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Lagos State Driver Institute in collaboration with the Lekki Concession Company, LCC, has commenced training for commercial drivers along the Lekki-Epe axis. This is because the government is worried about the high rate of accidents on roads in the state. The training is aimed at ensuring road discipline to help bring orderliness and safety of lives and properties along the ...

In an effort to raise environmental sanitation consciousness, Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to institute a street cleanliness competition among its residents. The Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, announced this Saturday at Obalende during the monthly environmental sanitation exercise at Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development Area. According to a statement by the Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor, Mr. Tunde ...

By Christopher Zambakari – With the celebration of independence slowly coming to an end, the South Sudanese citizens will start to demand the fulfillment of a long-awaited dream: freedom from oppression and domination, justice and equality, democracy and economic prosperity, peace and tranquility. The South Sudanese will soon start to demand that the fruits of liberation be shared among the ...

A mew United Nations report says one Cabinet minister, Najib Balala and one nominated Member of Parliament, Amina Abdalla are among prominent Kenyans funding the activities of the Al Shabaab terror group, which devotes itself to violently get rid of the Ethiopians in Somalia. The Cabinet minister is said to have donated Sh200,000 for the construction of a mosque in ...

African Zone preliminary round draw made in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday for the 2014 World Cup: Round 1 (12 matches, home and away between Nov. 11-15; 12 winners proceed to Round 2) Seychelles v Kenya Guinea Bissau v Togo Djibouti v Namibia Mauritius v Liberia Comoros Islands v Mozambique Equatorial Guinea v Madagascar Somalia v Ethiopia Lesotho v Burundi ...