The yuletide season comes to life in Lagos as Zenith Bank Plc lights up Ajose Adeogun Street with the theme “LET THERE BE LIGHT” This year marks the 14th year since the traditional Light up Ceremony at the Ajose Adeogun roundabout came to be. The official lighting was done by Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu the GMD/CEO, Read more
A Kano State High Court, on Thursday, nullified the appointment and creation of four additional Emirates in Kano State. The Presiding Judge, Justice Usman Na’abba ruled that due process was not followed in the creation of the Emirates. The state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, had in May 2019, assented the bill seeking the establishment of four Read more
Tokyo 2020 organisers on Thursday unveiled the $523 million venue for swimming, diving and artistic swimming that will seat 15,000 fans for the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year. Construction is 90 percent complete at the four-storey Aquatics Centre and is due to be finished on schedule by the end of February, officials said. “We Read more
Attacks from herders killed more Nigerians in 2018, compared to the number of deaths caused by Boko Haram in the country, according to 2019 Global Terrorism Index (GTI). The GTI report released on Wednesday ranked Nigeria, for the fifth consecutive time, since 2015, as the third country with the worst impact from terrorism, globally. Afghanistan, Read more
Amnesty International in Nigeria has said the continued detention of Omoyele Sowore and Agba Jalingo is a matter of shame for the country. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Seun Bakare, the organisation’s programmes manager, said Sowore, convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Olawale Bakare, an activist, and Jalingo are prisoners of conscience for criticising the Read more
The Government of Lagos State has appealed to residents, commuters and motorists to bear with it over serious traffic currently being experienced in several parts of the state. Giving details and reasons of the recent tough gridlock in most parts of the metropolis, Gbenga Omotoso, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, in a statement, Read more
The United Nations and the European Union Special Representatives to West Africa and the Lake Chad Basin Commission have urged Nigeria’s Chief of the Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to checkmate and stop the spread of Boko Haram insurgents. The UN and EU representatives stated on Wednesday during a meeting with the army chief, Read more
LAGOS, Nigeria, November 20, 2019/ — The Global CEO and Chairman of The Coca-Cola Company (https://www.Coca-ColaCompany.com/), James Quincey culminated a tour of Africa last week. Accompanied by his extended leadership team, the visit was a testament of Coca-Cola’s commitment to Africa and its interest in the vast opportunity that the continent presents in driving the Read more
Human rights activist, Femi Falana, (SAN), has vowed to go to court in defence of any victim involved in the recent tanker fire accident at the toll gate area of Sango-Ota in Ogun State. Falana, speaking on Wednesday at the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Zone 2 4th Quarter 2019 retreat held at Public Staff Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate, on Wednesday, rejected the Bayelsa and Kogi governorship election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The senators, led by the Minority Leader of the Senate, Enyinnaya Abaribe, announced the rejection at a news conference in Abuja. INEC had declared the candidates of the Read more
