THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 14, 2018
I can’t give definite time Lagos streets would be rid of dirt –Irvine, Visionscape boss (Punch)
How easy has it been dealing with waste management in a city like Lagos?
Waste management is never easy and Lagos is a big state, given its population. Over the last 10 to 15 years, infrastructure in the waste sector has been left behind, and in every part of the world, waste infrastructure is always the last thing to be developed because education is more important, likewise health care and political reforms. So, it’s been an enormous and difficult task, but we have had to manipulate our business model to operate in the city. Read more
Lagos trade fair complex generates N500m revenue in four months (Punch)
The Executive Director, Lagos Trade Fair Complex Management Board, Mrs. Lucy Omosefe-Ajayi, said the board recorded more than N500m in the first quarter of 2018. Omosefe-Ajayi made this known while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Lagos shortly after inauguration of the Lagos Trade Fair Management Board. The executive director said although the management commenced operations on zero budget in 2017, it had been able to generate resources by looking inward. She said that the management was able to achieve the feat through the cooperation of stakeholders (traders) and the implementation of the Executive Order on the Ease of Doing Business. Read more
WHD: Firm donates cleaning tools to Lagos residents (Punch)
In a bid to promote a clean environment and healthy living, Hypo, a leading hygiene solution brand, has donated cleaning tools to some Lagos residents. The initiative, which was in commemoration of the 2018 World Health Day, saw officials of the company partnering with the Lagos State Government to create more awareness on the need for residents to maintain good hygiene and sanitation habits always. During an awareness campaign at the Bariga area of the city, officials of Hypo gave out tools such as hand gloves, rakes, shovels, stick brushes, parkers and waste bags to dozens of residents, who took part in clearing the streets and drainages in the community. Read more
Osinbajo represents Nigeria at ECOWAS meeting in Togo (Punch)
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has travelled to Lome, Togo where he is representing Nigeria at an emergency meeting of leaders of the Economic Community of West African States. According to a statement on Saturday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President is expected back in the country later in the day. The statement read, “Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is representing Nigeria today at an emergency meeting of leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, holding in Lome, the capital city of Togo. Read more
Ecosystem: Unilag will respond to trucks, trailers siege in Lagos — VC (Vanguard)
The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has said the Ivory Tower would soon respond to the perennial problem posed by trucks, tankers and other articulated vehicles parking on Lagos roads, adding that the institution would provide solution through evidence-based research and forward it to the governor. Trucks and tankers parking on major Lagos roads such as Western Avenue, Oshodi-Mile 2-Apapa road polluting the airspace have become intractable, causing health harzards to Lagosians and defying solution. Read more
Oshodi transport terminals ready by October, says Project Manager (Guardian)
The three terminals under construction at the ongoing Oshodi Transport Interchange will be ready by October this year, the project Manager, Mr Abiodun Otunola, has said. Otunola, a civil engineer with PLANET PROJECTS Construction Company, the firm handling the job, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that speedy work was ongoing at the site to ensure the projects were delivered at as scheduled. According to him, 70 per cent of the work has been done as the projects consist of three terminals, for interstate, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and the third meant to serve the Lagos State entirely. Read more
Omorogbe blows hot, says he remains COSON chairman (Guardian)
Aftermath his reported arrest and detention on Thursday, April 5, at Zone 2 Police Headquarters, Lagos, music promoter and 2Face Idibia’s manager, Efe Omorogbe, has declared that he remains the chairman of COSON and there is no plans to abdicate the position. The talent manager confirmed the arrest, saying: “Yes, I was arrested, but I have been granted bail and we will address the issues shortly after due consultations with my team.” Speaking on the crisis that led to his arrest, he said, “The matter is dead on arrival, as it is just tactics to fight people from demanding that people should do the right thing.” Read more
Lagos claims payment of N22bn as pensions, gratuity in 12 months (Guardian)
Lagos State government yesterday said it has paid about twenty two billion Naira as pensions and gratuity in the last 12 months.Commissioner for Establishment, Training and Pensions, Akintola Benson, revealed this while giving account of his ministry’s activities, at the on-going 2018 ministerial press briefing of the Lagos State Government, meant to mark the third anniversary of governor Ambode. Read more
Worries over growing shift from orthodox to traditional medicine (Guardian)
In July 2014, the National Association of Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) made a passionate appeal to the federal government to expedite action on passing into law, the Bill on Traditional Medicine, which is still on the floor of the National Assembly. The Association’s President, Chief Omon Oleabhiele, made this call during a courtesy call on the Minister of Health Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu.He said: “The populace will want to know the position of the law on what they are investing in.”While underscoring the importance of traditional medicine in improving the healthcare delivery system in the country, Oleabhiele called on the federal government to support the efforts of the association as it strives to add value to the healthcare system in the country. Read more
Teju Phillips’s son, Derin, set to wed Donald Duke’s daughter, Xerona (Guardian)
All is now set for the wedding between popular music act, Derin Phillips (aka DJ Caise), and his fiancé, Xerona Duke, in what promises to be a classy ceremony on April 24 in Lagos. Last August, DJ Caise and Xenora performed the introduction leg of their wedding ceremony at the bride’s family residence in Lagos.The groom is the last child of Mr. Lanre Phillips, an engineer, and Mrs. Olateju Phillips, a former Lagos State commissioner for Special Duties and first daughter of billionaire, Chief Deinde Fernandez. The bride, Xerona, is the first daughter of Donald Duke, a former governor of Cross Rivers State, and his beautiful wife, Onari (nee Bob-Manuel), a lawyer. Read more
God should abort Buhari’s re-election as he aborted Obasanjo’s third term –Taiwo, Obasanjo’s ex-wife (Punch)
t’s been about five months since your son allegedly left his matrimonial home, have you heard from him since then?
Fortunately, there is good news. I have not seen him one-on-one but he called me and he assured me that he was okay. I asked where he was but he didn’t tell me, which shows that he’s still in hiding. At the moment, he’s not in Abekouta where he’s supposed to be; he’s not at his place of work in his father’s company, and that means he’s still hiding himself from his wife. I’m his biological mother and we are not quarrelling, so he has no reason to stay away from me but for the issues with his wife. Read more
Ikoyi to hold maiden Radix Pensions Masters Classic (Guardian)
Radix Pensions Limited has thrown its weight behind the game of golf with its sponsorship of the maiden Radix Pension Classic, a professional and amateur event scheduled to tee off at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 from April 18 to April 21. According to the organisers of the event, the competition, which is already attracting a lot of interest across the country, will feature over 100-professionals golfers, who will vie for N5 million staked in that category. They revealed that the professionals will play alongside category-one golfers over 56-holes, while ladies and Handicap-six golfers and above will also have their days in the newly refurbished Ikoyi Course. Read more
Offa bank robberies sponsored by drug baron —Police (Nation)
The police yesterday named a 29-year-old alleged drug baron as one of the brains behind the April 5 bank robberies in Offa, Kwara State. Adegoke Shogo, described as a mega distributor of Indian hemp, allegedly provided part of the logistics used during the operation that claimed at least 17 lives, including those of nine policemen. Twelve more suspects, including Shogo, have been arrested by the police in connection with the robberies, Force Headquarters spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, told reporters in Abuja. This brings to 20 the number of people so far arrested over the operation. Read more
My daughter’s killers must die same way –75-year-old mother of woman murdered and buried in church (Punch)
Seventy-five years old Mrs. Funmilayo Adebola looked tired and mournful. The countenance on her face was that of anguish which reflected an inner feeling of sorrow that may take time to heal. On Thursday morning when our correspondent visited Wasinmi in Ewekoro local government, Ogun State, she sat all alone at the corridor of the four-room ‘face me I face you’ house built by her late daughter. She is the mother of late Raliat Sanni, who was allegedly murdered in a church at Elebute, Papalanto, last month. Read more
Swimmers scramble for space at Zenith Bank/Ikoyi Club 1938 inter-school festival (Guardian)
All is set for the 3rd edition of the Zenith bank/Ikoyi Club 1938 inter-school swimming festival in Lagos. The competition, which is in two folds, will commence on Saturday April 21 with over 16 primary schools, while students from eight secondary schools will take their turn on Sunday, April 28. For the past four years, the Zenith bank/Ikoyi Club 1938 inter-school swimming festival has become a talent- hunting ground for swimming coaches from across the country. Last year, Grange School emerged champions at the end of the Inter-school Swimming Gala for Secondary Schools, toping with 240 points after amassing 12 gold, 11 silver and eight bronze medals. British International School finished second. Read more
Russia says attack on Syria to hurt peace talks – RIA (Reuters)
Russian lawmaker Vladimir Dzhabarov said on Saturday that Russia was likely to call for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss U.S., British and French air strikes on Syria, RIA news agency reported. “The situation is being analysed right now. Russia will demand a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, I think, for sure,” Dzhabarov, who is the deputy head of Russia’s foreign affairs committee, was quoted by RIA as saying. Overnight, U.S., British and French forces launched more than 100 missiles from ships and manned aircraft, targeting three of Syria’s main chemical weapons facilities. Read more
Slovenia to hold early election on June 3 (Reuters)
Slovenia will hold an early general election on June 3, President Borut Pahor announced on Saturday, a month after centre-left Prime Minister Miro Cerar resigned over a legal obstacle to a government investment project. “On this day I dismiss the parliament and determine June 3 as the date of early parliamentary election,” Pahor told a news conference. The decision to hold the election a week or two earlier than planned comes after the Supreme Court ordered a second referendum on whether the government should proceed with its 1-billion-euro railway project, a move that had led to Cerar’s resignation. Read more