The Royal Commonwealth Society, Nigeria Branch has pledged to mediate between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government using the instrument of ‘Academic Diplomacy’ to resolve the situation. The Country Director of the society, Mr Blackson Bayewumi, said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Bayewumi appealed to ASUU to Read More…
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Abiodun Alabi, on Wednesday, said that there was a partial lockdown of the state by security agencies due to the threat of attacks by unknown gunmen. Alabi disclosed this in Lagos during the Lagos State Stakeholders’ Forum on Police Accountability (SFPA)’s quarterly meeting and awards. Alabi gave Read More…
Former African heavyweight boxing champion down with cancer Ngozika Ekwelum, a former African Boxing Union (ABU) Heavyweight Champion, and contemporary of the likes of the legendary Muhammad Ali is down with a health challenge suspected to be prostate cancer. Ekwuelum said that he had been in and out of the hospital, including the three months Read More…
Parents wake up o, another one is in town, although it has been around for a while now, but recently, it is gaining more popularity and market acceptance, especially among teenagers and young adults as they can use it right under the noses of their parents without them knowing what it is. WHAT IS JUUL? Read More…
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced a fire incident at its injection substation in Idumagbo, Lagos Island. Mr Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications EKEDC, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Idemudia said that the incident affected electricity supply to customers in Idumagbo and Ajele areas. He said the incident occurred Read More…
Nigeria’s petroleum regulator, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), said on Tuesday it stood by its refusal to approve Exxon Mobil’s $1.28 billion sale of shares in its Nigerian unit to Seplat after President Muhammadu Buhari approved the transaction. NUPRC Chief Executive, Gbenga Komolafe, said under a new petroleum law passed last year, the petroleum Read More…
After winning 23 Grand Slam titles, Serena Williams says she is turning her focus to having another child and her business interests as she readies to step away from tennis. “I’m turning 41 this month, and something’s got to give,” Williams wrote in an essay released Tuesday by Vogue magazine, and a post on Instagram. Read More…
The Labour Party (LP) Governorship Substitution Primary Election for Lagos State has been postponed to Wednesday. This followed controversies on the delegates list raised by one of the aspirants, Mr Moshood Salvador. The process had started at Excel-Oriental Hotel, in Oshodi on Monday, when Salvador complained that 26 of his delegates were omitted from the Read More…
A supposed kabukabu driver who boasts of money in his boot while duping his passengers is in hot soup. Officers of the Ipakodo division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Emmanuel Rolland ‘m’ aged 34 for allegedly duping unsuspecting passengers. In a statement issued by police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the suspect Read More…
World renown novelist and filmmaker, Biyi Bandele is dead. In a terse announcement issued by the artist’s daughter, Bandele died in Lagos on 7th August 2022. The announcement read: As Biyi’s daughter, I am heartbroken to share the sudden and unexpected death on Sunday 7th of August in Lagos of my father Biyi Bandele. Biyi Read More…
