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When Lions Club reaches out to kids, pregnant women

When Lions Club reaches out to kids, pregnant women

FOR the about two decades the School Village, Ikeja had been in existence , it had no reliable source of water supply. Both teachers and students usually trekked a distance of about 100 metres to fetch water.

Drug war! NDLEA mourns its slain operatives

Drug war! NDLEA mourns its slain operatives

THE mood was palpably solemn, if not sorrowful, that day at No 4, Shaw Road Ikoyi, Lagos head office of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Indeed , almost all the operatives wore long faces as they went about their duties. Even the visitors that thronged the place on this day also found themselves speaking in low tones as they exchanged pleasantries.

For Catholic couples, a night to relax and have fun

For Catholic couples, a night to relax and have fun

MR and Mrs James Okaffor, both traders and residents of Ojo, have been married for 10 years, but it was 10 years of marriage marred by crises. But reprieve came their way when they were recently invited to attend a couples event.

In Lagos, light will shine again with ‘home-made’ transformers

In Lagos, light will shine again with ‘home-made’ transformers

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo Barring any unforeseen developments, communities in Lagos with no electricity transformers or malfunctioning transformers will have every cause to rejoice soon if an intervention plan by the Lagos State government to solve electricity problem in the state is anything to go by. The plan was said to have been […]

With Lagos City Champions, it’s football fun all the way

With Lagos City Champions, it’s football fun all the way

DRIVING along the ever-busy Bank Anthony Way, in Ikeja, one will not fail to notice the campaign banner stretched through the length of the road. One’s curiosity is immediately aroused by the campaign message: “Lagos Own the Game”.

Sunborn: A yatch hotel floating on controversy

Sunborn: A yatch hotel floating on controversy

When the Sunborn Yatch Hotel, a floating hotel facility, berthed at the Marina waterfront recently, it elicited a lot of excitement among many Lagosians. Many saw it as a spectacular sight to behold, especially it was the first hotel of its kind to float on water in Nigeria.

In Lagos, it’s a free health bonanza for cops

In Lagos, it’s a free health bonanza for cops

Due to the strenuous and demanding nature of their job, many policemen barely find time to visit the hospital to seek medical attention for such common ailments as malaria and typhoid even when they are down with symptoms that indicate that they have been so infected.

Making fortunes from demolition sites

Making fortunes from demolition sites

It was a case of one man’s misfortune being another man’s blessing at the Ifesowapo Iron Market, along the Lagos-Badagry expressway, at Orile Iganmu.

Desperate to go abroad

Desperate to go abroad

The desperation on the part of many Nigerians to travel out of the country is believed to have reached an alarming level in recent times.

When slum-based youths mobilise to change their destiny

When slum-based youths mobilise to change their destiny

By Jude Njoku Amukoko, Orile Iganmu, Badia and Ajegunle are unarguably some of the worst slum settlements in Lagos. Residents of these ghettos live under terrible sanitary conditions. The drainage channels are usually blocked with heaps of refuse which cause flooding at the slightest downpour. These ghettos provide a good hide-out for criminals while the […]