Tobi Amusan of Nigeria, a world record holder, and 10 other athletes have been nominated for the 2022 World Athlete of the Year Award. Amusan and other candidates were named for the December award in a statement released yesterday by World Athletics’ Senior Media Relations Manager, Maggie Durand. The Jamaican speed sensation Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, American Read More…
The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says that there is a plan to make Lagos the model megacity for all of Africa by 2052. At the 9th Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit, which took place on Victoria Island on Tuesday, Sanwo-Olu revealed this. He said that the government had put in a lot of work Read More…
Lagos, Oct. 14, 2021 (NAN) The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Thursday that it had supported the Lagos State Blue railway line project with N60 billion to facilitate ease of businesses and passengers’ movements in the state. The Director, Development and Finance of the CBN, Mr Phillip Yusuf, disclosed during an inspection of Read More…
Lagos Metropolitan newspaper is an Amazon affiliate. This gives the online newspaper the opportunity to be associated with a well-reputed and trusted brand. Visitors to the LM website can make Amazon purchases by clicking on Amazon links on the site. Products purchased on Amazon are delivered to Nigeria. Amazon boasts a wide range of product Read More…
Launches marketplace LAGOS METROPOLITAN newspaper (https://lagosmetropolitan.com) introduces online classifieds advertising for households and micro & small businesses. Advertisers can now make obituary announcements, promote the sale of used items, offer properties for sale or rent, trade-off used or brand-new cars, or seek life partners on the paper’s self-service portal. They can also post advertisements for Read More…
The lifestyle section of Lagos Metropolitan, What’s On!, now has it’s own standalone portal. This can be found at https://whatson.lagosmetropolitan.com What’s On! features unique stories on personalities, lifestyle tips, culture, couture, history, fine, literary and performing arts including reviews on literature, music, film, theatre and general entertainment. It will endeavour to bring news and reviews Read More…
Two goals from Sadio Mane just after halftime eased champions Liverpool to a 2-0 win over 10-man Chelsea in the Premier League season’s first heavyweight clash at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The game never threatened to live up to the eight-goal thriller when the side’s met in July, and it proved all-too-easy for Liverpool to Read More…
…Reopens Five Facilities No fewer than 30 health facilities across the State were sealed in the months of July and August, 2020 by the Health Facilities Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, for non-compliance with regulatory standards. The Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr. Abiola Idowu, who disclosed this today at the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, explained Read More…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday called on road users to shun impatience while driving, to prevent unnecessary human and material losses during the 2020 “Ember” months in Lagos. The Sector Commander of FRSC in Lagos State, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Read More…
A group, the All Electricity Protection Forum, says it will sue the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), if the recent increment in electricity tariffs is not reversed. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Gideon Balogun, on Wednesday in Lagos decried the tariffs increment as announced by the electricity Distribution Companies on Sept. 1. Balogun said the increment Read More…
