The Story Corner : BBN Palava
My people, my people. Let me wish you a happy new month first. Happy New Month! This gist is fresh from the oven, fresh from my reliable sources and I saw it myself o. Big Brother Naija called for auditions and guess what? people flooded the venue. Youths, especially Lagos youths, they have no chill […]
The ‘Anxiety’ Over Traffic Robbery In Lagos
The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, is winding down his administration of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital city with six months left in the four-year cycle. Happenings and developments around the city, especially on security, give a bold statement – Governor Ambode is racing against time in a tall order to finish strong. It was […]
Police Nabs Mad Woman With Human Parts At Ijanikin
The ‘madwoman’ who was arrested on Monday with decomposing corpses and other human parts under Cele Nicer Bridge in Ijanikin, Ojo area of Lagos State, has said she, at times, posed as a sex worker to get victims for her human parts business, which she has been operating for nine years. Preliminary investigation also revealed […]
Boosting Breastfeeding In Nigeria
World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from August 1-7 to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. The celebration provides wonderful opportunity of refreshing knowledge or setting agenda for nursing mothers on breastfeeding for a whole week. First celebrated in 1992 by World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), World Breastfeeding […]
Entrepreneurship Platform Initiative Inspires Women, Youths to Embark On Profitable Ventures
Panelists at the first Lagos seminar of the Entrepreneurship Platform Initiative (EPI), have urged budding entrepreneurs particularly women and youths to be innovative and aspire beyond their set business targets. The panelists in their respective remarks at the forum encouraged women to take advantage of their God given skills and develop great business ideas so […]
Rant Of The Day – We Lay In Waste
Welcome to the rant column I have seen so many things in this city of mine but this particular ancient crown that is zooming back to this place is very embarrassing. Who else has noticed how dirty Lagos is right now? Jeez! Lagos is now full of dirts and I am wondering if the Waste […]
Scores Dead, Many Injured As Gas Explosions Rock Lagos
Scores of people were on Monday dismembered and several others sustained injuries, including third degree burns, as two gas explosions rocked both the Magodo and Badagry areas of Lagos. While the first explosion occurred at the Second Coming Nigeria Limited gas located on CMD Road, Magodo, the second followed hours later at a gas retail […]
Lagos To Close Agege Area To Vehicles
The Lagos State Government says it will partially restrict vehicular movement in the Agege area from January 4, 2018. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Olujimi Hotonu, in a statement on Monday said the move was to accelerate the ongoing construction of the Pen Cinema Flyover. Hotonu added that there would be a […]
Lagos Launches Full-Scale War On Indiscriminate Disposal Of Waste
The Lagos State Government has launched a full-scale war on indiscriminate disposal of waste, warning that anyone caught violating environmental laws within the State will face the full wrath of the law.The state’s Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, made the declaration at an interactive session with Media Chiefs in Lagos, recently. The Commissioner […]
Is Lagos Really The 8th Most Dangerous Place For Women?
The day I arrived in Lagos after deciding to move here, I felt a mixture of exhaustion, excitement and disbelief; I still couldn’t quite believe I’d decided to do it. As I started unpacking, my dad came into my room and we started chatting. As I started taking my clothes out of my suitcase, he […]
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