Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Returnees from South Africa who faced xenophobic attacks on arrival at the MMIA … last Wednesday The second batch of Nigerians has returned from South Africa. They arrived at the international airport in Lagos on Wednesday night. The plane landed at 7:22 p.m., our correspondent confirmed. Punch

Youth dressed in traditional Zulu attire hold posters during the 10th “Durban Sari Stroll” march on Durban’s beachfront on September 15, 2019, as the annual Durban Beach Sari Stroll has evolved from celebrating the sari to becoming an advocate for women’s issues. – The sari forms part of the cultural and religious attire that transcends […]

The second batch of Nigerians have departed the O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria. About 319 persons were evacuated by Air Peace at about 2:58p.m. An official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kimiebi Ebenfa, confirmed this via a WhatsApp message on Wednesday. Ebenfa said, “We wish […]

At last, kinsmen of liberation hero and former President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe have agreed he should be buried at the National Heroes Acre monument, in about 30 days, once a mausoleum was built for him. The government, considering his status as a foremost hero of the tortuous and bloody liberation struggle from the enslaving, […]

Tells House of Reps he never expected commendation or award The Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace Airline, Mr Allen Onyema on Wednesday told the House of Representatives that he never expected to receive a recommendation for a national award. He was invited to the second chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly and recommended for a […]

With a promise-full campaign season before the last general elections, Lagos residents anticipated a state free of stress, especially in the area of traffic gridlocks since the swearing-in of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. But only little seems to have changed more than 100 days since the new administration began its tenure. Lagos residents in different areas across […]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, will on September 23, 2019 swear in 38 lawyers as Senior Advocates of Nigeria. The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee led by the CJN had on July 5, 2019 announced the names of the 38 successful lawyers. Among the lawyers are the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent […]

Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, says from the look of things, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s office has been rendered useless, impotent and irrelevant. It, however, said it would be too early to speculate if Osinbajo’s “ordeal” was caused by any misdemeanor on his part or if it was based on permutations ahead of the 2023 general elections. […]

• MMIA in sorry state despite N52.5b from outbound passengers yearly• Passengers groan over poor services, extortion, collapsed infrastructure Owing to the neglect by government, the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos is in a sorry state. Passenger services at the airport may have reached its all-time low. The palpable rot, in the form of […]