A petition has been sent to Lagos State’s Commissioner of Police by the Lagos State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN). Additionally, the SWAN chapter has forwarded copies of the petition to the state’s House of Assembly and Department of State Services (DSS) (LAHA). The petition, according to the chapter’s secretary Bunmi Read More…
The Lagos government has received praise from the Nigeria Labour Congress for the anticipated pay raises for state employees. The praise was given by the NLC Chairman, Mrs. Funmi Sessi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. The announcement, she noted, “came at the appropriate time.” Gov. Babajide Read More…
Nigeria lamented her poor trade with Egypt, one of the continent’s two economic giants, on Monday. Malam Nura Rimi, Nigeria’s ambassador to the northern African nation, observed that despite the size of the two economies, the volume of trade between the two was little. He gave a speech in Cairo at the inaugural Nigeria-Egypt Trade Read More…
Members of the All Progressive Congress Women Presidential Campaign Team have been entrusted by President Muhammadu Buhari with working hard to ensure the party’s victory in the general elections in 2023. The appeal was made by the president on Monday at the launch of the APC Women team in Abuja. The president stated that the Read More…
A few community leaders in the Tori-Lovi neighbourhood of Badagry, Lagos State, on Monday, bemoaned the absence of basic services there. In Badagry’s Olorunda Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Tori-Lovi is the next community across from Age-Mowo. In separate interviews conducted in Badagry with NAN, some leaders claimed that their ability to function had been Read More…
The University of Ilorin’s Department of Mathematics’s Prof. Olubunmi Fadipe-Joseph was chosen on Monday to lead the Commission for African Women in Mathematics (CAWM). Speaking on the development at Ilorin, Prof. Kayode Oyewumi, Dean of the Faculty of Physical Sciences at the University of Ilorin, praised Fadipe-appointment Joseph’s as meritorious and wished her further success. Read More…
The Federal Government and other pertinent agencies have been urged by the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) to assist Olam Limited, Nigeria and other companies that have been impacted by flooding in Nasarawa. The Director-General, Mr. Olusola Obadimu, made the appeal on Monday in Lagos in reaction to the Read More…
During the Pulling Out Parade for retired NAOC senior officers and sanitation exercise in Ojuelegba and its environs on Monday, Maj.-Gen. Adeyemi Alabi, Commander, Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps (NAOC), Lagos, urged the youth to channel their energy toward positive development for a peaceful and greater Nigeria. “The sanitation exercise is part of our Corporate Social Read More…
Mrs. Adeola Salako, Spokesperson of Lagos State Ministry of Housing has in a statement issued on Sunday said that the state has sought collaboration with the World Bank for rapid delivery of technology-driven and affordable mass housing schemes. Salako quoted the Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, as seeking support during the visit of a Read More…
Following the first leg matches in the second preliminary round of the 2022/2023 CAF Champions League, played from Friday to Sunday, below are the results: Plateau United FC (Nigeria) 2-1 E.S.T. (Tunisia) Rivers United FC (Nigeria) 2-1 Wydad AC (Morocco) ASN Nigelec (Niger) 0-2 Raja CA (Morocco) US Monastirienne Read More…
