The Lagos State Government has launched an Incident Command System as part of efforts to prevent an outbreak of the fast-spreading Coronavirus in the state. In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile, the Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi explained that the virus is a new pathogen to…
Month: February 2020
All You Need to Know About The New Visa Policy
The Federal Government has officially launched the Nigerian Visa Policy (NVP) 2020. This enhanced visa policy by Nigeria, one of Africa’s key economies and demography, comes on the back of the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, a treaty seeking to establish a continent-wide marketplace with increased trade and freer movement among its…
UK To Ban Sale Of Petrol Cars From 2035
Britain will bring forward a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035, including hybrids, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to announce on Tuesday. Johnson was to make the announcement at an event launching the 2019 United Nations Climate Change conference, COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November. The changes…
AAC Blasts Sanwo-Olu for Imposing Ban on Okada
The Lagos State chapter of the African Action Congress has kicked against the decision of the Lagos State Government to impose ban on commercial motorcycle riders. The party in a statement signed on Monday by its Publicity Secretary, Elias Ozikpu, said the policy was a sign of failed leadership. The statement reads in part, “The…
OkadaBan: Lawmaker Makes Case For Govt., Urges Residents To Be Patient.
Chairman, Lagos House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, Honourable Temitope Adewale, has called on residents to be patient with the state government over the ban of motorcycles and tricycles in some parts of the state. Hon Adewale, representing Ifako Ijaiye constituency I, said that the traffic law was passed in 2012 and that the people…
NURTW to Deal With Transporters Who Increase Fare – MC Oluomo
The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State, Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo, has vowed to deal with transporters who are reportedly taking advantage of the Okada ban in the state. In a statement released on Monday, the Chairman reveals that members have been informed that the leadership of the Union has not…
Lagos Okada Ban: Minister of Transport Fears Unemployment, Insecurity
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has warned the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, that the ban on motorcycle (okada) and tricycle (keke) operators would amount to increase in unemployment and insecurity. He said this when he appeared as a guest on a programme on Channels Television, Sunrise Daily, and monitored by our correspondent on…
Okada Riders Protest, Clash With Police in Ijora
Some motorcycles and tricycles riders on Monday embarked on a wide protest in Ijora against the ban by the Lagos State Government It was learnt that the clash occurred when the police officers attempted to stop the protest embarked upon by the riders. During the protest which started around 08.21 am on Monday, the protesters…
I am finer than most ladies, I want to be pregnant – Bobrisky
Controversial social media entertainer, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky has taken to social media to share his intentions to become pregnant. According to Bobrisky, she wants God to give her a womb. Bobrisky stated that she is already finer than most women, adding that all she needs to hold down her boo, is a womb. ”Since…
Lagos State Deploys 65 Buses on Major Roads
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the management of Lagos Bus Services Limited to deploy a fleet of 65 buses along major routes from Monday, February 3, 2020. This directive is in line with the effort to alleviate the hardship commuters might face as a result of the restriction order on the operators of…
Don’t register again – JAMB tells candidates at blacklisted centers
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Friday called on candidates who registered for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in some recently blacklisted centres that there is nothing to worry about. The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of…
492 Families Benefits from Sanwo-Olu’s Maiden Housing Scheme
…It’s Another Promise Fulfilled, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday presented keys to beneficiaries of his administration’s maiden rent-to-own housing scheme. Governor Sanwo-Olu allotted all the apartments of the Lateef Kayode Jakande Housing Estate in Igando to 492 families certified by the State’s Mortgage Board to benefit from the scheme. The allocation came…