Lagos and Kano States are collaborating to get an extra one per cent of revenue allocation for their megacity status. This was revealed by the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Danguje, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar. In the statement, Gov Ganduje said that Lagos and Kano States were Read More…
In preparation for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) third stage Super Eagles World Cup Home Qualifying Match with Cape Verde, the Lagos State Government will divert traffic to and from the Stadium in Surulere on Monday, 15th November, 2021. In a statement signed by the Honourable Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde said that vehicles Read More…
Death toll now 43 With an additional body found on Saturday evening, after the announcement of the official figure of 42, the death toll at the collapse of the 21-story building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi is now 43. The additional figure was announced by Channels Television in its news broadcast at 10pm on Saturday. According Read More…
To sponsor a bill at the Lagos State House of Assembly The presence of too many quack doctors in Lagos has become an issue of concern to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA). For this reason, NMA has said that it will sponsor an anti-quackery bill to the Lagos State House of Assembly to give legal Read More…
The vulture is a patient bird. That’s in the animal kingdom. Among humankind, the vulture of social media is the most restless and jumpy animal ever to walk the surface of the earth. In the forest, the bush or the desert, the vulture baits its prey until it drops dead. In real life among homo Read More…
In picture above: A box containing an enrolled bill is wheeled through a hallway after the bipartisan infrastructure bill package passed in the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) – After a daylong standoff, Democrats set aside divisions between progressives and centrists to pass Read More…
The chances of survivors being rescued grew slimmer as rescue work has now gone beyond the third day of the collapse of a high-rise building under construction with scores of people trapped in debris in the rich suburb of Ikoyi, Lagos. The collapsed building was one of three blocks that had been planned to be Read More…
In picture above: People react as they gather at the site of a collapsed building in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja Various sources are citing increasing casualty figures as salvage work at the collapsed 21-storey highrise building continues. While the Lagos State government on Tuesday said 14 people were dead as at Read More…
An official of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) has said that Lagos Blue rail lines will be operational by Dec. 31, 2022. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Railway Engineer of LAMATA, Mr Joseph Akinpelu, said this when he led 57 Students of Leisure and Tourism Management (LTM), Yaba College of Read More…
Renowned music curator and founder of Evergreen Musical Company, Femi Esho, is 75. His daughter and CEO, Bimbo Esho, in celebrating this milestone is profuse with adjectives to describe her father: “Cerebral, charismatic, handsome, humorous, jovial, polished, refined, smooth, suave, urbane, trailblazer.” Esho is commonly called, Baba Musician, Baba Awon Elere, or Professor of Music. Read More…