Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications company, says it has been rated the fastest network provider in Nigeria according to Crowdsourcing firm, SpeedChecker. Airtel Nigeria made this known in a statement on Friday. It said that in SpeedChecker’s report in 2021 for Africa’s Mobile Network Champions, Airtel Nigeria recorded an average country mobile download speed of 11.55Mbit/s. Read More…
Year: 2022
Kidnapper Evans sentenced to life imprisonment
After a four-year trial, kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, on Friday got life imprisonment for conspiring with two others to kidnap Mr Donatius Dunu, Chief Executive Officer, Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court, who passed the sentence, said that Evans and two others did not show any remorse during Read More…
Klitschko brothers don Ukrainian army gear against Russia
In picture above: Ukrainian heavyweight boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko who joined the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces and his brother, Mayor of Kyiv and former heavyweight boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko, speak with journalists during the opening of the first Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces recruitment centre in central Kyiv, Ukraine, February 2, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo Read More…
“You’re on your own”: African students stuck in Ukraine seek refuge or escape route
When Percy Ohene-Yeboah peered down from his high-rise apartment in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine on Thursday morning, the street below was clogged with traffic. People hurried along the sidewalks, wheeling suitcases behind them. The Ghanaian engineering student went to a window on the other side and discovered why: Russian planes were flying Read More…
Hope rises for peace as Russia indicates readiness to meet with Ukraine for talks in Minsk – agencies
In picture above: Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions in central Kyiv, Ukraine February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich Russia is ready to send a delegation to the Belarusian capital Minsk for talks with Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, a day after Moscow launched a massive invasion of its southern neighbour. Read More…
Ukrainian war: Time to call the Europeans to order
THE eight-year war in Ukraine took a dramatic turn yesterday when Russian troops officially rolled into the country on the side of the separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine. It was also to insist on its position that Ukraine’s decision to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, threatens Russia’s security. Ukraine which since 2014 had Read More…
Are you an NGO doing community work in Lagos? Let us tell your stories
Are you a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Faith-Based Organisation (FBO), Community-Based Organisation (CBO) or even an individual doing community work in Lagos? Let us know. Lagos Metropolitan newspaper would like to partner with you. We provide absolutely free news coverage for community based work. You can send your reports to us at Read More…
Traffic on Alaka-Apongbon Eko Bridge to be diverted for 6 months from 5 March
Traffic will be diverted on Eko Bridge for six months starting from March 5, for the commencement of comprehensive repair works at the Alaka-Apongbon stretch. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on Thursday that the diversion point was on the Apongbon bound lane of the bridge. He said that the Read More…
Ukrainian President Zelenskiy cries for help as Putin closes in on Kyiv
In picture above: A view shows the wreckage of an unidentified aircraft in a residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released February 25, 2022. Press service of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service/Handout via REUTERS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded with the international community to do more, saying sanctions announced so far were Read More…
Nigeria takes JP Morgan to court for $1.7 billion over oil deal
A London high court began to hear a lawsuit on Wednesday launched by Nigeria against U.S. bank JP Morgan Chase, claiming more than $1.7 billion for its role in a disputed 2011 oilfield deal. The civil suit filed in the English courts relates to the purchase by energy majors Shell and Eni of the offshore Read More…