Health

[Video] Why I don’t wear mask around Italian infected with Coronavirus-CMD

Ihesiulo Grace 2 March 2020 0

Chief Medical Director of Mainland General Hospital, Yaba, Dr. Bowale Abimbola, has explained why he does not wear face mask around Italian infected with coronavirus. Dr. Abimbola said, ”I am not using any face mask because the distance between me and where the patient is more than 2

Banking Business

Fidelity Bank organises campus activation, targets 3,000 new account holders

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

Motolani Oseni As part of its desire to continue promoting financial literacy, Fidelity Bank has organised a campus activation programme at Federal College of Education (Technical), Yaba, Lagos. The bank organised the activation programme on Monday in Lagos with a focus to bring on board 3,000 new account holders. Speaking at the event, Mr Richard […]

News Nigeria

Ambode’s wife empowers 50,000 pupils in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 6 June 2018 0

Wife of the Lagos state governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, on Tuesday commenced the distribution of not less than 50,000 shoes and branded socks to primary one pupils of public schools across the state. In her remarks at the Cherubim and Seraphim Primary School, Ikorodu, Mrs. Ambode said the initiative was geared at boosting the morale […]

News

Climate change: GIFSEP powers school with solar

Ihesiulo Grace 20 May 2018 0

As part of capacity building of students to address climate change in schools in FCT Abuja, a Non-Government Organization Global Initiative for Food security and Ecosystem Preservation with support of GEF Small Grant Program has provided solar to power four class rooms in Government Secondary School Yaba Abaji Area Council Abuja. Speaking at workshop training […]

News Nigeria

Court remands lawyer alleged to have killed her husband in Kirikiri

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2018 0

A Yaba Lagos Chief Magistrate, Kikelomo Ayeye on Wednesday rejected the request of the defence counsel not to remand Udeme Odibi, a lawyer accused of allegedly stabbing the husband to death and therefore ruled that she be sent to the Kirikiri prison. Udeme Odibi was arraigned on a charge of murder, according to the News […]

Health

Society, NIMR unite against malaria in Ogun communities, offer free screening

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2018 0

In commemoration of the 2018 edition of the World Malaria Day (WMD), Malaria Society of Nigeria (MSN) in collaboration with the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR),Yaba, Lagos, has held a one-day malaria elimination sensitisation programme for communities in Sango-Ota, Ogun State. The programme focused on malaria prevention and elimination activities including

Agriculture Nigeria

Trader in court over alleged N24m rice fraud

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

A 37-year-old trader, Ada Obi, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Yaba Chief Magistrates Court in Lagos, for allegedly obtaining 30,000 bags of rice worth N24 million from one Miss Moriamo Dosunmu under false pretenses. The accused, who lives in Ebute-Metta Area of Lagos, is facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining under false pretenses, […]

News In Brief

Rival gangs clash in Yaba

Ihesiulo Grace 5 September 2017 0

There are reports of an ongoing fracas and a general state of unrest between rival youth gangs on Fola Agoro street near Amgaf Bar in Abule Oja, Yaba, Lagso. Sporadic gunshots have been heard by residents in the area. MOre to follow