LONG READ It is my pleasure to present the 2019 Budget Proposals to this Joint Session of the National Assembly. This being my last budget speech to the 8th National Assembly, I will review economic developments over the past three…
Sefi Atta has been named on the jury of the Caine Prize for African Writing 2019. Chaired by Peter Kimani, the panel also includes Margie Orford, Olufemi Terry and Scott Taylor. The prize made the announcement on December 19. Awarded…
Artists do not come of a harder hue than light-skinned sculptor, painter and poet Chidi A. Okoye. A firm believer in the creative enterprise, Okoye has applied his art diligently in Nigeria, Canada and the United States, surmounting all kinds…
Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, has described the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a party already in panic mode, ahead of next year’s governorship election in Lagos State. Agbaje, who spoke while responding…
In addition to the unbeatable deals and price slashes it offered during its 2018 Black Friday sales tagged Konga Yakata, it has emerged that an amazingly swift and responsive delivery service is another factor that set e-commerce giants Konga apart…
Lagos 2019: If you want freedom, learn vulcanising, Tinubu mocks Agbaje (Vanguard) National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has lampooned the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Jimi Agbaje who is advocating…
Musa Shaibu is a cart pusher who wants what most people want. Like a lot of people in Lagos he came from elsewhere for the hustle. And even if he has no bank account, he has not lost sight of…
Uche Macauley, an actor, writer and producer, who lives in the Lekki area of Lagos and hails from Aniocha, in Delta State, Nigeria has not been home in recent time. But she insists that she is not lost in Lagos.…
StanbicIBTC bank has facilitated the training of 25 Nigerian journalists drawn from across online and traditional media outfits at the Lagos based TMTR Training Room. The programme focused primarily on equipping the participants with tools and insights to better understand…
Tinubu: APC targets over three million votes in Lagos (Nation) Lagos All Progressives Congress (APC) members got a challenge yesterday —to target three million votes in next year’s elections. Party stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu said this is to reinforce its…
