2016: The good, the bad and the ugly of Nigerian sports
For the first time in decades, the NPFL finally got close to the kind of following that validates the league as any sort of meaningful activity. The Nigerian league is now firmly part of the football conversation in Nigeria due to the persistent efforts of the LMC. As with all activities, there were positives, negatives and opportunities.
MASSOB cries out over mass killing, intimidation of Biafran activists
Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, has urged the United States President elect, Mr. Donald Trump to save the people of Biafra from what it described as infliction of wicked policies, intimidation and mass killings of Biafran activists by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in Nigeria.
Governor Ambode’s impact is real and remarkable – Ayorinde
Acknowledging a year that many have described as outstanding in the state, Lagos State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, appraises Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s performance and also highlights what to expect in the New Year.
Ambode vows to transform Badagry in 18 months
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state yesterday commissioned 500 metres Imeke-Ajido Bridge, a major link bridge in Badagry Local Government, even as he disclosed that plans had been concluded to transform the town in another 18 months to a tourist centre.
LASTMA officer’s murder: LASG accuses police of foot-dragging
The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji Kazeem, has asked the state Police Command, to without further delay, fish out the killers of an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Surajudeen Olatunji Bakare, who was brutally killed by irate mob in Apapa on December 15, 2016.
Islamic organisations reject gender parity bill
The Conference of Islamic Organisations, CIO has rejected the gender parity bill currently in the National Assembly describing it as offensive and anti-Islam.
