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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority’s (LASTMA) on Thursday increased effort at ensuring free-flow of traffic during the yuletide. The agency held an ’ember months meeting and advocacy with the Mile 12 Food Traders’ Executives on Thursday 25th November, 2021 at the LASTMA headquarters in Oshodi. According to Olumide Filade, Assistant Director, Public Affairs LASTMA, the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba requested the cooperation of the traders’ executives in ensuring free flow of traffic throughout the yuletide season and beyond, especially as there is the availability of the traders’ traffic enforcement wardens who should ensure adherence to the…

President Emmanuel Macron has reacted angrily to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s public call for France to take back migrants who reach the UK. The French President accused the UK prime minister of not being “serious” by making the call on Twitter, after the deaths of 27 people on Wednesday. And his spokesman accused Mr Johnson of “double talk” for saying something different to Mr Macron privately. The diplomatic row erupted after France withdrew a summit invitation to Home Secretary Priti Patel. Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany and the European Commission are due to attend Sunday’s talks in Calais, which Mr…

• Facility to supply 20,000 homes with affordable cooking gas • Our energy drive to reduce air pollution, flatten LPG prices – Governor Lagos State records another progress in its plan to cut down the use of dirty fuels responsible for carbon emission and air pollution. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, commissioned a 40 metric tons Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Refill Plant in Ikorodu division. The Governor, in company of his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, opened the gas plant built by IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC), the State-owned energy firm, in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to ramp…

Militiamen have stormed a Libyan court and prevented judges from looking into Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s appeal against the decision to exclude him from the presidential race, according to his lawyer. Khaled Zaidi told reporters in the city of Sebha that the hearing could not take place because “the employees of the court and judges were forced out at gunpoint”. He described the move as “unacceptable and uncivilised” and warned it would have “implications on the election process”. The electoral commission had rejected the candidacy of several applicants for the presidential race including Mr Gaddafi – the son of Libya’s late…

The new Covid variant detected in South Africa has led to countries restricting travel from the southern Africa region. Cases of B.1.1.529 have been documented in South Africa, Hong Kong, Botswana and Israel. So far the following countries have imposed curbs on travel from southern Africa: UK halts flights to South Africa, five other African countries over new Covid variant The UK has placed restrictions on six countries including South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini. Singapore has placed seven countries on its red list despite saying it has having no cases of the new variant Japan has implemented…

By Pelu Awofeso Last weekend, I had the opportunity to speak with 100+ students from various schools about the Bishop Crowther Project. The students were guests of the Green Festival, the children section of the Lagos Books and Arts Festival (LABAF). Crowther for kids A number of the students had been on an excursion to Badagry, toured the church building that Bishop Crowther lived in and so could relate a fact or two about him. To help the other students get a sense of the subject, we dug deeper into the subject. For that, I used an old primary school…

Street Project Foundation has won an international award for their successful implementation of the VOICE/OXFAM funded project called “Creative Youth Boot Camp: Art For Social Transformation”. The award was presented to the organization at an elaborate event held at the Dubai EXPO, United Arab Emirates. Founder and Lead Visionary of Street Project Foundation, Mrs. Rita Ezenwa-Okoro received the Intercultural Innovation Award from BMW Group and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC). The award was presented by His Excellency, Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, the High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and Ms. IIka Horstmeier, a member…

Britain is halting all flights from South Africa and five other countries in the region in response to the discovery of a highly transmissible new Covid variant. From midday GMT on Friday, direct flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini will be suspended until further notice. Announcing the restrictions, the British health secretary, Sajid Javid, said it was possible that current vaccines might be less effective against the heavily mutated variant. No cases have been discovered in the UK. South Africa discovers new deadly COVID-19 variant with many mutations South African experts say it had spread rapidly…

Families of five police officers killed in the line of duty in Zamfara State have received N5,136,000 in compensation. Ayuba Elkanah, the state’s Commissioner of Police, delivered the cheques to the next of kin of the murdered policemen on Thursday at the Police Headquarters in Gusau, the state capital. He said that the gift was part of the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba’s, welfare scheme for officers and soldiers in the force. While giving the checks to the recipients, Elkanah thanked the police chief for the gesture, which he said was intended to help the families of police officers…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged Nigerians to stay away from a purported airtime and data giveaway by Nigerian musician, Davido. The telecoms regulatory agency explained that those behind the phishing attempt claim that the giveaway is part of Davido’s birthday celebration. A statement by the agency read, “The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has discovered while undertaking online social listening that an ostensibly syndicated group is on the prowl to swindle unsuspecting members of the public, particularly millions of Nigerian telecom consumers, by capitalising on the generosity of David Adedeji Adeleke, widely known as Davido. “The Nigerian-American music star,…