Day: December 25, 2023

Lagos launches yuletide awareness campaign

Lagos State Government Office of Climate Change and Circular Economy, OCCE, has launched a Yuletide awareness campaign, tagged: ‘#LetOurLagosBreathe’. According to Titi Oshodi, Special Adviser to the Governor on Climate Change and Circular Economy, the campaign aims to highlight different activities that people engage in during the Yuletide, and demonstrate how these activities impact the […]

Unusual Yuletide as cash crunch, unaffordable prices mar celebration

• Traders rue low patronage as bag of rice hits N70,000• Shoppers settle for poor quality commodities Hopes of a fun-filled Yuletide celebrations, with plenty to eat and drink, appear to have been dashed for millions of Nigerians, following scarcity of cash and high cost of goods and services.    Across Lagos and other parts of […]

NDLEA nabs 70-year-old grandma, her son for drug trafficking

A 70-year-old grandma, Selifat Funke Cole and her son, Babajide Ayorinde Cole, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with 117.900kg of cannabis sativa. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi made this known yesterday while disclosing that the agency’s sniffer dogs uncovered cocaine in an India-bound shipment at the […]

Christmas: Nigerians go for beef, as price of chicken soars

Chicken is one protein every family looks forward to consuming at Christmas. On Christmas day, beef sellers are left to embrace the tradition, with little patronage. Frozen food stores are crammed with customers buying chicken parts – from lap to chest and to wings. Those selling live chickens were not left out. They were seen preparing chicken […]

Sanwo-Olu urges Lagosians not to lose hope

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rejoiced with residents of the state, particularly Christian faithful as they celebrate this year’s Christmas, which marks the birth of Jesus Christ. Governor Sanwo-Olu in his Christmas message issued on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, implored Nigerians, especially Christians to embrace peace, harmony and […]

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