Dayo Emmanuel

Alpha1 Rides Wins Two Customer-Friendly Awards In Three Days

Barely two months after entering the ride hailing space in Nigeria, Alpha1 Rides has received recognition as it bagged two awards within three days. The awards were presented by students associations in the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on their widely popular Dinner Nights. Held at the Ostra Event Centre, the first award was presented by the Faculty of Arts on …

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#JusticeForLawrence: Women Arise, CEE-HOPE Hold Rally Against Domestic Violence

President, Women Arise, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin; Executive Director, CEE HOPE, Ms Betty Abah; friends to the victims Family & others

Women Arise, a leading NGO in the fight for women’s rights and empowerment, and CEE-HOPE, a child/girl’s rights and development organisation, recently stormed the premises of a Lagos court to push for justice in a murder case and to hold a rally on domestic violence. The two organisations were at the Ebute-Meta Magistrate Court December 5 for the hearing of …

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Man Commits Suicide In Court Over N40,000 Debt

Health workers at work

A man standing trial this morning at the Samuel Ilori Court, Ogba, Lagos has committed suicide within the court premises. According to an eye witness at the scene, the deceased was standing trial over a case relating to a debt of N40,000 only which he was unable to settle. After his case was heard and adjourned at the court 20 …

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7 Facts You Need To Know About The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA)

The NMA is the professional association and registered for Nigerian doctors and dentists. The NMA has more than 35,000 members from 36 state branches and the branch from the federal capital territory, including those registered in the diaspora. NMA’s membership spans all six major specialties of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Public Health and Laboratory Medicine/Pathology. The NMA …

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Ashafa, Obasa, Others Attend Wedding Of Ex Clerk Olatunji’s Daughter’s Wedding

CAPTION: L-R: Former Clerk, Lagos State House of Assembly and father of the bride, Chief Adewale Taiwo Olatunji; the groom, Babatunde Abdul Azeez Daramola; bride, Simisola Khadijah Olatunji; bride's mother, Mrs Olanrewaju Olatunji; Chairman, Senate Committee on Land Transport, Senator Olugbenga Bareehu Ashafa; and Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa during the wedding of Babatunde and Simisola in Lagos...on Sunday.

Ashafa, Obasa, Others Attend Wedding Of Ex Clerk Olatunji’s Daughter’s Wedding Abiodun Omotosho     It was all joy at the weekend in Lagos when the daughter of former Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Simisola Khadijah Olatunji got married to her heartthrob. Advertisement The event attracted the cream of the society including the former Clerk, of the …

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MRA Inducts Standards Organisation of Nigeria into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) was today named by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) as this week’s inductee into its Freedom of Information (FOI) “Hall of Shame” for its failure to comply with the provisions of the FOI Act over the last six years and “carrying on as if the Law does not exist.” In a statement in Lagos announcing …

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#EndSARS: IGP Orders Reorganisation of SARS As Atiku, Amnesty International, Others, Kick

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim has ordered the immediate reorganisation of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across the country. This is coming at the heels of nationwide #EndSARS protests over alleged unprofessional conducts of policemen attached to SARS. The force Monday afternoon through a release, reacted to agitations of Nigerians who have kept vigils on the Social …

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What Atiku Abubakar Told Nigerian Youths On Facebook

Atiku Abubakar

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has addressed Nigerian youths via a live broadcast on Facebook. The former Vice President who spoke on Sunday was so passionate about the plights of the youths especially in the area of unemployment. Below is the full broadcast as captured by National Wire.   FULL TEXT: “Hello, my name is Atiku Abubakar. I am speaking …

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Lagos High Court Rules FOI Act Applicable to Lagos State

A Lagos High Court, sitting in the Ikeja Judicial Division, has ruled that the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, 2011 is applicable to the Government of Lagos State and does not require “domestication” by the State to have effect. Dismissing a preliminary objection raised by the Lagos State Ministry of Health in a suit instituted against the Ministry and the …

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