THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 15, 2018 First Lady shines at Vanguard awards (Vanguard) The daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Halima Buhari Sheriff, was the cynosure of all eyes as she represented her mother, the First Lady, Hajiya…
2019 election: Buhari, not party, to determine Osinbajo’s fate, says APC (Punch)
The All Progressives Congress has said it will not force anyone on President Muhammadu Buhari as his running mate if he wins the party’s presidential ticket. Consequently, the ruling party said it would not compel the President, who recently told…
* I can’t give definite time Lagos streets would be rid of dirt –Irvine, Visionscape boss (Punch) * Lagos trade fair complex generates N500m revenue in 4 months (Punch)
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…
Buhari’s declaration: APC bigwigs approach SDP, LP, Accord for presidential tickets (Punch)
Following the recent declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election in the 2019 elections, some bigwigs in the ruling All Progressives Congress, whose presidential ambitions have been threatened by the President’s move, have been talking to other parties…
$1.8bn Malabu deal: Adoke not liable, says court (Punch)
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday held that the immediate-past Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN), could not be held liable for his roles in the Oil Processing Licence 245 transactions,…
Caster Semenya caps her Commonwealth Games with gold double — and two records — after 800m win (Businesslive)
Caster Semenya notched up SA’s 13th gold medal in Gold Coast on Friday the 13th while Brakpan boytjie Martin Erasmus won the country’s first Commonwealth Games wrestling gold in 60 years. Semenya won the 800m in a 1min 56.68sec Games…
Gold Coast 2018: Nigeria’s Galadima claims athletics gold (Punch)
Nigeria’s Suwaibidu Galadima has won gold in the men’s T47 100m at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. T47 is a disability sports classification for athletes with disability primarily for competitors with a wrist or below amputation. Complete sports reports that…
Court fixes May 3 to hear Oyegun’s tenure elongation case (Punch)
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday fixed May 3 to hear a suit by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Adewale Hameed, challenging the purported tenure elongation of APC ’s national officers including its Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun.…
#MTVShugaNaija: Did you miss the Emotional 6th Episode? Catch all the action here
The latest episode of MTV Shuga Season 6, the gripping, youth-friendly series that aims at educating teenagers and young adults on sexual health and contraception, was highly emotional and thought-provoking. School students, Cynthia and Simi are still reeling from their experience…
Mrs Obiano: Solidarity with the Human Family – C. Don Adinuba
Only leaders regarded by their followers as caring are good enough. Leaders, whether in the private or public sector, must care about the larger society, and not just immediate profit and private acquisitions. Aristotle’s the common good is now…