marketplace LAGOS METROPOLITAN newspaper (https://lagosmetropolitan.com) introduces online classifieds advertising for households and micro & small businesses. Advertisers can now make obituary announcements, promote the sale of used items, offer properties for sale or rent, trade-off used or brand-new cars, or seek life partners on the paper’s self-service portal. They can also post advertisements for Read More…
Lagos Television undergoes a massive facelift toward achieving global quality
The Lagos Television complex is undergoing a facelift. This follows the approval by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a multimillion Naira upgrade of key infrastructure at the station’s complex. This is as part of a comprehensive plan to reposition the State-owned television station for national and international competitiveness. A release issued Read More…
Court remands man for sexually assaulting his 2 daughters
Ikeja, Aug. 25, 2021(NAN)An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 44-year-old trader, Anthony Odita, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sexually assaulting his two daughters. The police charged Odita, who resides in Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, with sexual assault. Magistrate O.A Layinka, who did not take the plea of Odita, ordered Read More…
Nigeria and Russia sign military pact
Under a new agreement, Russia is to provide Nigeria with military equipment and training of personnel. This comes after a military cooperation agreement which provides the legal framework for the supply of equipment and training of troops was signed in Moscow on Wednesday. The deal follows an expression of interest in 2019 by President Muhammadu Read More…
Lagos Island gets new model city plan
The Lagos State Government is planning to make a new model city of the present Lagos Island. Already, a Technical Committee for the preparation of the Lagos Island Model City Plan has been inaugurated. Speaking with optimism at the inauguration on Tuesday at the Joseph Awogbemi NITP House, Alausa, Ikeja, the Lagos State Commissioner for Read More…
Yusuf Grillo dies at 86 of COVID complications
To be buried Monday evening The death has been announced of Nigerian contemporary artist, Prof. Yusuf Grillo. He was said to have died following complications from contracting the dreaded COVID-19 virus. According to his son, Gboyega Grillo, son of the deceased, the late artist died in the early hours of Monday, Aug. 23. Speaking to Read More…
MTN plans to pump N600bn into Nigerian network infrastructure over 3 years
Telecom giant, MTN Nigeria Communications plans to pump over N600bn into network infrastructure across Nigeria over the next three years. The move is expected to improve telecommunications services across the country. This was revealed by the Chairman of MTN Nigeria Communications, Dr Ernest Ndukwe, at the company’s 20th anniversary celebration held in Lagos on Sunday. Read More…
Sowing The Wind, Reaping The Whirlwind
SUDDENLY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the world’s number one self-appointed policeman, is the butt of vicious jibes. Some have likened the US misadventure in Afghanistan to the tragic fall of Kunrumi in Ola Rotimi’s play of the same title. Ola Rotimi painted the trajectory of Kunrumi’s hubris vividly: “When the tortoise is going on Read More…