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Fidelity Bank Donates Maternity Kits To Pregnant Women In LagosFidelity Bank Plc, a leading financial institution, has donated maternity kits to pregnant women in Aiyetoro, Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State. This donation is part of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts under the Fidelity Helping Hands Program (FHHP). The initiative, spearheaded by the... Continue
Federal High Court Launches Online Affidavit SystemThe Federal High Court (FHC) sitting in Lagos has launched an online portal for the public to procure affidavits from the court. Our correspondent reports that the innovation, introduced by FHC Chief Judge, Justice John Tsoho, brings the court in tune with digital global best practices. During our correspondent’s... Continue
AFRIMA: AU Writes Nigeria, South Africa As Race For 2025 & 2026 Hosting Rights Hots UpSouth Africa may become the host of the next two editions of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) after receiving a letter of invitation from the African Union (AU) to take advantage of the hosting rights for the 2025 and 2026 editions of the prestigious award. The invitation was... Continue
Sterling Pioneers Africa’s First Indigenous Core Banking SystemNigeria’s leading commercial bank and Africa’s most agile company, Sterling Bank Limited, has made history by migrating to what is believed to be the continent’s first ever indigenous core banking solution called SeaBaaS. The implementation of SeaBaaS, developed by Peerless, marks the completion of a new banking system announced... Continue
Next Generation, Not ElectionBY LANRE ISSA-ONILU President Bola Ahmed Tinubu asked a critical question at a parley with members of the Nigerian community in China: “But can we help it?” In other words, can we not make these tough decisions to save our country from economic collapse? Could we have sustained the... Continue
World Bank Hails Sanwo-Olu’s Visible Transformation of LagosLagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has earned the commendation of the World Bank for the transformation recorded in the State over the last five years. The multilateral institution said the State had not only been implementing programmes targeted at improving the quality of life for residents, but had also... Continue
Origin Tech Champions Food Security With Greener Hope National Agric Productivity ProgramIn a decisive effort to address Nigeria’s growing food security challenges, Origin Tech Group is spearheading the Greener Hope Agriculture Mechanization Productivity Programme (GHAPP). This transformative initiative aims to significantly boost food production and fortify the nation’s agricultural resilience. By strategically deploying advanced agricultural machinery, optimizing land use, and... Continue
inDrive.Freight Solving Logistic Challenges Across Nigeria, Plans To Expand To AbujainDrive.Freight, the delivery service from the leading ride-hailing platform, inDrive, is witnessing impressive growth in Nigeria as more Nigerians and Nigerian businesses choose the platform to move their items from place to place. inDrive.Freight is a delivery service offering an efficient and reliable solution for transporting heavy loads and... Continue
Why President Tinubu Always Takes The Hard RoadBY TEMITOPE AJAYI Those who think they are taking a dig at the President have been gloating. Their usual refrain is that the man they said built Lagos should build Nigeria for them to see. As Governor of Lagos, the President reformed governance and set the state on the... Continue
Entertainment
South Africa may become the host of the next two editions of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) after receiving a letter of invitation from the African Union (AU)... Continue
The Governing Council, Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, NIPR, has announced the appointment of Rasheed Bolarinwa, the President, Association of Communication and Marketing Professionals in Banks, ACAMB, as chairman... Continue
The event that followed the week five eviction show on Sunday will last long in the memory of every Big Brother Naija follower. With five weeks left on the... Continue
The 2024 Anambra Media Excellence Awards will take place on 15th September, 2024, in Anambra Capital City, Awka. Ahead of the ceremony, the Association of Digital Media Core... Continue
Chief Tony Okoroji, former President of PMAN and Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Nigeria’s biggest copyright collective management organization, has called on creatives across Nigeria to become generals... Continue
Benin City just witnessed one of the most unforgettable nights in its history, as Rema’s highly anticipated homecoming concert at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium went down in spectacular fashion.... Continue
Education
Hon. Segun Odunmbaku, the Executive Chairman of Ojodu LCDA, has distributed 200 GCE forms to students as part of the council’s efforts to promote education and youth development. In... Continue
The Executive Chairman of Ojodu LCDA, Lagos State, Hon. Segun Odunmbaku, today welcomed pupils and teachers at Okeira Primary School as they resumed a new academic session. His early... Continue
The total income of the British higher education sector in 2022-23 was just over £50 billion ($66 billion), most of it from tuition fees and grants, according to a... Continue
Nigeria and countries around the world should boost education investment despite economic challenges, a global consortium of experts recommended in the landmark new HP Futures report released today. This... Continue
The Lagos State House of Assembly has emphasised the need for a proactive approach in addressing domestic and sexual violence in the state. At a sitting presided over by... Continue
With preparations for the inaugural edition underway, Varsity Cup, the pioneer of inclusivity in Nigeria’s collegiate sports as Nigeria’s first annual national university football competition for men’s and women’s... Continue
Editorials
Crime
MICHAEL AKINOLA A Lotus Bank Limited staff, Abdulkarim Arome Mohammed, is in Police net following alleged fraudulent transactions to the tune of N336m. P.M.EXPRESS reports that in an affidavit sworn by... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA Two female company’s staff, Amos Janet, 35 and Ajakaye Ronke, have been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly conspiring to steal the sum of over... Continue
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD., NPM., has ordered the Homicide Section of the FCID Abuja to embark on a detailed and comprehensive investigation into... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA A 35-year old man, Akeem Waheed, has landed in trouble in Lagos State for allegedly luring a 14-year old girl and engaging her in sex and the... Continue
Consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus have been intercepted by operatives... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA An Ogun State High Court, sitting in Ilaro and presided over by Justice A .A. Shobayo, has halted plans to stop the murder case against Elijah Adeogun... Continue
Politics
The Members and Leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Nanka Community cordially invite the General Public to her first APGA Nanka Summit. The summit is themed... Continue
SEGUN ADELEYE Ordinarily, it would have amounted to a mere waste of precious time and unnecessary dissipation of energy for anyone to react to a wrongly captioned and inconsequential... Continue
The National Caucus and National Executive Committee meetings of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have been postponed. According to Felix Morka, Esq., the National Publicity Secretary, members of... Continue
Datiwa Women Initiative, which is put together for the sole purpose of galvanizing support for the APC Ondo State Governorship candidate, Rt. Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, at the 8th year... Continue
MMA OKPALA The coordinator of Hon. Obinna Chidoka’s campaign organization, Barrister Kingsley Onochie, alongside Hon. Chris Okafor and over 1000 PDP and APC members earlier have defected to All... Continue
IZUCHUKWU ADICHIE The political discussion has shifted as Barr. Sly Ezeokenwa, the national chairman of APGA, deals a decisive blow, sending Njoku and Chekwas into political exile. Both persons... Continue
Business
Fidelity Bank Plc, a leading financial institution, has donated maternity kits to pregnant women in Aiyetoro, Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State. This donation is part... Continue
Nigeria’s leading commercial bank and Africa’s most agile company, Sterling Bank Limited, has made history by migrating to what is believed to be the continent’s first ever indigenous core... Continue
In a decisive effort to address Nigeria’s growing food security challenges, Origin Tech Group is spearheading the Greener Hope Agriculture Mechanization Productivity Programme (GHAPP). This transformative initiative aims to... Continue
inDrive.Freight, the delivery service from the leading ride-hailing platform, inDrive, is witnessing impressive growth in Nigeria as more Nigerians and Nigerian businesses choose the platform to move their items... Continue
BY LERE OLAYINKA When on June 15, 2023, President Bola Tinubu made his first few appointments and Zacheuos Adedeji was announced as the Special Adviser on Revenue, it was... Continue
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Energy tycoon, Jubril Adewale Tinubu, affects the candour of a General and the passion of a poet as he leads a revolutionary phase of Nigeria’s upstream evolution.... Continue
Feature
Health
The Gombe State Executive Council has approved the revitalization of 82 primary healthcare facilities across the state’s 11 local government areas to ensure affordable and quality healthcare for all... Continue
As part of measures to ensure that general hospitals in Lagos State are working in tandem with the laid down status quo, the General Hospital Somolu recently hosted The... Continue
The Lagos State Government’s free medical outreach *Alaafia Eko*, will return on Tuesday, 20th August, 2024, at 12 designated centres across the six health districts. The first phase of... Continue
To improve the health and social well-being of Nigerians, drive economic development, and position Nigeria as a healthcare hub within Africa, President Bola Tinubu has launched the Nigeria Sovereign... Continue
Mrs. Abimbola Odunmbaku, wife of the Executive Chairman of Ojodu LCDA, actively supported the 2024 World Breastfeeding Week and Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (MNCAH) Plus Nutrition Week... Continue
Honourable Segun Odunmbaku, the Executive Chairman of Ojodu LCDA, Lagos State, recently visited the ongoing “See A Doctor” free medical outreach, a significant initiative under the Health Development pillar... Continue
Interview
Metro
inDrive.Freight, the delivery service from the leading ride-hailing platform, inDrive, is witnessing impressive growth in Nigeria as more Nigerians and Nigerian businesses choose the platform to move their items... Continue
PRINCE EZE UGOCHUKWU The New Owerri layout is witnessing a transformative change in its road infrastructure, thanks to the “Operation Zero Pothole” programme initiated by the Governor Hope Uzodimma... Continue
The National Lottery Regulatory Commission, NLRC, has called on state lottery regulatory agencies to close ranks with it in the effort to sanitize the Nigerian lottery ecosystem... Continue
The Oyo State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) on Monday, donated Motorcycles, Ahuja Speakers, Sanitary items to ten (10) Local Government areas in the State. The... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA A 28-year old lady, Onyiyechi Nwokoma, who was sentenced to six months imprisonment with an option of three months community service for attacking and destroying the property... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA The Chairman of Aguiyi Ironsi International Spare Parts Association at Ladipo Market in Lagos, Chief Chukwuma Onyebinanma, a.k.a Ikukuoma, has landed in trouble after purportedly destroying the... Continue
Opinions
Pictures
PHOTOS BY IGBINOSUN OSARENREN The 2024 World Table Tennis Contender Lagos is currently ongoing at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria. Interestingly,... Continue
FC Barcelona Femini forward, Nigerian soccer star, Assist Oshoala was at the private home of the Nigerian First Family in Lagos where she was received by the President, Asiwaju... Continue
Team Lagos athletes participating at the ongoing 2nd National Para Games in Abuja are really enjoying their participation in the championship designed by the Nigerian government for the... Continue
ENEBEKE CLETUS CHIGOZIE Team Lagos were adjudged the second-best team at the just concluded 7th National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta State. The Lagos State contingent had... Continue
The Executive Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission, Mr Sola Aiyepeku was at the venue of swimming events in the ongoing 7th National Youth Games on Wednesday to feel the... Continue
Team Lagos had an entertaining display on Saturday during the opening ceremony of the 7th National Youth Games holding in Asaba, Delta State. It was indeed Eko for Show... Continue
Sports
The Executives and members of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Lagos chapter have felicitated with the newly promoted Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police Adegoke Fayoade. AIG... Continue
Director General of Lagos State Sports Commission, LSSC, Hon. Lekan Fatodu, has some tough words for other states participating in this year’s National Youth Games in Asaba, Delta... Continue
New Church Grammar School ,Owo has been crowned as the Champions of Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye Football Competition in Owo, Ondo State. In a thrilling encounter on Saturday at... Continue
The Director General of Lagos State Sports Commission, Hon. Lekan Fatodu met with parents of the state’s contingent to the 8th National Youth Games, which has been scheduled... Continue
The news of Esther Ogechi Nworgu, one of our athletes, winning a silver medal at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Paris is indeed heart-warming, historic and inspiring. Ms Esther... Continue
Rising football talent, Raheem Moyinoluwa Salahudeen, has described his experience of playing in Nationwide League One, NLO, at a tender age of 13 as a valuable experience, which aided... Continue
World
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday in Beijing, China, emphasized the importance of global collaboration in achieving shared progress and prosperity. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit... Continue
GODKNOWS IGALI Recent developments around the world have continued to spark extensive debate within diplomatic and academic circles regarding the continued relevance and potency of international law. Specifically, some... Continue
President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has ended his reelection campaign. The announcement by the oldest sitting President in United States history came amid mounting... Continue
TAIWO ISRAEL OPEYEMI At the 46th meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (OEWG 46), delegates relied on scientific expertise in advancing work... Continue
TAIWO ISRAEL OPEYEMI The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) published a 2024 revision of ‘World Population Prospects,’ which presents the latest global population estimates and projections.... Continue
TAIWO ISRAEL OPEYEMI The United Nations has launched the first-ever UN System-wide Strategy for Water and Sanitation, which aligns the UN system’s work “towards a world with accessible, available... Continue
Latest News
Fidelity Bank Plc, a leading financial institution, has donated maternity kits to pregnant women... Continue
The Federal High Court (FHC) sitting in Lagos has launched an online portal for... Continue
South Africa may become the host of the next two editions of the All... Continue
Nigeria’s leading commercial bank and Africa’s most agile company, Sterling Bank Limited, has made... Continue
BY LANRE ISSA-ONILU President Bola Ahmed Tinubu asked a critical question at a parley... Continue
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has earned the commendation of the World Bank for... Continue
In a decisive effort to address Nigeria’s growing food security challenges, Origin Tech Group... Continue
inDrive.Freight, the delivery service from the leading ride-hailing platform, inDrive, is witnessing impressive growth... Continue
Hon. Segun Odunmbaku, the Executive Chairman of Ojodu LCDA, has distributed 200 GCE forms... Continue
BY TEMITOPE AJAYI Those who think they are taking a dig at the President... Continue
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