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…
Turkey Reacts to Prophet Mohammed Cartoons
The Government of Turkey has condemned and vowed to thwart the publication of cartoons of the Muslim prophet describing it as an open provocation. Turkey said it would not condone the continued insult of Prophet Mohammed in the aftermath of attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine. Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey Prime Minister, stated this while addressing journalists…
Ambode Promises To Run Accountable Government
Ahead of the February general elections in Nigeria, Akinwumi Ambode, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Lagos State has promised to run an accountable government if elected. Ambode said his tenure as governor of the state will operate an economy with opportunities through good governance and selfless service to the citizens of…
French President Vows To Protect All Religions
President Francois Hollande has vowed that France will protect all religions, adding that Muslims are the major victims of fanaticism. While thanking the Arabs for their solidarity over terrorism in Paris at the Arab World Institute, Hollande said Islam was compatible with democracy. Attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine, a jewish supermarket and a policeman, left…
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