African public relations practitioners have lent their voices to the cry against the travel ban on African countries as a result of the onset of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. The PR practitioners under the aegis of the African Public Relations Association (APRA) aligned with the position of African Development Bank President, Dr. Read More…
Lagos, Dec. 9, 2021 (NAN) The National Union of Lagos State Students (NULASS) on Thursday appealed to the state government to ban the movement of articulated vehicles during the daytime to curb accidents and continuous loss of lives. This is contained in a statement jointly issued by Mr Shasanya Akinola, President of NULASS and Mr Read More…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has cancelled the Walk for Peace. It was cancelled because of the rise in illnesses arising from the onset of the Omicron-variant of the COVID-19 virus. The walk had been touted to smoothen frayed nerves arising from the events leading to and from the Lekki Toll Gate incident of Oct. Read More…
If you do not have your vaccination card on you, you cannot attend any social gathering in Lagos. This is the new rule of the Lagos State Government to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was announced by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who said that the presentation of the COVID-19 Read More…
As Obafemi Awolowo University (Great Ife) marks its 60th birthday, I cast a wistful look at those best years of our lives when greying men were boys and grandmas were delectable maidens. I look back with fondness. “To look backward for a while”, says Margaret Barber, “is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and Read More…
On a day the parents marked his 12th birthday with a cake, the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said the investigation into the death of one Sylvester Oromoni of Dowen College, Lekki, is currently ongoing. In a statement issued by CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, the Police said that although no formal report had been made Read More…
Ikorodu business is alive and wants the whole world to know. After all, it has been home to many industries both large and small, including Ragolis, the table water enterprise. Now, the Ikorodu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) is organising its maiden trade fair, ”Ikorodu Division Expo (IKODIV Expo 2021), to explore business opportunities Read More…
Lagos, Dec. 3, 2021 (NAN) The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Friday said section one of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction/rehabilitation project was 70 per cent completed. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that 39 out of the 43.6 kilometres of section one of the highway, spanning from Read More…
Ahead of future elections, while awaiting the Nigerian President’s assent to the newly passed electoral bill, some experts in law, security and politics will converge in Lagos on Dec. 10 and Dec. 11 to discuss election challenges. The experts will be discussing these challenges and aim to proffer solutions at the 14th Annual Security Conference Read More…
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has picked MTN Nigeria, Airtel Africa. and Mafab Communications to bid for 5G licences at an auction set for Dec. 13, it said on Thursday. NCC had said in July that it expected to start auctioning spectrum for the next-generation 5G network in the fourth quarter of this Read More…