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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has named an assistant secretary to a UK junior minister (Whitehall) Olajumoke Monsura Gafar as his principal private secretary (PPS). An active member of the nonprofit Positive Nigeria, Olajumoke studied law at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria between 1997 and 2002 and attended the Nigerian Law School in 2004 for her Bachelor of Law, AbdulRazaq’s ... Read More »

The Federal Government has officially launched the Nigerian Visa Policy (NVP) 2020. This enhanced visa policy by Nigeria, one of Africa’s key economies and demography, comes on the back of the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, a treaty seeking to establish a continent-wide marketplace with increased trade and freer movement among its major economic powers. The objective ... Read More »

I was born in Lagos and grew up here, in the late 60s, 70s and even 80s, I don’t recall seeing commercial motorcycles on our roads, living then at 6, Michael Ogun street in GRA, our closest bus stop was kingsway bus stop just by Nitel office and we would walk the rest orf the way home about 1.5km , ... Read More »

From today, February 4th to 16th, 2020, Lagos will play host to some of the most prestigious teams for Africa’s premier polo competition – the 2020 Lagos International Polo Tournament. Sponsored by Guaranty Trust Bank plc, the competition will feature 39 teams; the highest number till date. The teams will compete in four major cups; the Silver Cup, Open Cup, ... Read More »

…Govt To Inject 550 Buses For Feeder Routes. Lagos State Government has rolled out 65 high capacity buses in addition to the existing buses as part of palliative measures to the restriction of commercial motorcycles and tricycles in parts of the State. The Managing Director of Lagos Bus Services Limited, Idowu Oguntona, announced this deployment at a press conference in ... Read More »

…To Start “Supervised Quarantine” …Gov Sanwo-Olu Becomes Chief Incident Commander In a bid to prevent an outbreak of the fast spreading Novel Coronavirus, the Lagos State Government on Monday launched an Incident Command System. The health emergency structure is being set up to help with containment in the unlikely event of outbreaks of the virus in the State. Commissioner of ... Read More »

Prince Bayo Osiyemi, veteran journalist and Chief Press Secretary to the first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, will be presenting his autobiography, “The Charming Prince in Journalism and Politics” to the public in commemoration of his 70th birthday on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. Osiyemi, a former newspaper editor and columnist with ... Read More »

Our attention has been drawn to some drivers indiscriminately increasing the prices of their services due to the recent Lagos State government over the ban of motorcycles and tricycles in some parts of Lagos State. Our members are hereby informed that the leadership of the Union has not approve or in anyway support any upward review in the cost of ... Read More »

Our attention has been drawn to a statement on various social media platforms allegedly from the Nigerians in the Diaspora organisation (East China) claiming it had written a letter to Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM requesting to be evacuated in the face of the dreaded coronavirus ravaging the people living in China. We must say however that NIDCOM did not ... Read More »

His election came with lots of expectations, given his background and profile, as a former Senator of the Federal Republic, a grassroots man and an erudite professor. Born as Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade not long ago in 1968, he had become one of the youngest serving governors at the time of his inauguration in May 2015. But no sooner had he ... Read More »