President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Ghana over the passing of former United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in the early hours of Saturday, August 18, 2018. “President Buhari, who called President Nana Akufo-Addo…
* Lagos disburses N280m to deceased workers’ families (Guardian) * Ambode seeks job creation through tourism (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE JUNE 7, 2018 Lagos disburses N280m to deceased workers’ families (Guardian) The Lagos State government yesterday paid a total sum of N280 million to dependants of 110 of its deceased staff, who died in active…
Children’s Day: What hope for the Nigerian child? (BusinessDay)
Today is Children’s Day, a day set aside to celebrate the Nigerian child. This day was chosen by Nigeria in response to a call from the United Nations General Assembly to member states, in 1954, to set aside a day…
SERAP drags Buhari to UN for disobeying court judgments (Punch)
A human rights advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has called on the United Nations to prevail upon President Muhammadu Buhari to put a stop to wilful disobedience of court judgments by his government. The organisation, in a…
* Waste management: Visionscape employs 350 scavengers (Punch) * Arise Fashion show Kicks off Today in Lagos (ThisDay)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE MARCH 31, 2018 Waste management: Visionscape employs 350 scavengers (Punch) In a bid to build local capacity in waste management, Visionscape Sanitation says it has registered and inducted 350 scavengers into its operations. The company…
Obi tasks African leaders on SDGs implementation
Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has appealed to African leaders to join the rest of the world in the faithful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that was recently rolled out after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…