Sahara Group set to fast-track attainment of SDGs in Africa

Sahara Group has appointed Zuriel Oduwole, a globally acclaimed girl child education advocate as ambassador in its bid to accelerate the achievement of the triad of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The said goals focus on improving the access of children…

Funke Opeke: Woman in the room full of men

Funke Opeke’s vision to run a 7,000-kilometre undersea high capacity submarine cable from Portugal to Lagos, Nigeria seemed unachievable, downright ambitious and perhaps even ridiculous but no one and nothing could stop her from making it happen. So, today, MainOne…

African Union, Ghana partner to unveil calendar for AFRIMA 2018

The 2018 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) annual calendar of programmes will be unveiled on Monday, May 21, 2018 by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government of the Republic of Ghana, and the International Committee of AFRIMA…

Visiting Ghanaian lawmakers watch as thugs invade Senate, steal mace (Punch)

Lawmakers from Ghana were on a visit to the National Assembly on Wednesday when the hoodlums invaded the Senate chamber and stole the mace. The Ghanaians, who were also as confused as the Nigerians scampering to safety, watched in amazement.…

Stretched Terrains art project leaves for DaK’Art in Senegal tomorrow

The Goethe-Institut Nigeria mobile residency set to take artists to Dak’Art in Dakar, Senegal will hit the road from Lagos, Nigeria tomorrow, April 10. Goethe-Institut Nigeria Director, Friederike Moschel, said at a press conference in Lagos Monday that the project…

Goethe-Institut Nigeria residency takes artists to Dak’Art

Goethe-Institut Nigeria has initiated a mobile residency programme titled “Stretched Terrains – The Mobile Museum on its Way to Dak’Art” with a group of young artists from Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Germany. This is the second time since…

Meet Yoann, the smartest Oyinbo man in Lagos

Yoann is a Lagos Oyinbo. He is young, smart and, well white as in Oyinbo. A cultural attache at the French embassy he arrived Nigeria in September 2017. Thisislagos asked him a few questions about his life in Lagos and…

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