The Kowa Party Presidential Candidate in the 2015 general elections, Professor Oluremi Sonaiya, will deliver the second Lekki Express Magazine anniversary lecture slated for December 1,National Wire has learnt. Professor Sonaiya will talk on the topic, Community Development:Roles of the Media, at the event coming up at the Oriental Hotel,Lagos. The anniversary lecture is part of the activities marking the …

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday, commissioned a new road linking the premises of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja from Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way. Ambode, who also inspected the progress of work on the LASUTH Maternity Hospital popularly known as Ayinke House, also ordered contractors handling the project to work day and night to deliver it …

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Motorists and other road users have been urged by the Lagos State government to follow safety rules and measures in place to prevent disasters as a result of the ongoing construction of the Oshodi Transport Interchange. In a statement on Sunday by the Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Olujimi Hotonu, the government said with …

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has said Lagos State has the grand plan to divert at least two million passengers on the waterways daily, thereby reducing traffic on the roads. He stated this on Sunday during the commissioning of three newly acquired executive boats by the state government, with a pledge to fully explore the tourism and economic potentials of the waterways …

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Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity,Femi Adesina,has criticized a recent Businesday Newspaper article that claimed 81 per cent of the President’s appointments went in favour of individuals from the northern part of the country. Adesina said in a statement on Saturday that the article, published  on October 29, 2017, “is either an ignorant effort or a …

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A 16-year-old Korean-born Nigerian, Han Hyun Min, has been listed among the Time’s 30 Most Influential Teens for 2017. The fashion model, who grew up in South Korea, a largely homogeneous society, achieved the feat despite being often made to feel ashamed of his appearance. “There are so many prejudices about darker skinned people in South Korea,” he told the …

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There is no evidence of accountability for Nigerian police and other officials who have abused journalists as media men work at “great personal risk to report on issues that impact the lives of individuals in the societies.” The U.S. Department of States Spokesperson, Heather Nauert, who made this assertion on Thursday, added that journalists are often under threat from those …

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Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos has said an Health Insurance Scheme that will expand access to healthcare delivery in the state will commence in the early part of 2018, adding that necessary efforts to ensure the success of the scheme were being put in place. Ambode made this known while receiving the Queen of the Netherlands, Her Majesty, Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, …

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 A First Class graduate of Physics with Electronics, of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyinkansola Odufuwa, has taken to the social media to solicit employment, urging other users to also help her rebroadcast her need for job. The 2014/15 graduate of the Oyo-based privately owned institute of higher learning took the step last Tuesday, after her former school also declined offering her …

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The Ondo State Chapter of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has paid a courtesy visit to the First Lady, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, to commend her on the health and women empowerment programs she has embarked on in the state. Speaking on behalf of the Agency, recently at the First Lady’s office in the Government House, Alagbaka, Akure,  the Ondo State …

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