Lagos – Nine out of 14 professors have been shortlisted to contest for the post of the Vice-Chancellor at the Lagos State University (LASU). A competent source, who pleaded anonymity at the University’s Registrars office, made the disclosure on Friday in Lagos. The source said that 14 professors had applied for the position within the […]
Our Man: Lagos’ Accidental Public Servant The problem with things that glittered, Our Man realized, was that they often had the nasty habit of not being gold. If he was a computer programmer (which he wasn’t, thank God), he would have absolutely loathed the word ‘back end’ by now. Because back-end was where the stress […]
By Anthony A. Kila | London, UK | November 2, 2015 – Reports reaching us from my Lagos is clear and unanimous: The honeymoon period between the people of Lagos state and our newly elected Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode is over. The very many comments on Facebook and Disqus, critical tweets in the cyber world […]
Lagos is the heartbeat of Nigeria-economically, socially and otherwise. From the comical to the puzzling and the most shocking, it all happens in this city of over 15 million people. It is a fascinating placeto be. Due to the complexities that make Lagos unique, people have evolved different ways to communicate, interact and pass […]
* Closes Ijegun school where proprietor allegedly defiled 2 students By Monsuru Olowoopejo As schools resumed for the new session yesterday across Lagos, the state government has vowed to shut any school that failed to provide adequate security for its pupils, leading to the premises been used to perpetrate defilement, rape or other illicit acts. Worried […]
By Dapo Akinrefon Lagos—FORMER Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Demcoratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, yesterday, berated former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola for allegedly spending N78 million to build a website, describing the move as a “reckless misappropriation.” George, who called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the alleged misappropriation, said […]
When you wrestle with a pig, the pig gets happy and you get dirty.” This statement of profound wisdom informed my silence in the wake of manipulated and unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing recently being levelled against me. They started a few weeks to the end of my tenure, and have continued till date. They range […]
By Our Reporter on August 11, 2015 Trending An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded 45-year-old Santana Obend, charged with rape of a minor, at Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered the remand of the accused in prison pending the determination of his bail application on September 18, […]
Our Reporter Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Revival of Igbo language: Taking a cue from Imo House of Assembly and some Lagos-based private schools advertisement TOP HEADLINES Jonathan surrounded himself with ‘unsavoury characters’and Ribadu later realised Obasanjo was using him -Soyinka Nigerian student emerges youngest First Class graduate in London Banks […]
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