The Lagos State Government has alerted members of the public on the resurgence of bird flu in the state. Gbolahan Lawal, Commissioner for Agriculture and Cooperatives, said the disease was imported into the state from the Northern part of the country and was traced to a farm at Badore, in Eti-Osa Local Government and Zoological…
Government Reduces Petrol Price
Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has announced a reduction in the pump price of petrol. The Minister said government has reduced the price from N97 to N87 with immediate effect. The price reduction, which some Nigerians have been calling for since the international price of crude oil fell in 2014, is now coming less than a…
US Commends Jonathan, Buhari Over Non-violence Pact
The United States, US Embassy in Nigeria has commended President Goodluck Jonathan, Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Muhammadu Buhari candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the main opposition party for signing a non-violence pact ahead of the forthcoming general elections. All the Presidential candidates of the various political parties met…
Google Trains Journalists on Election Reporting
Google, a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and products, has trained Nigerian journalists on the coverage of the forthcoming 2015 general elections. The training, which held in Lagos on Friday, January 16, is part of the organization’s efforts towards ensuring that Nigerian journalists equip themselves with requisite digital tools needed to report the…
Admission Test Fee for Model Colleges – LASG
The Lagos State Government has said that the N10,000 admission tests fee it recently introduced is only for pupils seeking admission to its 15 model colleges and upgraded junior secondary schools. Jide Lawal, Public Relations Officer in the state Ministry of Education disclosed this in a statement. Lawal also described as malicious the positions of…
Pakistanis Protest Latest Charlie Hebdo Cover
Police in Pakistan have clashed with crowds protesting over an image of the prophet Muhammad published in French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Police Authorities used water canon to disperse the milling crowd near the French consulate in Karachi. The protest is part of a nationwide rally called by the Jamat-e-Islami religious party. Charlie Hebdo featured…
Paris Attacks: Police Question 12 Suspects
Twelve people are being questioned by French police over last week’s attacks in Paris that left seventeen people dead. The suspects are being questioned about “possible logistical support”, such as weapons or vehicles, which authorities believe they gave the gunmen. French police carried out raids in the five towns in the paris region. Authorities say…
Fire Outbreak in Marina
Just few days after fire razed the popular Balogun market in Lagos, another fire outbreak is being reported in the Marina area of Lagos on Friday morning around the popular Mandilas building. The fire, started at about 4am in one of the tall buildings around the Market area. Shops and other buildings have been engulfed by fire…
Monalisa Chinda to Partner NAFDAC On Fibroid
Monalisa Chinda, popular actress has collaborated with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration, NAFDAC, to sponsor about 10 women for fibroid surgery across the country. At the inauguration of the project in Abuja, Chinda under her Arise Monalisa Foundation, said apart from being driven by the zeal to ‘give back’ to her society,…
U.S. Relaxes Cuba Travel Restrictions
As from Friday, January 16, new travel and trade rules between the United States and Cuba would take effect, U.S. Officials say. The new measures include allowing U.S. Citizens to use credit cards in Cuba and for U.S. businesses to export some technologies to Cuba. Further more, Americans would be able to take home up…
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