The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) began the publishing of the preliminary voters’ registration list for claims and objections in all 245 wards of Lagos State on Saturday. INEC’s public affairs officer in Lagos State, Mrs. Adenike Oriowo, said that the exercise was being held in line with the Electoral Law. She stated that from Read More…
Day: 12 November 2022
Avoid scammers; we are not recruiting, WAEC cautions
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dissociated itself from a social media post seeking competent applicants to fill a number of open jobs in the organisation. This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos by the council’s head of public affairs, Mrs. Moyosola Adesina. She called the ads phoney and deceptive. Read More…
Lagos prepares over 1,200 for retirement in 2023
The Lagos State Government has begun planning for at least 1,200 employees to leave the public sector between January and July 2023. This was said on Saturday during the 23rd Retirement Benefit Documentation Seminar for upcoming retirees in Lagos by Mr. Babalola Obilana, Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC). According to Obilana, the seminar was Read More…
Kindness can be learned too!
One of the things I would encourage people, not just parents, but anyone who is saddled with the responsibility of raising a child either as a parent, guardian, caregiver, coach, teacher, or mentor is to teach the child KINDNESS. Yes!! You heard me right, kindness can also be learned from home or from anyone willing Read More…
To migrants, watery graves; to humanity, a boiling world
TRAGEDY. Unimaginable tragedy. What is most tragic to me is not the number of migrants, including children from underdeveloped countries, who have gone down the sea to watery graves trying to reach Europe. Yes, this year alone, over 1,200 went on a final dip, never to resurface again, or if they did, only as corpses. Last Read More…
Cop promoted after rejecting $200,000 bribe
After rejecting a bribe of $200,000, CSP Daniel Amah has been given a special promotion to the position of Assistant Commissioner of Police by the Police Service Commission (PSC) (ACP). This was revealed in a statement issued by the Commission’s spokeswoman, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, on Friday in Abuja. According to Ogugua, the police officer was Read More…
Saro Wiwa rises at COP27 27 years after death
The memory of Kenule Beeson Saro Wiwa, a late Nigerian environmental campaigner, was invoked by the Oilwatch organisation on Friday during COP27 in Egypt, 27 years after his execution, bringing his legacy to life once more. The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nigeria; Earthlife Johannesburg, Johannesburg; CAPPA, Africa; Kabetkache Women Development Center, Nigeria; and Read More…
Joke Sanwo-Olu counsels young people to serve as peace ambassadors
Mrs Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, the wife of the governor of Lagos State, said on Friday that children should always try to be ambassadors of peace, unity, and shared values. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice while entertaining children from several states at the Government House in Marina, Lagos. The programme was one of several events planned for the Read More…