Renowned culture icon and folklorist, Jimi Solanke, is dead. According to available information as at press time, the artist, popular for: “Tales By Moonlight,” died on Monday. Solanke, 82, was reported to have been ill and was being transported to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Ogun State when he died. He was born on July 4, 1942, in Ipara ... Read More »
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“Breaking Barriers: Franca Aiyetan Makes History as NBC’s First Female Board Secretary”
Toun Okewale Sonaiya CEO Women Radio 91.7 FM and Angela Agoawike CEO Omalicha 91.1 FM paid a courtesy visit to congratulate Franca Aiyetan on her appointmnet as Secretary to National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on 8 December 2023. Aiyetan is the first woman to take on this full-fledged position since NBC was established in 1992. She joined NBC in 1995 as ... Read More »
GOV. SANWO-OLU VISITS CHINA RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK CORPORATION (CRRC) IN DALIAN, CHINA, ON SUNDAY, 4TH FEBRUARY 2024
Vice President of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), Mr. Michael Jiang; Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; President of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation; Mr. Sun Rongkun and an official of the Rolling Stock Corporation during the governor’s visit to the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation in Dalian, China, on Sunday, 4 February 2024. President of China Railway ... Read More »
DABIRI-EREWA HAILS SANWO-OLU FOR CREATING DIASPORA AGENCY IN LAGOS
Abuja, Feb. 5, 2023 : Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has applauded the gesture of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state by creating a full fledged Diaspora office in the state to take care of the interests and welfare of the indigenes in the diaspora. In a congratulatory letter to Gov. Sanwoolu she said the creation ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU CONGRATULATES AYANGBUREN OF IKORODU AT 70
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Adewale Shotobi, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, describing him as an epitome of dedication and selflessness in community service. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a congratulatory message issued on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said Oba Shotobi, has brought quality leadership to ... Read More »
“Ogun State Government Awaits FEC Extract for Expressway Concessioning”
Work is yet to begin on the reconstruction of the Abeokuta-Ota-Lagos Expressway because the Ogun State Government is still waiting for final approval of the concessioning of the road from the Federal Government. It will be recalled that the Minister of Works, David Umahi, announced in October last year, during a briefing after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at ... Read More »
“So-Safe Corps Nabs Electric Cable Thieves: Ogun State Burglary Ring Busted”
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has arrested two men allegedly involved in burgling and stealing electricity cables and wires, worth four million naira in Ogun State. The statement was contained in a press statement issued from the Office of the State Commander of the Corps, Commander (Dr) Soji Ganzallo through the Office of ... Read More »
“Governor Cardoso’s Revelation: Central Bank Discovers Malpractices in $2.4 Billion Forex Transactions”
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Olayemi Cardoso has said the apex bank under his leadership discovered invalid forex transactions amounting to $2.4 billion from over $7 billion backlog he inherited from his predecessors. The CBN governor, who revealed this on Wednesday during an exclusive interview with Arise News TV monitored by SaharaReporters, claimed that the transactions ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU VISITS DALIAN URBAN PLANNING EXHIBITION CENTRE
•Governor charges CCECC to kickstart 4th Mainland Bridge in March Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, took a trip from Beijing to Dalian, a city famous for its aquatic products and a coastline of about 1,900 kilometers in the Northeast of China. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who is currently on a working visit to China with some government officials, visited ... Read More »
“The Tragic Fall of Yoruba Royalty: A Modern Tale of Kidnappings and Insecurity. By Festus Adedayo
The porcupine is a large rodent that is clothed with a thick coat of sharp quills, spines. The spines protect it from rampaging predators. When it feels threatened, the porcupine shoots the arrows of its spines at its assailants. These deadly quills pierce the intending attacker, allowing the animal to escape harm. So, in their confidence about the mystical powers ... Read More »