The Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Housing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, has disclosed that the state’s monthly rental scheme will be enforced before the end of 2024 or early next year. She stated it during a recent press briefing of…
Lagos residents decry non-implementation of free antenatal, delivery services
Some residents of Lagos have decried the non-implementation of the state government’s free antenatal and child delivery services at some General Hospitals and Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in the state. The residents spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency…
High food prices: Customs begins sale of seized food items to Nigerians
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday, has begun the sale of seized and forfeited foreign parboiled rice to Nigerians in Lagos. LEADERSHIP had reported that the Service had planned to sell 50kg of rice for N20,000 in order to…
Stanbic IBTC Bank convenes healthcare leaders to unlock sector growth opportunities
Stanbic IBTC Bank Limited, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, announced its forthcoming exclusive healthcare breakfast session which will be held in Lagos on the 22nd of February 2024. The event aims to convene industry leaders to foster insightful…
iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival 2024 holds under “Righting the Future” theme in March
The highly anticipated 2024 edition of the iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival is set to captivate audiences from March 21st to 24th, both in Lagos, Nigeria, and virtually. Organised by the Foundation for Promotion of Documentary Film Festival in Africa…
Despite FG’s clampdown: dollar hits N1,900; pound, N2,250
The naira Tuesday slid further at the parallel market in spite of the clampdown the federal government ordered on foreign exchange market speculators. Bureau De Change (BDC) hubs were raided in Abuja, Lagos and Kano and some operators were arrested.…
The night I met a beautiful angel — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Let me today remember an Angel I once met in this life. Let’s simply call her Sola. Angel Sola Kuti. She’s Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s daughter. My devotion to Fela as an unbeatable music maestro is a very long story, but that…
Police tracking device to check crime — Lagos CP
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Lagos State Command, Mr Ayoade Fayoade, says the force has reactivated its tracking device to checkmate kidnap and one-chance incidents in the state. Fayoade spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in…
Tinubu will inaugurate Lagos red line rail project on February 29 — Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that President Bola Tinubu will inaugurate the state’s red line rail project on February 29. According to a statement by Sanwo-Olu’s spokesperson, Gboyega Akosile, the governor made this known on Wednesday during the…
I am pregnant for a ghost
Ours did not start like a love story. In fact, there is no love in this relationship I am about to tell you about. I was working in Lagos for a pharmaceutical when I met the man responsible for this…
