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…
Going back to fundamentals— why literacy is important – Adetola Salau
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…
Oyegun: Govs back Buhari, APC to meet on fresh congresses (Punch)
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…
Woman infected with HIV by boss, sacked, loses case (Punch)
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’s Mark Zuckerberg will testify in Congress on April 11 (NPR)
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…
Man burns son with hot iron over food (Punch)
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…
Police uncover arms factory in Ebonyi (Independent)
Ebonyi state police command on Wednesday said it has discovered and destroyed an arms making factory in the state. This is even as it recovered a cache of 146 prohibited/illegal firearms and assorted ammunition that were hitherto in possession of…
* Eliminate waste to boost productivity, Ambode tells workers (Punch) * LASG seeks commitment to mediation (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE APRIL 4, 2018 Eliminate waste to boost productivity, Ambode tells workers (Punch) Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said he desired to increase productivity, urging the state civil servants to eliminate waste in the…
2 die in Abia Gov’s wife motorcade auto crash (Vanguard)
Tragedy struck on Tuesday in Abia, when two women died in an auto crash involving the motorcade bearing the wife of Abia Governor, Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu. One of the dead women was identified as Mrs Promise Uche-Nwamkpa, wife of a former…
Ogun pastor beheads secret lover, buries body in Church (Vanguard)
An acclaimed Pastor of the Holy Gathering Evangelical Church of God, Papalanto, Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, Oluwatobiloba Ipense, has been arrested for allegedly killing his secret lover, Railat Sanni, for ritual purposes. The victim was a 35-year-old divorcee…