Ambode Extends Hand of Partnership to Agbaje and Others
The Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has called on the PDP governorship candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje and others who contested against him to join hands with his administration to build the state. Ambode spoke on Sunday while delivering his acceptance speech at the APC secretariat in Lagos shortly after he was declared the winner […]
Atlantic Shrimpers Limited Donates Vehicle to the Department of Fisheries
Atlantic Shrimpers Limited recently donated a vehicle to the Department of Fisheries as part of logistics support to facilitate the execution of its duties across the state. The Managing Director, Atlantic Shrimpers, Kamlesh Kabra, who presented the vehicle in Lagos at the weekend said the company’s gesture is to give logistics support to the Department to enhance […]
Ericsson Predicts 50 Billion Connected Devices by 2020
Ericsson’s Media Vision 2020 research has predicted that by 2020, there will be 50 billion connected devices, and of these, more than 15 billion are expected to be video enabled. It was also predicted that by the year 2020, the time spent watching on-demand and time-shifted content will have reached 50:50 parity with linear and […]
MTN Set to Buy Visafone Communications
Accroding to media reports, MTN group is currently in the process of buying Visafone Communications Ltd Nigeria, in a bid to consolidate its dominance in the telecommunication space. Jim Ovia (a Nigerian businessman, former CEO of Zenith Bank) founded the Lagos-based wireless network provider in 2007. As at December 2014, Visafone had about 2.1 million subscribers according to data […]
Video of the Week: The Election Results According to AY
The just concluded AY Live show (Easter edition) featured a skit based on the just concluded Presidential elections. Though adjudged the freest and fairest in the history of Nigeria, there were some tense months leading up to it. What you see in the skit are the final moments that could have escalated into chaos had […]
Lagos and 7 Other States to Receive Improved Broadband Services
According to TechCabal, Lagos and 60 cities in the North Central region of Nigeria will be receiving improved broadband services in the planned project by the licensed Infrastructure companies (InfraCos). Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria will be handled by MainOne Cable while IHS as been licensed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to focus on the North […]
iRoKoTv Set to Partner with StarTimes
According to TechCabal and other media reports, iROKOtv and StarTimes will soon sign a deal that will bring two linear TV channels powered by the streaming service to StarTimes. The two new channels are: iROKO Play and iROKO Plus. In a recent statement, iROKOtv’s CEO, Jason Njoku said “Launching IROKO Play and IROKO Plus on StarTimes is an […]
Zainab Saleh Becomes the 58th President of International Women’s Society
Recently, in celebration of the International Women’s Day, the International Women’s Society (IWS) held an Investiture ceremony for Hajiya Zainab Saleh, the society’s 58th President. The event, which also doubled as a fundraising ceremony, took place at Terra Kulture in Victoria Island, Lagos. The investiture ceremony was well attended by members and supporters of IWS. […]
Drones Monitor Elections in Lagos State
The embedded video displays a test flight of sophisticated drones in parts of Lagos state. These flying devices were reportedly launched by People’s Democratic Party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje in an effort to monitor ongoing activity at the state’s various polling units. Independent Situation room tagged “United Mandate 15″ was the cited source of […]
Agbaje Congratulates Ambode
Following in the footsteps of President Goodluck Jonathan who congratulated Muhammadu Buhari after losing the election, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the governorship election in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje has conceded defeat and congratulated his main challenger, Akinwunmi Ambode of the All Progressives Congress. “Mr. Agbaje called Mr. Ambode at exactly 6:58 […]
Ambode Wins Lagos State Governorship Race
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has been declared the winner in the just concluded election in which he polled 811, 994 votes. The State Returning Officer, Prof. Isaac Adewole formally declared Ambode at the Lagos Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yaba as the winner in […]
LinkedIn Signs $1.5 Billion Deal with Online Learning Company, Lynda.com
You can now brush up on your language skills and others with LinkedIn’s new range of online courses. Professional social network, LinkedIn has signed a $1.5 billion deal with Lynda.com, a provider of online courses. These new courses aim to improve technology, business and creative skills of subscribers. In the process, these skills are not […]
Free Colon Cancer Screening to Hold This April
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP-Nigeria) has scheduled a free colon cancer screening session at the National Cancer Prevention Programme Centre in Surulere, Lagos. The screening will take place on 25th April, 2015 and will be open to adults over 40 years with a family history of the disease. Colon cancer currently stands as the third most […]
Is it a Crime to be Igbo? Chimamanda Adiche Asks Oba Akiolu
Since the Oba Akiolu’s saga, Nigerians all over the world have said a lot about it – condemning it and sometimes, making hilarious jokes from it. Click here to read some of the funniest jokes. However, we must not forget that the matter should not be taken too lightly as it concerns the safety of a […]
#PhotoSpeaks: The Last Day of Lagos Governorship Campaign
Today, we will go out en masse to vote for the next Governor of Lagos State. It has been a wonderful fun filled ride; months of campaign, arguments within social circles and jokes about Oba Akiolu’s hate speech. On thursday, PDP supporters came in large numbers to solicit support for their candidate, Jimi Agbaje and […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Makes Top 50 World Leaders List
The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been named one of the 50 greatest leaders in the world by globally-acclaimed Fortune Magazine. Occupying the 33rd position on the list, the minister was described as “a fearless promoter of sound economic policies”. Fortune Magazine’s annual list celebrates men and […]