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FASHOLA ADVOCATES PROTECTION OF WOMEN, CHILDREN AS ENDURING INVESTMENT FOR JUSTICE, FAIRNESS.

The well attended three-day National Women Conference organized by the Committee of Wives of Lagos Officials (COWLSO) came to an end on Wednesday with the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, asserting that beyond superficially celebrating appointment of women into positions, what Nigerian women really require are justice and fairness and not favours. In his remarks, as part of the ... Read More »

Man allegedly rapes 20-year-old girl, uploads her nude photos online

A 30-year-old man has allegedly raped a 20-year-old girl (names withheld) and uploaded pictures, taken during the act, on the social media. Vanguard gathered that the suspect, Olaniyan Oluwakayode, who hails from Osun State allegedly, raped the victim in his apartment at Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of the state. The victim, a native of Akwa Ibom State, alleged that after ... Read More »

EGYPT AIR LATEST Fg summons Ambassador

The Federal Government has summoned the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Ashraf Salama, over the ill-treatment meted out on a Nigerian teenager, Master Joshua Kunle Abdulazeez, by Egypt Air. An official of the airline had torn the teenager’s Nigerian passports in Istanbul, Turkey, while on his way to Ukraine to resume studies as a medical student. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ... Read More »

LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT CAUTIONS CITIZENS ON FACEBOOK SCAM

The Lagos State Government Tuesday called on Residents of the State to be wary of a facebook scam whereby some unscrupulous persons are using the photographs of Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and ascribing fictitious statements to him on fake Facebook accounts aimed at defrauding innocent citizens. The call became necessary in view of the activities of scammers who have been ... Read More »

FIRST LADY LISTS COWLSO’S ACHIEVEMENTS, BRIEFS PRESS ON 14TH NATIONAL WOMEN CONFERENCE 2014

“I shall engage in enlightenment, empowerment of women in child-upbringing and clean environment after office”, she says Lagos State First Lady and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Dame Emmanuella Abimbola Fashola, Tuesday listed the achievements of the Committee in the last seven years even as she briefed the press on this year’s Annual National Women Conference ... Read More »

UNILAG, UI, others produce representatives in Onga cooking contest

A total of four regional winners have emerged in the ongoing 2014 Onga National Campus Cooking Competition. The winners, picked at the Campus activations done in four universities out of the 14 targeted for the campaign, will join others to compete at the grand finale holding in Lagos from which a national winner will emerge. The regional winners who have ... Read More »

Obanikoro Launches Support Our Troops Foundation

The Minister of State for Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, on Monday launched the Support Our Troops Foundation in Abuja to encourage the Nigerian armed forces. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, Ms Funmi Ogbue, said that the foundation was established to encourage the armed forces especially in their fight against insurgency. She hoped that the support foundation would ... Read More »

Picture of robber who got electrocuted at Iju

On Monday 15th of September,2014, residents of Iju woke up to see a man who got electrocuted while trying to steal cable from a transformer just beside a house on Iju road by Lonlo bus stop. He tried to steal the cable in the very early hours of the day when he got electrocuted and remained in that position. Read More »