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Mankind Will Have To Live With COVID-19, Says WHO BossOLUWATOBI EMMANUEL Director General of World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, on Tuesday, said that the new normal associated with the covid-19 pandemic has come to stay. “There will be no return to the “old normal” for the foreseeable future,” he tweeted. The new normal connotes the observance of... Continue
Nollywood Actress, Mabel Oboh Emerges ADC Governorship Candidate In EdoThe African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced Nollywood actress and veteran broadcaster, Princess Mabel Oboh as its candidate for the Edo State gubernatorial elections scheduled for September 19, 2020. This is coming after the withdrawal of Dr. Benjamin Akhigbe from the race. In a statement signed by the ADC’s... Continue
Nigeria Football Supporters Club Mourns Female Football Board Member, Journalist, Henrietta UkaigweThe Nigerian football community has been thrown into deep mourning over the untimely death of foremost female football board member and journalist, Henrietta Ukaigwe, who passed away Tuesday morning after a brief illness. In a message of condolence released by Nigeria Football Supporters Club (NFSC) and signed by its... Continue
Dangote Bag of Goodies Promo: Past Star Prize Winners Eagerly Await Season 2 Kick-offPrevious winners of star prizes in the Bag of Goodies national consumer promo Season 1 done by Dangote Cement Plc in 2019 have expressed huge excitement over the approaching Season 2 version, which is billed to take off nationwide in this month of July. The star winners, among the... Continue
Three Arraigned Over Conspiracy To Commit Fraud, Tampering With Eko DISCO NetworkThree persons have been arraigned before Magistrate A. A. Adesanya of the Ojo Magistrate Court, Lagos on Thursday July 9 on a four-count charge of conspiracy to commit fraud, impersonation, forgery and tampering with electricity installations within the Ojo District of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC). The three, identified as Magnus Obinali, a cleaner within the Ojo District; Success Akamoye, a third-party cashier and Jolayemi Oluwatomi,... Continue
Entertainment
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced Nollywood actress and veteran broadcaster, Princess Mabel Oboh as its candidate for the Edo State gubernatorial elections scheduled for September 19, 2020.... Continue
With the countdown to the season five premiere of Africa’s popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija officially on, MultiChoice Nigeria has revealed that this season’s winner will walk... Continue
With the countdown to the season five premiere of Africa’s popular reality TV show, Big Brother Naija officially on, MultiChoice Nigeria has revealed that this season’s winner will walk... Continue
Fourty four years after its establishment, the Federal Government, on Sunday, handed over the National Arts Theatre in Lagos State to the private sector for a complete revamp and... Continue
Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Chief Tony Okoroji, has joined the stakeholders in the creative and broadcast industries calling for a revisit of the recently amended 6th edition of... Continue
There is always going to be a movie or show we can relate to. This is why this week we want you to find at least two or more... Continue
Education
As part of efforts at ensuring that no child is left behind in accessing basic education in Lagos, the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), on Friday, organised a... Continue
The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, has described the WorkSheets plan and the Toll-Free lines initiated by the Tutor-General/Permanent Secretary, Education District III for learners within... Continue
Efforts by the administration of Babajide Sanwo-Olu to deliver quality learning to pupils across public schools in Lagos State got a boost on Thursday, as the State Government took... Continue
With schools still closed as part of efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic, MultiChoice Nigeria has commenced airing a new educational content, uLesson, to help keep young minds engaged... Continue
OLUWATOBI EMMANUEL The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has indicated that schools may re-open in the country after the ban on interstate movement has been lifted. The... Continue
Looking for ways to stimulate your child’s brain? Luckily for you, we have a wide range of educational programmes designed to allow children learn a few things during their... Continue
Editorials
Crime
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Two robbery suspects, who had allegedly been in the habit of attacking motorists held up in traffic and collecting their belongings in some parts of Lagos, were... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Three suspects, who allegedly conspired and murdered billionaire business man and CEO of Firman Generator, Late Chief Ignatius Odunukwe, have been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate Court in Lagos... Continue
AISHA ABUBAKAR Police operatives from Zamfara State Police Command have arrested and paraded one of the suspects, Abubakar Namaliki, who was part of the gang that gruesomely murdered Dr.... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE It was indeed a battle for supremacy between the Nigeria Police and criminal elements after some operatives from SARS escaped death when they went to interrupt suspected... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE The fight against illicit drugs in Lagos had a big boost after Police operatives intercepted some substances, suspected to be Cannabis Sativa, with a street value of... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE A 33-year old traffic robber, Yinka Thaddeus, has confessed that he was a professional traffic robber, who specialized in training and teaching young boys how to do... Continue
Politics
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced Nollywood actress and veteran broadcaster, Princess Mabel Oboh as its candidate for the Edo State gubernatorial elections scheduled for September 19, 2020.... Continue
BY TUNDE RAHMAN Some people never learn but I will tender to them a word of sound advice in hope that some degree of civility and good sense will... Continue
Mr. Anthony Chiejina, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Dangote Group, has refuted an allegation that his boss, businessman and industrialist, Aliko Dangote has endorsed the incumbent Governor of Edo State,... Continue
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami said there was no legal impediment on him in relation to the administration of oaths. Malami said this in... Continue
OLUWATOBI EMMANUEL Mr Kenneth Imasuagbon, the only Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant vying for the ticket of the party with Governor Godwin Obaseki in Thursday’s primary has announced... Continue
The All Progressives Congress (APC) screening committee for the Edo State governorship election has disqualified Governor Godwin Obaseki from contesting the forthcoming party primary. Obaseki’s disqualification, which happened on... Continue
Business
Previous winners of star prizes in the Bag of Goodies national consumer promo Season 1 done by Dangote Cement Plc in 2019 have expressed huge excitement over the approaching... Continue
Uber yesterday announced a partnership with Moove, sub-Saharan Africa’s first flexible car ownership company, to provide potential and current Uber drivers in sub-Saharan Africa with long-term access to vehicles.... Continue
Fourty four years after its establishment, the Federal Government, on Sunday, handed over the National Arts Theatre in Lagos State to the private sector for a complete revamp and... Continue
OLUWATOBI EMMANUEL Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has explained why social distancing is not observed in aircraft following the resumption of flights amid the Coronavirus pandemic.Hadi Sirika who... Continue
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, signed the revised 2020 Budget of N10.8 trillion, passed by the National Assembly in June, into law. While signing the bill into law, the... Continue
HARRISON IYOHA Trace, the No.1 Afro-Urban entertainment company with a mission to empower the youth, has officially added a new dimension to its scope as it unveiled a historic partnership... Continue
Feature
Health
OLUWATOBI EMMANUEL Director General of World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, on Tuesday, said that the new normal associated with the covid-19 pandemic has come to stay. “There will... Continue
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday commissioned a 48-Chamber morgue facility at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba in Lagos. Speaking at the commissioning of the state-of-the-art morgue... Continue
A joint meeting between the Honourable Commissioners for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, Establishments, Training and Pensions, Mrs Ajibola Ponnle and the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola as well... Continue
OLUWATOBI EMMANUEL Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has explained why social distancing is not observed in aircraft following the resumption of flights amid the Coronavirus pandemic.Hadi Sirika who... Continue
OLUWATOBI EMMANUEL This is not a good news to hear for Lagosians, Amid increase in the case of COVID-19 pandemic, doctors under the aegis of the Medical Guild in... Continue
The lawmaker representing Kosofe Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Barrister Tunde Braimoh, whose death was announced early Friday morning might have contracted the dreaded coronavirus.... Continue
Interview
Metro
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Police operatives from Alakuko Division in Lagos have arrested a 43-year old Jeremiah Agaje, who allegedly inserted his finger into the private part of a 12 months... Continue
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the shores of almost every country in the world. While the immediate impact of the virus has been felt in major cities, the economic... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE A 29-year old man, Akinyemi Rasaq, has landed in trouble in Lagos after he allegedly lured a 13-year old girl into his apartment, fondled and sucked her... Continue
Fourty four years after its establishment, the Federal Government, on Sunday, handed over the National Arts Theatre in Lagos State to the private sector for a complete revamp and... Continue
OLUWATOBI EMMANUEL This is not a good news to hear for Lagosians, Amid increase in the case of COVID-19 pandemic, doctors under the aegis of the Medical Guild in... Continue
Our Nation for Justice Initiative an Non-Governmental Organization has donated wheelchair to Master Taiwo Isah a disabled cobbler whose father, Mr Isah been bed ridden for many months. The... Continue
Opinions
Pictures
Rev. Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi, the General Overseer of Love of Christ Generation Church, United Kingdom, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission and a host... Continue
SUNDAY AKINTOYE Students of Lagos secondary schools were at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan despite the heavy rain on Sunday. Dignitaries, fans and students defied the heavy... Continue
Beer brand, Life Lager pulled off an exciting idea and surprised consumers in Owerri and Awka with a stunning recreation of the Niger Bridge made completely out of crates.... Continue
Accord Party Governorship candidate in Kwara State, Prince Ayorinde Adedoyin has attributed the poor industrial base of the state to lack of ideas by the successive administrations since 1999... Continue
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) decries the stoppage of transactions on all accounts belonging to PDP Vice presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, wife, his family... Continue
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Bella Disu, Group Executive Director, Globacom, last Friday hosted the preview night of 2018 LagosPhoto Festival. The event held at the Alliance Francaise in Ikoyi, Lagos... Continue
Sports
The Nigerian football community has been thrown into deep mourning over the untimely death of foremost female football board member and journalist, Henrietta Ukaigwe, who passed away Tuesday morning... Continue
President Muhammadu Buhari has heartily congratulated Kamarudeen Usman on the successful defence of his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title with an emphatic win over Jorge Masvidal. As the... Continue
Nigeria Rugby on Sunday announced its partnership with Rugby Outreach UK to provide Rugby fitness, strength and conditioning advice to local teams across Nigeria. Technical Director; Abubakar Yaro says... Continue
The much awaited decision from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on how to go about the disrupted leagues due to the outbreak of novel Coronavirus pandemic has finally come.... Continue
DStv and GOtv subscribers can look forward to a thrilling weekend of European football action as SuperSport will broadcast live action from the Premier League, LaLiga and Serie A from Saturday 11 to Monday 13 July 2020.... Continue
For months, ‘Fight Island’ was the mysterious super-plan dreamed up by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) boss Dana White in response to international lockdowns the world over. This weekend, his... Continue
World
OLUWATOBI EMMANUEL The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia’s former president, and Helen Clark, New Zealand’s former prime minister, are to head a panel... Continue
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE The United States Department of State has sanctioned six Nigerians for engaging in a cyber acts targeting United States businesses and individuals. A statement by the United... Continue
Europe and Africa are both seeking to coalesce behind a single candidate for the job of World Trade Organization director-general, in an attempt to enhance their respective chances as... Continue
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General will address Collision from Home on global pandemic Wednesday, Collision from Home announced that Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization will... Continue
Israeli scientists are reportedly only a few weeks away from having developed the first vaccine to combat the coronavirus, which originated in China, and could have the vaccine available... Continue
A gang of crooks who defrauded thousands of people and spent £358,000 on luxury goods after hacking BT and PayPal accounts have been jailed. All but one of the eight-strong syndicate were jailed... Continue
Latest News
OLUWATOBI EMMANUEL Director General of World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, on Tuesday, said... Continue
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced Nollywood actress and veteran broadcaster, Princess Mabel... Continue
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday commissioned a 48-Chamber morgue facility at... Continue
The Nigerian football community has been thrown into deep mourning over the untimely death... Continue
Previous winners of star prizes in the Bag of Goodies national consumer promo Season... Continue
Three persons have been arraigned before Magistrate A. A. Adesanya of the Ojo Magistrate Court, Lagos on Thursday July... Continue
BISI ADELEYE-FAYEMI Maybe I am turning into one of those prickly Aunties we used... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Police operatives from Alakuko Division in Lagos have arrested a 43-year old... Continue
As part of its focus in bringing people together and building communities, Facebook on... Continue
CHIDIEBUBE OKEOMA The Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has ordered that Tenssy Professional... Continue