The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has restated the commitment of his administration to delivering on the T.H.E.M.E.S strategic development agenda, adding that doing so within the framework of the Circular Economy requires innovative thinking and implementation, as well as adequate financing and investment. Sanwo-Olu stated this in his keynote address delivered at the virtual Lagos State Roundtable on Circular Economy organised by the State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget with the theme “For a Greater Lagos: Leveraging Circular Economy for Rebuilding Lagos and Post COVID-19 Recovery Agenda – Building Back Better”. He said the theme of the…
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The UN children’s agency Monday appealed for $2.5 billion in new funds for 39 million children in the Middle East and North Africa impacted by war, poverty and the coronavirus pandemic. “The region is home to the highest number of children in need in the world,” said Ted Chaiban, UNICEF regional director for the Middle East and North Africa. “This is largely due to man-made crises including armed conflicts, poverty and economic stagnation.” He said the latest appeal “aims to reach children with critical humanitarian assistance and continue responding to the massive needs emerging as a result of the Covid-19…
The Federal Government has announced the commencement of Commercial Operations on the Lagos-Ibadan rail line. The Presidency in a Tweet on Monday said the commercial operations commenced today and formal commissioning will be held in the first quarter of 2020. Also, the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Digital and New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi via his official Twitter handle said the rail line has commenced operation “with only one trip return” for now. “For now, according to the NRC, only one return trip daily, leaving Ibadan at 8:00 am for Lagos and leaving Lagos for Ibadan at 4:00 pm,” Ogunlesi…
The House of Representatives has faulted the call by the Peoples Democratic Party caucus on Nigerians to ask the National Assembly to impeach the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The House said the call has an ulterior motive, especially as Buhari is billed to appear before the lawmakers soon, to explain the rising spate of insecurity in the country. Leader of the PDP caucus, Mr Kingsley Chinda, had earlier on Sunday in a statement titled ‘PDP caucus mourns, says Nigeria saddled with the circus’, called on Nigerians to compel their representatives in the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment…
The Lagos State Police Command has debunked a viral video suggesting that there is an ongoing End SARS protest in the state on Monday. DAILY POST reports that some social media users posted the video on Twitter, claiming that protesters have returned to the Lekki despite the heavy presence of the police and other security agents. But, the Lagos police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi said this was not true. According to Adejobi, the video being circulated was shot before the toll gate was set on fire, after the Lekki shooting incident of October 20. In a tweet on Monday afternoon, Adejobi…
The second wave of End SARS protest has commenced in Lagos and Ibadan. Ibadan is the capital of Oyo State. Demonstrators have returned to Lekki toll plaza, the scene of the military shooting currently under probe. Teams of policemen and soldiers are around to forestall a breakdown of law and order. Security has been heightened at other flashpoints in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city. On Sunday, the police reiterated its ban on gatherings, warning that such might be hijacked by unscrupulous elements. The End SARS protest initially commenced on October 8 in Lagos. The youth-led outcry spread to other states. For nearly…
Wife of the Rivers State Governor, Justice Suzzette Eberechi Nyesom-Wike has urged ladies golfers to continue to encourage and draw strength from each other through golfing. She said when women are happy with what they are engaged in productively like golfing, their husbands also benefit from such a state of mind and health. Justice Nyesom-Wike made the remark at the 29th Ladies Amateur Open Champion which held at the golf course of the Port Harcourt Club 1928 on Saturday. The wife of the governor, who had the ceremonial Tee Off, and later watched performances of lady golfers who were in…
The Presidency has said that results coming from the states of the long list of the bye-elections show definitely that our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), remains the chosen party of Nigerians. Speaking on behalf of the presidency, Mr. Garba Shehu, said We the confidence of the people will not be taken for granted. The special media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement on Sunday, assured that the present administration will not fail Nigerians. “Nigerians who appreciate the efforts of the administration in making life better for all citizens, especially under an economy facing the severest test…
The bad news continued for Barcelona on Sunday when the club reported that injury-prone French forward Ousmane Dembele tweaked his right hamstring in the loss to Cadiz the day before. “It is minor and the progress will determine his availability,” said Barca in a statement. Spanish media estimated he would be out for one to two weeks. Dembele suffered a string of serious injuries to his right hamstring last season and appeared in only nine games for Barcelona. This season he has already played 12 times and scored four goals, including one in a Champions League victory at Ferencvaros on…
Police are set for a showdown with youths over the second phase of the #EndSARS protests. The protests are billed to begin on Monday in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and other cities. There was anxiety as various police commands yesterday warned against such gatherings. The organisers, who raised awareness on the social media, said the second phase was to demand the release of all protesters detained following the first phase. They also want restrictions on all accounts of #EndSARS leaders at the instance of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) lifted. Destroyed, vandalised or looted were 269 private and companies’…