Your daughters, sons and grandchildren are quite possibly in the throes of GCSEs and A-levels, labouring under the burden of trying to learn rafts of facts in a scarily short time. But to cope with this students are turning to…
Lagos to boost water transportation with nine new jetties, four ferry routes
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said work is progressing steadily on the construction of nine jetties with shelter and shoreline protection and channelisation of four new ferry routes as part of efforts to boost water transportation in line with…
Publishers gather in Lagos for sustainable development of Africa
Publishers from around the world under the auspices of International Publishers Association (IPA) will on Wednesday, May 9 converge on Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos to deliberate on challenges and opportunities in Africa. The Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) made the…
UBA seeks strengthening of Corporate Governance at 2018 Chairman’s Forum
Group board members, senior management executives, board chairmen and CEOs of United Bank for Africa Group across the globe, were at the recent Chairman’ Forum held in Lagos. A statement from the Pan- African financial institution, said the platform is…
See why Ajike loves Lagos
Ajike is a craftswoman and film-maker who lives in Ajegunle. She has an interesting love for Lagos and says that if you are not in the city then you have not started living. Find out more in the video.
Aviation, critical sectors need stiffer regulations, says Kuru
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Ahmed Kuru, has called on agencies that are saddled with the responsibility of regulating the aviation industry and indeed other critical sectors of the economy to adopt the…
What would you tell Gov Ambode on waste in Lagos? These residents tell us
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said that it would, through the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI) take care of the waste challenges the state is facing before the rains begin. The first of the heavy rains are here and these…
One drink, one date and my life is ruined (3)
Ike’s life was transformed at 31. Suddenly, courtesy of a job he just landed, Ike found himself rich beyond his wildest dreams. He lived in a fully furnished six-room duplex, alone with his wife and two-year-old son courtesy of his…
Lagos state government says it will address waste challenges before rainy season
Who says the Lagos state government is not in tune with the aspirations of its denizens? Just two days after a thisislagos.ng editorial (read here ) warned that the rains may bring with them an epidemic should the state government fail…
Woman badly beaten by ex-husband finds happiness (Guardian)
On 10 June 2007, Carmen Tarleton, then 38, was at home with her young daughters in Thetford, Vermont in the US, when her estranged husband broke into the house. Herbert Rogers was looking for a man he supposed she was…