How ASUU strike turned me to A newspaper vendor – Student (Vanguard) A 400L Computer Science Student with the Federal University Lokoja, (FUL), Thomas Kehinde has decried the prolonged strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),…
*Hit-and-run bus driver kills LNSC officer in Lagos (Guardian)*Two robbers nabbed while sleeping in stolen car (Punch)
Hit-and-run bus driver kills LNSC officer in Lagos (Guardian) The Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC), Ejigbo, Lagos State, has warned the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to fish out the commercial bus driver who killed one of its…
China beats Elon Musk’s SpaceX with floating spaceport in Pacific Ocean
China is building a floating spaceport from which it can launch rockets from the Pacific Ocean. The “Eastern Aerospace Port” off the coast of Haiyang city in the province of Shandong will also be used the building and maintenance of…
*Lagos motorists, commuters groan as works on Pen Cinema flyover delay (Punch) *Lagos East Senatorial bye-election: APC settles for ex-Polaris Bank boss, Abiru (Nation)
Lagos motorists, commuters groan as works on Pen Cinema flyover delay (Punch) “I use 15 litres of fuel every day to get to my house in Iju from Ikeja,” Akinlabi David, a motorist, said angrily while speaking with our correspondent…
*Lagos conducts over 42, 000 COVID-19 tests as 177 die (Guardian) *Lack of affordable healthcare led to my wife’s death during childbirth – Lagos welder (Punch)
Lagos conducts over 42, 000 COVID-19 tests as 177 die (Guardian) The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Sunday said that the state tested a total of 42,348 samples for COVID-19 as at July 3. Abayomi, who…
Coronavirus: Musk defies orders and reopens Tesla’s California plant
Tesla has reopened its only US electric car plant in California, despite local orders against manufacturing. On Monday, the company’s chief executive Elon Musk tweeted that production had restarted and he would be “on the line with everyone else”. US…
Tom Cruise ‘working with Elon Musk and NASA to shoot film in space’
In news that might shock absolutely no one, Tom Cruise is apparently teaming up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to shot a film in space, according to reports. The Top Gun star and…
*Explosion averted as tankers collide, spills content on Otedola bridge (Guardian) *Curfew: Lagos police chief Odumosu shuts out journalists (Nation)
Explosion averted as tankers collide, spills content on Otedola bridge (Guardian) Another explosion was yesterday averted at the popular Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway when loaded tankers laden with kerosene and diesel had a head-on collision in-ward Berger and…
*Sanwo-Olu doubles life insurance for health workers (ThisDay) Lagos discharges Polish, Filipino, 24 Nigerians after testing negative for coronavirus (Tribune)
Sanwo-Olu doubles life insurance for health workers (ThisDay) Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State yesterday during the May Day anniversary to appreciate frontline health and emergency workers, whom he described as heroes, for sacrificing their personal well-being for the efforts…