SKYE BANK REWARDS PROMO WINNERS

Skye Bank Plc has produced new set of millionaires at the 11th edition of the ‘Reach for the Skye Millionaire’ re-ward scheme.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF REAL MADRID'S 11TH UCL TITLE WIN

Real Madrid were crowned champions of Europe for the 11th time after defeating Atletico Madrid in a dramatic penalty shootout in Milan.

FOR THE RECORDS; PMB'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS ON MAY 29

My compatriots,

It is one year today since our administration came into office. It has been a year of triumph, consolidation, pains and achievements. By age, instinct and experience, my preference is to look forward, to prepare for the challenges that lie ahead and rededicate the administration to the task of fixing Nigeria. But I believe we can also learn from the obstacles we have overcome and the progress we made thus far, to help strengthen the plans that we have in place to put Nigeria back on the path of progress.

WE MUST INTRODUCE TECHNOLOGY IN THE CONDUCT OF LOCAL ELECTIONS – INEC CHAIRMAN

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has called for the introduction of technology in the conduct of Local Government Elections. He said technology was important in attesting to the integrity of the process and also safeguarding the will of the people.

AFRICAN UNION UNVEILS AFRIMA 2016 CALENDAR IN GAMBIA...SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES TO COMMENCE ON MAY 30

The African Union has unveiled the calendar of events of the 2016 All Africa Music Awards tagged AFRIMA 3.0 at the AUC-AFRIMA Joint Conference in Banjul, Gambia.

MY GOVERNORSHIP, AN ASSIGNMENT FROM GOD - AMBODE

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday said his ascension into office one year ago as the 14th Governor of the State was an assignment from God, just as he vowed to continue to serve humanity selflessly throughout his tenure and lifetime.

BLACK SPOTS: RRS RAIDS 59, QUIZZES 2 CULTISTS

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command over the weekend arrested 59 suspected social miscreants during a raid on criminal hideouts and black spots in the State.

The raid was part of the routine exercise of the RRS on suspected black spots in the State to check criminal activities as well as restore orderliness in crime and violence prone areas.

SEKIBO CONGRATULATES NIGERIAN CHILDREN AS HERITAGE BANK ROUNDS OFF CHILDREN BANKING MONTH WITH A PARTY

Activities marking the Heritage Bank Children Banking Month peaked at the weekend with the celebration of the Nigerian child, when it feted children in the "biggest children's party of the year" at the King's College Annex grounds, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Guardian reporter, Ajibola Amzat, wins overall prize in 2016 Promasidor Quill Awards

The much celebrated Promasidor Quill Awards Season 4 came to an end on Friday when a correspondent with Guardian Newspapers Limited, Ajibola Amzat was declared the overall winner at the event held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos. The new title holder, Amzat, took over from Taiwo Alimi, the overall winner for the 2014-2015 edition.

LAGOS SIGNS N844BN MoU ON 4TH MAINLAND BRIDGE

In what is set to become a major milestone achievement in its 50 years of existence, the Lagos State Government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to kick-start the construction of the 38km 4th Mainland Bridge, expected to bring a 14-year old dream to reality.

Goldberg Fuji t’o Bam: Contestants in Oyo laud Nigerian Breweries

Impressed by the opportunity provided by Nigeria’s number one Fuji talent show, Goldberg Fuji t’o Bam, many contestants who participated in the Oyo State edition of the auditions have applauded Nigerian Breweries Plc for providing the platform that has led to the discovery of budding talents and also for putting Fuji music on the spotlight in Nigeria and beyond.

 

The contestants said they appreciate the commitment of the company to the promotion and development of the genre of music, which has over the years contributed to the socio-cultural development of Yorubas living in the western part of the country and beyond.

 

FIVE EMERGE FROM OTA GOLBERG FUJI T’O BAM SELECTION PARTY

After a keenly contested selection party, five budding artistes emerged tops at the Sango Ota edition of the GolbergFuji t’o Bam, which took place at 3AD Bar, Idiroko road, Ota recently.

2016 Promasidor Quill Awards hold Friday

The 2016 Promasidor Quill Awards will hold on Friday, May 27, 2016 at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos.

 

OSHODI TRANSFORMATION’LL DEPICT THE NEW FACE OF LAGOS- AMBODE …Says Marketers, Transport Workers’ Interest Well Protected …Project To Gulp $70m, Private Investor Reveals

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said the plan of his administration to transform Oshodi into a world class transport interchange in the next 13 to 16 months would go a long way to depict the regeneration plan of the State, just as he said that the project would also totally remove all notorious activities associated with the area.

OGBECHIE, AKANDE, OTHERS SET FOR 5TH ANNUAL YES INTERNATIONAL! MAGAZINE LECTURE/COCKTAIL PARTY

The place to be on Monday, June 20, 2016 is the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, on KofoAbayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos and the event you just have to attend is the 5th Annual YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine Lecture/Cocktail Party.

AMBODE’S ACHIEVEMENTS IN ONE YEAR COMMENDABLE- BUHARI

President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commissioned series of projects in Lagos State, just as he commended the achievements of the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode administration in one year.

BUHARI CALLED OFF STATE VISIT TO LAGOS

President Muhammadu Buhari has called off his much publicised two-day state visit to Lagos.

RRS NABS HERDSMAN WHO BURGLED A PHONE SHOP IN OGBA

The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS)of Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a burglar, a phone dealer and 9 phone users over 65 stolen phones valued at N2.5 million, which were carted away at a burgled shop in Ogba area of the State .

MAN U WINS FA CUP, SET TO APPOINT MOURINHO AS MANAGER

Jesse Lingard’s extra-time thunderbolt earned Manchester United a record-equalling 12th FA Cup as Louis van Gaal’s side came from behind to defeat Crystal Palace 2-1 in Saturday’s final at Wembley.

TINUBU MOVES TO END STRIKE, VISITS NLC LEADERS

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed, national leader of the All Progressives Congress took the unusual step Friday of intervening in the Nigeria Labour Congress protest by visiting the NLC leaders right in their secretariat in Abuja, to appeal for an end to the strike.

LAGOS WELCOMES BUHARI ON TWO-DAY WORKING VISIT ...Advises Residents On Traffic Diversions

The Lagos State Government will formally welcome President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 23, 2016 on a two-day working visit to the State. It will be President Buhari's first official visit to the state since he assumed office about a year ago. 

Nigerian bagged Empowering Communities Award in the United Kingdom’s Global Asian Voice Charity Event

The Asian Voice Award is an awards for Rewarding Inspiration, Innovation and Impact oriented companies, individuals and charities around the World.

Charities all around Britain do great work every day.

MY TEN KOBO; HELP...AMBODE IS AFTER ME!

As I switched on my phone after landing at MMA, I realized that I have had about a dozen calls, mostly from guys in my hood at Oshodi. 

LAGOS ATTRACTS $43 BILLION INVESTMENT IN ONE YEAR

The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment (Lagos Global), has declared that it has received approximately $43Billion investment proposition within one year of inception.

10 contestants secure tickets for Goldberg Fuji concert

After a rigorous and highly competitive contest, 10 contestants – out of the hundreds that turned out – have scaled the first Selection Party hurdle at the fourth edition of Nigeria’s number one Fuji music talent hunt show, Goldberg Fuji t’o Bam. The Selection Parties were held at Samkoll Garden, Ikotun, Lagos State and 3AD Bar, Idiroko Road, Ota Ota, Ogun State.

UBA APPOINTS FIVE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a leading pan-African banking group with operations in 19 countries on the continent and presence in London, Paris and New York, has announced the appointments of Ayo Liadi, Oliver Alawuba, Ibrahim Puri, Uche Ike and Chuks Nweke as executive directors of the UBA Group.

SEVILLA BEAT LIVERPOOL TO WIN 3RD CONSECUTIVE EUROPA LEAGUE TROPHY

Liverpool suffered a dramatic second-half collapse as Sevilla claimed the Europa League for the third season in succession with a superb comeback.

We can generate 12,000 megawatts of electricity-Fashola

With Nigeria currently generating less than 3,000 megawatts of electricity which has led to outages in many communities, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has assured that the country can generate 12,000 megawatts of electricity, once the challenges confronting the power sector are addressed.

FINALLY, THE STORY OF BEER

Simply put, beer is fermented; hop flavoured, malt sugared, liquid. The basic ingredients of beer are water, malt, hops, and yeast. The major variation in beer is the type of yeast used to ferment the product.

14, 256 youths jostle for agro-business empowerment programme in Lagos

At least 14, 256 youths from Lagos and in the diaspora applied for the agro-business training programme, meant to train and empower 5,700 youths; drawn from the 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) of the state.

LIGHT UP LAGOS: 600KM NETWORK OF ROADS, 366 LOCATIONS LIT UP ACROSS STATE …Govt Warns Against Vandalization Of Poles, Cables

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said that so far, about 600km network of roads and streets in 366 locations across the State has been lit up under the ‘Light Up Lagos’ project initiated by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode administration in the last one year.  

France returns artifact illegally exported from Nigeria

France has officially presented to Nigeria the Nok Terracotta that was repatriated after it was intercepted in France while in transit from Togo to the United States in 2008.

BEER LUBRICATES CULTURE, ENHANCES SOCIAL BONDING – STUDY

Drinking, as we have already noted, is essentially a social act, subject to a variety of rules and norms regarding who may drink what, when, where, with whom and so on. Drinking does not, in any society, take place ‘just anywhere’, and most cultures have specific, designated environments for communal drinking.

SUICIDE ATTEMPT: RRS SAVES MOTHER, BABY

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) yesterday, evening prevented a mother of four from committing suicide by jumping into the Lagoon with a 12 – month old baby.

AFRICAN UNION TO UNVEIL AFRIMA 2016 CALENDAR IN THE GAMBIA …HOLDS AUC-AFRIMA CONFERENCE

The African Union Commission (AUC) will unveil this year’s programs and calendar of the annual continental awards, All Africa Music Awards tagged “AFRIMA 3.0” at an AUC-AFRIMA music/cultural and media conference scheduled to hold on May 21-25 during the commemoration of the 10th African Union Youth Charter in Banjul, Gambia.

OSHODI WORLD CLASS TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE READY IN 15 MONTHS - AMBODE ...Project To Feature Multi-Story Bus Terminals, Pedestrian Bridges, Shopping Malls, CCTVs, Others

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said the long awaited regeneration of Oshodi into a world class Central Business District (CBD) will commence next week with the construction of Transport Interchange which will feature the consolidation of all 13 city and interstate parks in Oshodi into 3 multi-story bus terminals.

PHOTO NEWS ; HERITAGE BANK MD, OTHERS PARLEY ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Director, Consumer Protection Unit, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Alhaji Adamu Abullahi and Compliance Officer, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Mrs. Yewande Soda listening to the remarks of Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Bank and Chairman of Occasion,  Mr. Ifie Sekibo at the Institute’s roundtable discussion on corporate governance in Lagos recently.

13 REASONS FOR THE NEW PMS PRICE REGIME

Here are some of the questions Nigerians are asking on the new petrol price. And here are the answers

Photonews: LIRS Directors at CITN 18th Annual Tax Conference

L-R: Director,Administration and Human Resources,Lagos State Internal Revenue Service,Mrs. Arinola Kola-Daisi;

Executive Chairman,LIRS, Mr. Olufolarin Ogunsanwo; 
Director, Tax Audit, LIRS, Mrs. Bolaji Akintola during the Chattered Institute Of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) 18th Annual Tax Conference in Abuja recently.

LAGOS NOW OFFICIALLY AN OIL PRODUCING STATE- AMBODE …Says Feat Opens New Vista For Revenue Generation

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday declared that Lagos has officially joined the League of Oil Producing States in Nigeria following the discovery of crude oil by Tunde Folawiyo Petroleum Company Limited in Badagry, Lagos.

HISTORY IS MADE AS FIFA APPOINTS AN AFRICAN WOMAN AS SECRETARY-GENERAL

For the first time in the history of world football governing body, FIFA, a woman and an African has been appointed as the Secretary- General.

QC SAGA; TEACHER CLEARED AS ACCUSER FAILED TO APPEAR

The truth has finally prevailed in the accusation levelled against a teacher at the Queens College Lagos as the Ministry of Education said the investigative panel into the alleged sexual molestation on a female student of the college could not establish any evidence to indict the accused teacher.

THE CHINA STORY; OUR SIDE- INFORMATION MINISTRY

My attention has been drawn to a letter I endorsed to the Ag. Director General, National Broadcasting Commission requesting for a loan of N13,120,470.00 to cover tickets and travel expenses of a five-member delegation being led by the Honourable Minister of Information and Culture to Beijing, China, which was mischievously leaked to the social media by staff of National Broadcasting Commission.

LAGOS VOWS TO DEAL WITH LAND GRABBERS

The Lagos State government has reiterated its commitment to deal with land grabbers, popularly known in local parlance as “Omo Onile”, causing havoc and unrest in different part of the State by disposing legitimate land owners of their properties.

Is Africa really Rising? Elumelu, Adesina, Graca Machel and others think so.

So say the co –chairs at the recently concluded World Economic Forum on Africa which was held in Kigali, Rwanda from May 11^th-13^th, 2016.

New fuel price regime inevitable - FG

The Federal Government has said the introduction of a new price regime for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) has become inevitable in order to halt the crippling fuel scarcity in the country and ensure availability of the product. 

INEC RELEASES EDO AND ONDO GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION TIMETABLE

The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has released the time table and schedule of activities for the governorship elections in Edo and Ondo, scheduled for Saturday, 10^th September and Saturday, 26^th November 2016, respectively.

 

EXIM Bank Signs Memorandum of Understanding with United Bank for Africa to Expand Trade between US and Africa

Washington, D.C. – Fred P. Hochberg, Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), and Phillips Oduoza, CEO and Group Managing Director of United Bank for Africa (UBA) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the goal of expanding trade between the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa at the World Economic Forum Africa (WEF) in Kigali. 

BUDGET DISBURSEMENT BEGINS FRIDAY - BUDGET MINISTER

The Federal Government said on Thursday that it would commence the release of the sum of N350bn set aside for capital projects contained in the 2016 budget on Friday.

SHAREHOLDERS APPLAUD NIGERIAN BREWERIES’ 2015 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Shareholders of Nigerian Breweries Plc, Nigeria’s foremost brewer, have applauded the company for recording an impressive financial result for 2015.

LASG SET TO LAUNCH ‘ONE LAGOS’ BRAND

The Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Art and Culture, Mr. Folorunso Folarin-Coker has stated that the “One Lagos” brand is scheduled to be formally launched in May 2016 as part of activities lined up to serve as countdown to the celebration of “Lagos @ 50”.

FG: We are Developing Framework to Mobilise Revenue from Non-oil Sector

The Federal Government yesterday indicated its resolve to ensure the nation’s tax system reflects the commercial activity levels in Nigeria.

SUBSIDY REGIME ENDS AS FUEL NOW SELLS FOR N145

The pump price of petrol in Nigeria was almost increased by 100 per cent today to N145, from N86.50, ending a fraudulent regime of subsidy that has dogged the Nigerian economy for decades.