Ten persons have been arrested for attacking the men of Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency (Taskforce) during an enforcement of the State’s traffic laws on Tuesday. The suspects were arrested during a commotion that broke out in Ojodu and Obanikoro while enforcement was carried out by the Taskforce in several areas in Lagos. No…
ro “When you first meet old people at dawn, kindness will attend you that day; if a teacher, knowledge; if a market woman, favour; but if a group of comedians, then laughter and comic relief”. The afore-quoted popular saying is true to the recent political script which seems to have been handed down to Senator…
The Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Ikenwoli is alive and not dead, as widely speculated. Chief Clement Maleghemi who is the Olu’s palace administration director has denied multiple claims reported earlier today of the demise of the king. The palace director in a three paragraph statement disclosed that the king is currently “indisposed and…
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria has moved a step closer to the nation’s dream of full utilisation of the nation’s abundant gas potentials. The president made this assertion on Tuesday at the commissioning of the Integrated Gas Handling Facility and LPG Processing and Dispensing Plants built and operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, an…
The Board of Union Bank Nigeria Plc announces today that, after eight years leading the Bank, its Chief Executive Officer, Emeka Emuwa, has communicated his decision to retire from the Bank and his role as CEO on March 31, 2021. Emeka Emuwa joined Union Bank in November 2012, following a $500 million investment by Union…
The National Assembly on Monday at a special plenary session passed the 2021 Budget totalling N13.588 trillion, N505 billion higher than the proposed figures presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. The President had on October 5, 2020 submitted a budget termed ‘budget of economic recovery and resilience’ of N13.082 trillion to a joint session of the…
Hicolumn, the groundbreaking e-commerce Tech, which made entrant into Nigeria’s online market sector in November, ensures free access and download of its mobile App by merchants, store owners, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with existing and verifiable businesses within 30 minutes. This is free of any registration charges. The Chairman of Hicolumn, Benjamin Madu, said…
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service provider has entered into strategic partnership with Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) to attain sustainable greener and cleaner Lagos. The partnership which heralds the launch of Lagos Recycle Initiative is targeted at curbing the huge challenge of plastic pollution for better ecosystem, through recycling and waste management…
Junior Chamber International (JCI) Lagos Metropolitan has installed Ayodeji Akinwande as its 2021 Local Oganisation President. He took over from Omowunmi Davies-Akinwande whose term has ended. The induction and investiture of the President and the new Board of Directors was hosted by JCI Lagos Metropolitan recently in Lagos. The event tagged; Fostering Collaborative Impact: The…
The Lagos State Government has reiterated its call on residents to avail themselves of the free COVID-19 testing services offered at approved public laboratories across the State. A statement issued by the Ministry of Information and Strategy listed the four locations as Lagos State Bio-Bank (Located inside the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba); Lagos University Teaching…