UNPAID ARREARS: LUTH doctors commence three days strike

Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) resident doctors, on Monday began a three-day warning strike over unpaid arrears up to their May 2015 salaries. Protesting within the hospital premises, Dr. Ramon Moroukola, President, Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), LUTH Chapter, told…

Stealing passenger caught on Aero flight

A stealing passenger was caught on Lagos-Abuja Aero bound flight on Sunday. He was eventually identified as Mr. Dennis Mathew Ovuironye, 31, of 1.65 in height as noted in his temporary driver’s licence. He claimed to be a student of…

Group protests privatization of Staff Schools

A protest letter has been signed by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), to resist the proposed government circular to remove University Staff Primary Schools from the nominal payrolls of the Universities and the government Treasury. At the…

Accountants in Lagos urged to invest in Agriculture

Accountants in the Lagos State Civil Service were, yesterday, urged to take advantage of the present economic situation in the country by investing in the agricultural sector. President, Institute of Chartered Accounts of Nigeria (ICAN), Otunba Femi Deru, gave the…

Group calls for peaceful coexistence in Lagos

Pan Yoruba National Alliance (PAYNA), a civil group, has asked non-Yoruba in Lagos State to respect the culture, norms and heritage of the people to foster peaceful co-existence. The group, at a rally, said the assertion by some people that…

Marwa, supporters make a U-turn to APC

Ex-Nigerian envoy to South Africa and former military governor of Lagos State, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, has resigned his membership from the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP). He has thus 2015 returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC), with thousands of…

Lagos declares June 12 public holiday

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has approved Friday, June 12th, 2015, as a work free day in the state. This was contained in a circular issued yesterday by the Head of Service, Mrs. Shade Jaji, to all ministries, departments…

Giving meaning to the theme of WED2015

By Surveyor Efik Port Harcourt, 5th June 2015. The theme of this year’s celebration for World Environment Day is; “Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume With Care.” The following anecdote may suffice to better explain the meaning of the theme.…