The Anwar-ul-Islam College Agege Old Students Association Class of 1987 will this weekend host one of their classmates recently promoted in the Nigeria Police Force. He is Ahmed Lateef, a former Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) now promoted to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) rank. Lateef is among the ’87 Class of ACAOSA and he was the Assistant Head Boy and also the Editor of the school’s news journal at the time. ACAOSA ’87 set President, Dr Yinka Ogundimu, a former Lagos House of Assembly member, told newsmen during the week that all arrangements have been concluded to accord…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The grand finale of the 27th convocation of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has been concluded, with the school’s Best Graduating Student, Olaniyi Mubaraq Olawale, going home with N10 million cash prize awarded by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Olawale, a graduate of the Department of Accounting Education, finished with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.98. The university produced 8,477 graduands across 10 faculties, who completed their first degrees in 2022/2023 academic year. For four consecutive sessions, the school has maintained its graduation order, sustaining its academic reputation. The school Visitor, Gov. Sanwo-Olu, congratulated the graduands for the successful…
By Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, June 7, 2024) Nestling aboard an incoming Delta Airline flight from Atlanta, Georgia on May 10, 2024, the window-seat view of the landscape and skyscape of Ikeja cityscape was gloomy. The giant American bird called Boeing glided through the clouds before swooping down intently like a hawk in hunt. There were no trees, no greenery in sight from my skyview as Lagos spread out like a ghetto cast in concrete, iron, rubble and filth. “Where are all the trees the Babatunde Fashola administration planted,” I asked myself. I answered myself, “Felled…
At the Africa Hospitality Investment Forum (AHIF), taking place in Namibia in June, Alain Sebah, President, Golden Tulip Afrique Francophone & East Africa (GTAF); and Dupe Olusola, Managing Director and CEO, Transcorp Hotels Plc, will both receive awards recognising their professional accomplishments. Alain will receive the Outstanding Contribution Award and Dupe the Leadership Award. Dupe became Managing Director and CEO of Transcorp Hotels Plc during the COVID-19 pandemic when occupancy fell to just 5%. She led the company back to profitability faster than most of the world’s hospitality companies, with the share price growing over 600% in 2023. Under her…
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has disclosed that it recorded a N132 billion market capitalization gain at the close of trading on Wednesday, 5 June, 2024. NSE also disclosed that the market capitalization opened at N56.031 trillion and closed at N56.163 trillion, representing a 0.24 percent or N132 billion gain. The All-Share Index is up by 0.24 per cent or 233.4 points, to close at 99,284.38 compared to 99,051.02 posted on Tuesday, 4 June, 2024. As a result, the Year-To-Date (YTD) return rose to 32.78 percent. NSE disclosed top gainers as Zenith Bank, FBN Holdings and Stanbic IBTC, Fidelity Bank,…
By Emmanuel Udom Debo Adeniran, President, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, on Thursday, 6 June, 2024, in Lagos, lamented that the transportation system in Lagos, regarded as a mega-city, seems to be going from bad to worse, if the feelings of Lagosians are anything to go bye. Debo explained that from land to sea, rail to air, people in the state seem not to be getting optimum values for their money, as far as commuting from one part of Lagos to the other, daily. “Some of the roads are bad and deplorable and some transporters capitalize on…
The Minister of Transportation, Senator Saidu Ahmed Alkali, on Thursday, 6 June, 2026 disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will flag off Lagos- Kano cargo train. Alkali, who made this disclosure in statement issued on same day, said it the freight services will resume on the old narrow gauge rail line from Lagos to Kano on Thursday following the completion of rehabilitation. The Minister stated that President Bola Tinubu will be officially launching the reopening of the corridor for freight. According to him, the ministry had conducted a trial run moving import containers from Apapa Port in Lagos to Dala Inland Dry…
Renowned Nigerian singer and songwriter, Adedamola Adefolahan, addressed as Fireboy DML, has released a music video for his hit single ‘Everyday’. Fireboy DML, who took to his social media platforms to announce the release of his hit song, attributed the glory to God for making it possible for him to achieve such a feat. The musician urged his fans and lovers of music to sit tight and enjoy every bit of the song, adding that his best is yet to come. “‘Everyday’ out now! produced by @iamblaisebeatz lyric video out on YouTube, make una no chop mouth directed by the one and…
Barely 48 hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive, the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, on Thursday, 6 June, 2024 submitted the estimated cost implications of implementing a new national minimum wage to him. Edun, along with the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Atiku Bagudu, handed Tinubu the cost implication of the new minimum wage in his office at the presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power The Finance Minister speaking with State House correspondents after meeting with the President, said, “There is no cause for alarm.” Recall that Tinubu had ordered Edun to come up with the cost…
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman, has fixed June 13 for ruling on the issue of jurisdiction in the case of Kano emirate tussle. The Court adjourned the sitting following a heated argument between counsel. Recall that the applicant, Aminu Babba Dan Agundi, Sarkin Dawaki Babba of the Kano Emirate, had approached the court, asking it to restrain the respondents from enforcing, implementing and operationalizing the repealed law. The respondents in the suit are Kano State Government, Kano State House of Assembly, Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Attorney General of Kano State, Kano…