Editor2
21719 Articles1 Comments

Enyimba draw Rahimo FC as Plateau get Tanzania’s Simba FC

Nigerian champions, Plateau United, will meet Tanzania’s Simba Football Club in the preliminary round of the 2020/21 CAF Champions League, while former African kings, Enyimba of Aba, will battle with Rahimo FC of Burkina Faso. In the CAF Champions League…

Hollywood stars Rob McElhenney, Ryan Reynolds in bid to buy football team

Hollywood actors Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have pledged to turn Welsh side Wrexham, who play in the fifth tier of English football, into a global powerhouse after announcing a bid to purchase the club. McElhenney, best known for creating…

Paul Pogba ‘cannot be happy’ at Man Utd – France boss Didier Deschamps

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba “cannot be happy” with his situation at the club, says France manager Didier Deschamps. Pogba has figured in 11 games for the Old Trafford side this season but started in just five of those. He…

Sergio Garcia withdraws from Masters after positive coronavirus test

Former Masters champion Sergio Garcia will miss this year’s event at Augusta after testing positive for coronavirus. The 40-year-old Spaniard, who won the event in 2017, missed the cut in last week’s Houston Open. “On Saturday night after driving back…

Entries open for 14th Headies Awards

The Headies Awards has made a call for entries. The organisers of the award, which is on its 14th edition, said the submission of all music works released between July 2019 and September 2020, the year-in-review, are welcome. “This year…

On social media, police is your friend & bail is free, lol – Lucia Edafioka

I am certain Nigerians active on social media must have heard about the police PR person who is living in an alternate Nigeria; the one where policemen are good, responsible and upright citizens. If anyone should try to bring him…

*Ruling family asks EFCC to investigate Oniru monarch (Guardian)*Traders, residents count losses as fire guts Lagos shanties (Punch)

Ruling family asks EFCC to investigate Oniru monarch (Guardian) The Omowunmi Abisogun ruling house of Iruland, Lagos has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Oba Omogbolahan Lawal, the Oniru of Iruland over alleged misappropriation of…

Nigeria announces 94 COVID-19 new cases and 4 deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 94 new cases of COVID-19 Monday. In a Twitter update via its verified handle, the government agency said there are now 64,184 confirmed cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus…

USA Elections 2020: Lessons for INEC and Nigerian electorate – Magnus Onyibe

Two things that distinguish the November 3, 2020 general elections in the United States of America (USA) from the previous ones are the mail-in voting and early-voting which saw former Vice President and the candidate of the Democratic Party, Joe…

*Lagos to prosecute man who assaulted LASTMA official (Guardian)*Domestic servants docked over alleged theft of employer’s N1.5m property (Vanguard)

Lagos to prosecute man who assaulted LASTMA official (Guardian) Lagos State Government said it will prosecute a man named Emmanuel Ben who led an assault on an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Ismaila Lukman. LASTMA general…

thisislagos.ng is the number one site on all things Lagos. It will curate and aggregate news about Lagos - the city and the state as well as the people of the city. It will become the pre-eminent news site covering Lagos and its people, businesses and personalities, events and celebrations, celebrities and criminals. thisislagos.ng will be the beating heart of Lagos when it comes to news. If it’s not here, it’s not Lagos. thisislagos.ng covers Lagos like no other site. We are democratic, non-partisan, all Lagos! Itesiwaju eko!!!
Categories