THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 5, 2018 Lagos seeks solutions to security challenges (Punch) The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it would develop comprehensive strategy and home-grown solutions to security challenges in the state. The government added that…
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. —Richard Steele “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ― Frederick Douglass The first mistake that a lot of people make due to the proliferation of books and the…
A former governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, on Wednesday distanced himself from the list of alleged looters recently released by the Federal Government. According to him, the All Progressives Congress should tell Nigerians the source of their campaign funds…
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has called for an emergency meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee to discuss the dates for fresh congresses of the party. Sources close to the party told our correspondents in Abuja…
Mrs. Rebecca Sharibu, the mother of Leah, the only Dapchi schoolgirl still being held by Boko Haram, will on Thursday (today) attend a special prayer session for her daughter’s release in Abuja. Rebecca told our correspondent on the telephone on…
A Finnish woman who underwent hormonal therapy has become the nation’s first transgender man to give birth, local media said on Wednesday (April 4), triggering controversy as laws require infertility to change gender. “The baby weighed nearly four kilogrammes and…
A receptionist who accused her boss of infecting her with HIV and then sacking her has lost the 14-year court battle. The woman told the Employment and Labour Relations Court that she had a long-running affair with the man. She…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify on Capitol Hill on April 11 before the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, to answer questions about how the company protects its users’ data. Multiple congressional committees have asked Zuckerberg to testify in…
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 29 -year-old man, Godstime Ategho, in an FCT High Court, Apo, for allegedly placing a hot pressing iron on the body of his 7-year-old son. Ategho, of Pasali, Kuje, is standing trial on a…
Rangers legend Ray Wilkins has died at the age of 61. The Professional Footballers’ Association said: “It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we have learnt that former England midfielder Ray Wilkins has passed away, aged 61. “The…
