An Ikeja High Court has vacated an order of interim injunction restraining the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode from performing the coronation ceremony of the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Adewale Shotobi. Justice Olabisi Ogungbesan in her ruling, refused to…
According to a report published in Nature, a strong El Niño — signalled by the periodic warming of ocean-surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific — can lead to heavy rain in parts of Africa and North America and drier-than-normal conditions…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says arrangements have been concluded for the sale of its 2016 application documents. In a statement by the board’s Head of Information, Fabian Benjamin and made available to Journalists today in Lagos, this is…
Nigerian Investment Promotions Commission, NIPC, in collaboration with United States Agency for International Development Nigeria is currently implementing the Nigeria Expanded Trade and Transport project. This was contained In a statement signed by Head, Media and Protocol, NIPC, Joel Attah.…
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has sanctioned eighty-seven erring marketers over various offences in Lagos and environs. A statement signed by DPR management says, sixty-seven retail outlets, operating without storage and sale licences or approval to construct a filling…
A woman, who was found by a court to have been wrongly jailed for 10 years for attempting to kill her husband, was awarded 1.6 million dollars compensation. A media report on Monday in Sydney said that Roseanne Beckett was…
Seye Joseph @seyetweets United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, on Sunday urged states and local governments in Nigeria to ensure that available resources were targeted at the vulnerable. Ban, who made the call during his meeting with the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) in…
Residents living in the coastal and low lines areas of Lagos State have been warned on the impending flooding with the release of water from the Lagco Dam in Cameroon. The warning was contained in a statement released by the…
By Our Reporter AFP, TV Continental (TVC), the Guardian, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), The Nation and Leadership were barred from covering the parley between Nigerian governors and the United Nation Secretary General, Ban Kin Moo on Sunday in…
By Our Reporter Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday urged women to embrace vocational and skill acquisition to empower themselves and contribute to the economic growth of the country. Ambode, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Dr…
