Entertainment

Mr. Abiodun Coker, the Media & External Relations Lead, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has been honoured with the “Future Leader in Media Management” award at the upcoming... Continue
BET on Thursday officially unveiled the highly anticipated nominees for the BET Awards 2025, spotlighting a diverse slate of artists from around the globe. Leading the charge from Africa... Continue
BY TUTU AKANNI As the 11th edition of the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) approaches, public attention, once again, has been drawn to MultiChoice’s consistent excellence and ability... Continue
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by MultiChoice Nigeria, the parent company of DStv and GOtv, challenging the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s... Continue
Marketing Analytics Africa (MAA) is proud to announce the return of its annual marketing conference scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at the Landmark Events &... Continue
The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) has broadened its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts with the second phase of its “Back to School Storm” initiative, reaching four... Continue

Education

The Second Edition of the Ife North Annual Scholarship and Essay Competition (NASEC) has taken place on Wednesday May 7, 2025, in Asipa town. This annual event, sponsored by... Continue
The administration of Hon. Segun Odunmbaku has delivered 500 pairs of desks and benches to Ogba Primary school, Ojodu Primary School 3 and Okeira Junior Secondary School in Ojodu... Continue
The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) has broadened its corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts with the second phase of its “Back to School Storm” initiative, reaching four... Continue
Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) has emerged as a beacon of academic excellence and innovation, driven by the visionary leadership of its Vice-Chancellor, Professor Olumuyiwa Odusanya.... Continue
The Yahaya Alapansanpa Youth Education Foundation (YAYEF) has announced the launch of a ₦10 million merit-based tuition scholarship fund to support outstanding students from underprivileged backgrounds in Kwara State.... Continue
The federal government has announced a N110billion intervention fund to upgrade infrastructures of key tertiary institutions across the six geo-political zones of the country. The decision, according to the... Continue

Editorials

Crime

MICHAEL AKINOLA    A 20-year old man, Yusuf Hamza, has landed in trouble for allegedly  vandalizing irons on Agege flyover bridge belonging to Lagos State Government and cutting off... Continue
KINGSLEY EBERE  A 39-year old man, Paul Iregiegbe, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly stealing over N18.3m belonging to Ekwugwa Chinedu Titus under false pretence. ... Continue
BY PAUL IYOGHOJIE A Chief Security Officer of Value City Supermarket in Lekki, Lagos, Obikayo Obitayo Abiodun, 35, and another staff of the Store, Emmanuel James Onorjar, 35, has... Continue
BY PAUL IYOGHOJIE A 29-year old Lagos businessman, Ahmed Ajibade has been arrested by the Police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos and dragged before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court... Continue
AISHA ABUBAKAR  Police operatives from the Kano State Command have arrested an 18-year old housewife, Saudat Jibrin, for allegedly using a knife to slit the throat of her 30-year... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA  A 42-year old man, Lucky Azaimeh, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly swindling a man, Ikechukwu Nkeonye, to the tune of N10m under... Continue

Politics

KINGSLEY EBERE    Labour Party may finally collapse in  Lagos State following the appointment of new caretaker committee allegedly aided by the member of the House of Representative for... Continue
Fresh tension is brewing within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Alimosho as the build-up to the Egbe-Idimu LCDA primaries takes a controversial turn, with loyalists of former Interior... Continue
  A socio-cultural political group in Alimoso Federal Constituency, Alimosho Concerned Group For Good Governance, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and leaders of the All Progressives Congress... Continue
The Executive Vice Chairman of Ikorodu Local Government Area and frontline Chairmanship aspirant in the upcoming Local Government elections, Hon. Princess Folashade Olabanji-Oba, has applauded the All Progressives Congress... Continue
A coalition of Women groups in All Progressives Congress (APC) has endorsed Hon Folakemi Agboola for Chairmanship in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area ahead of Lagos State council polls.... Continue
Ajibola Sulaiman Larinde is gunning to become the Chairman of Ojokoro Local Council Development Authority in Lagos. The 31 year old is the youngest of the 432 candidates cleared... Continue

Business

Fidelity Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading Tier-1 financial institutions, has announced a remarkable financial performance for the first quarter of 2025, recording a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of... Continue
Mr. Abiodun Coker, the Media & External Relations Lead, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has been honoured with the “Future Leader in Media Management” award at the upcoming... Continue
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday flagged off another round of distribution of machineries and agricultural inputs to farmers across the 16 Local Government Areas as this... Continue
Nigeria has paid off $3.4 billion borrowed from the International Monetary Fund during the Covid-19 pandemic, exiting the list of countries that are in debt to the Washington-based lender.... Continue
As part of efforts to bolster foreign investment under the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership (NCSP), Director-General Joseph Tegbe recently hosted Ms. Aisha Rimi, the Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer... Continue
NASCON Allied Industries Plc has attributed significant growth in the dividend payout by 100 per cent to N2 per share and the company’s impressive run during the year, ending... Continue

Feature

Health

Lagos Health District IV has commenced its robust implementation of the 2025 National Immunisation Plus Days, a critical public health initiative spearheaded in collaboration with the National Primary Healthcare... Continue
There was much-needed relief on Tuesday for struggling patients at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Umuahia, as the Don Lulu Foundation led by its Chairman and Founder, Mayor... Continue
    In a bid to foster good healthcare services and provide the quality treatments towards certain medical conditions, the Executive Secretary of the Osun Health Insurance Agency, Dr... Continue
AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company is in collaboration with Revna Biosciences, a precision medicine research and advanced diagnostics company to provide EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor) biomarker testing in... Continue
The Lagos State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Society for Family Health and Goodknight Nigeria, marked the Y2025 World Malaria Day with a vibrant awareness walk and a... Continue
HPV is fuelling high cervical cancer rates in sub-Saharan Africa despite the availability of effective vaccines. Yet uptake remains low, driven largely by vaccine hesitancy. In South Africa alone,... Continue

Interview

Metro

The Federal High Court, sitting in Port, harcourt Rivers State, has fixed May 20, 2025, for the hearing of contempt proceedings filed against the Managing Directors of General Hydrocarbons... Continue
BY PAUL IYOGHOJIE Motorists and bus drivers plying Lagos roads have heaped praises on Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for providing about ten brand new operational vehicles for... Continue
BY TIMOTHY DIMEJI The emergence of AI is revolutionising the ride-hailing industry through improved efficiency, personalisation, and safety. inDrive, as one of the leading service providers in the industry,... Continue
The Federal Government’s shoreline protection project at Marina in Lagos State has reached 30% completion and is expected to safeguard critical assets for the next 25 years. The Federal... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA  The Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has dissolved the 13-year marriage between a teacher, Durojaye Akingbade and another teacher, Olabisi, over denial of sex... Continue
In a continued effort to enforce traffic laws in the Metropolis, the Lagos State Task Force has launched a comprehensive operation targeting recalcitrant motorcycle (Okada) operators who persist in... 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

FADEYI TOLULOPE AYOBAMI  The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the growth and development of sports in the country with the inauguration of a 22-member planning committee tasked... Continue
Nigerian attacker, Quadr Ayomide Garuba, has officially joined Spanish side CF Berja, arriving from Lithuanian outfit, Saned FK, on Tuesday.   Garuba, a product of Buruj FC, becomes the... Continue
 FADEYI TOLULOPE AYOBAMI Nigeria reached the quarter finals of the ongoing CAF U20 Championship in Egypt despite having to force Kenya’s Rising Stars to a 2-2 draw in the... Continue
FADEYI TOLULOPE AYOBAMI FIFA, joined by a host of prominent and high-profile Brazilians, officially announced  the eight Host Cities and their respective stadiums for the historic edition of the FIFA Women’s... Continue
BY MICHAEL AKINOLA  The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has joined a league of other Heads of Anti-corruption Agencies in Africa... Continue
FADEYI TOLULOPE AYOBAMI  Ogun State Scrabble preparation for the 22nd National Sports Festival received a moral boost over the weekend as Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development Hon. Wasiu... Continue

World

  FADEYI TOLULOPE AYOBAMI UN human rights experts has called for urgent measures to address grave violations against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid escalating... Continue
AKINSINDE ADEOLA OYINDAMOLA The United States government is set to deport 3,690 Nigerians who are considered to be residing in the country illegally. The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)... Continue
Republican Donald Trump was inaugurated again Monday as the 47th United States President, calling for a “revolution of common sense” and vowing to quickly order sweeping policy changes, including... Continue
AKINSINDE ADEOLA OYINDAMOLA President Joseph R. Biden has announced that the United States is providing more than $1 billion in additional humanitarian assistance to address food insecurity and other... Continue
BY EMMANUEL MACRON AND BOLA TINUBU  The France-Nigeria partnership is one that is rooted in mutual respect and shared values. In the present era, international relations are often framed... Continue
TAIWO ADELU The Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) partners express deep concern regarding ongoing discussions surrounding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, particularly as it relates to carbon markets, at the COP29 United... Continue

Latest News

Apex Niger Delta socio-cultural group, Orashi National Congress, ONC, has expressed regret and great... Continue
The Federal High Court, sitting in Port, harcourt Rivers State, has fixed May 20,... Continue
BY AISHA ABUBAKAR The Supreme Court on Friday overturned a decision of the Court... Continue
Fidelity Bank Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading Tier-1 financial institutions, has announced a remarkable... Continue
Mr. Abiodun Coker, the Media & External Relations Lead, United Bank for Africa (UBA)... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA    A 20-year old man, Yusuf Hamza, has landed in trouble for... Continue
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday flagged off another round of distribution... Continue
  CHRISTIAN ABURIME  The Executive Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR,... Continue
KINGSLEY EBERE  A 39-year old man, Paul Iregiegbe, has been arrested and charged in... Continue
FREDRICK NWABUFO  In botanical terms, inclusive leadership is like a flower, in which beauty... Continue

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