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Most often nowadays the problem is, exercise seems to be too complex, coupled with ever busy attitude perculiar to us in this part of the world. However, just a 75-minute brisk walk could do a lot to your overall health, especially if you do it regularly. No wonder, one of the greatest men in the world, Friedrich Nietzsche says…” All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking”. Kudos must be given to Dr Siju Iluyomade’s Arise Women, an age-long purely humanitarian foundation for daring all odds to once again come up with Arise Walk For Life, a global initiative specially dedicated for Nigerians to keep up with our health in general. The idea solely conceived by the gorgeous lawyer of over three decades, has always been experienced by thousands of individuals including prominent Nigerians in business, politics, entertainment and also the vineyard of the Lord.  With over 10 years of putting the event together, the anticipation for this year’s edition, scheduled for Saturday 17t...

  Nigerian governments at all levels have been urged to focus more on the healthcare sector so that the nation would not be caught unaware in the event of another serious health challenge as it happened with COVID-19 Pandemic. A lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Bisi Yusuff, representing Alimosho Constituency 1, who spoke to journalists on Saturday during the celebration of his birthday stated that the nation's  healthcare system must be overhauled, and that governments at all levels must convert the crucial isolation centres to health care outfits. "Based on what has happened, you will know that the Coronavirus Pandemic has given us a very important reason to re-examine our healthcare sector as it is nothing to write home about.  "Thank God for the kind of Governor that God has given us in the Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu. You can only know a personality by situation, situation defines the person you are. He has been very proactive. ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) Committee on Transportation is set to commence a tour of major motor parks in the state to ensure adherence to COVID-19 public transportation guidelines.   The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Temitope Adewale, told journalists in Lagos that the visit would start next week.   Adewale, representing Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency I in the Assembly, said that the tour was necessary to sensitize the transport unions, their members and passengers not to jettison COVID-19 safety protocols.   He said that the primary responsibility of the government remains security and the welfare of the people.   According to him, COVID-19 is real and it was important for people to be aware of happenings within their environments.   He added that the people should observe the precautionary measures stipulated in the guidelines as they affect public transportation.   The lawmaker said: “It is also very important to keep to the COVID-19 precautio...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has charged the management of Michael Otedola College of Primary Education, Noforija, Epe (MOCPED) on the need to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on campus and improve on entrepreneurship.  The Chairman House Committee on Education, Hon. Yinka Ogundimu stated this during a tour to the institution on Thursday to ensure strict compliance with the COVID-19 guidelines.  Ogundimu urged the school to make provisions for sanitizers and more hand washing basins to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the school.  "We have been going round schools in the state to ensure compliance to COVID-19 guidelines as directed by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa.  The lawmaker emphasised the need to look inward to generate funds for the school so that they could be self-sufficient.  According to him, You must also look at how to make your school self-sufficient, and look for the needs of the society. They must be equipped right from th...

  The Lagos State Government has been urged to declare a state of emergency on Odo Obara Junior and Senior Secondary Schools in Epe area of the state. Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Hon. Yinka Ogundimu made the declaration during a visit to the schools by the committee on Thursday to inspect the facilities they have put in place on the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 as the schools prepare to resume. Hon. Ogundimu stated that the school did not have enough washing hand points at the gate, and that two points were not enough for at least 500 students to wash their hands.  "We have seen the facilities in the school and we want to say that the state government should declare a state of emergency on the school and there is need for immediate reconstruction of the school.  "The c!assrooms and the furniture there are bad and the conditions of the staff rooms are not good at all.  "The state Ministry of Education should come to th...

A lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Abiodun Tobun has raised an alarm over the state of the schools and roads in Epe area of the state. Tobun, representing Epe Constituency 1, spoke on the sideline of the visit of the House Committee on Education to some schools in the area on Wednesday. The lawmaker said that many of the schools and roads that lead to Epe are in bad shape, and that they needed urgent attention. He gave instances of Ogunmodede High School, Army Children School, Epe Grammar School, Odo Obara Secondary School amongst others, which he said were in a very bad shape.  "Most of the classrooms in the aforementioned schools and others are in a very deplorable condition and they don't have enough teachers and infrastructure in the schools.  "Some of the schools need upgrading and general overhauling. We have a lot of schools with  challenges in Epe, so the government needs to do more so that the people can feel that they are part of the state,...

The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Education has expressed concern over a dysfunctional building at Government Senior College, Epe  It was observed that the building, which houses the office of the principal and some classrooms, has been partially abandoned as part of the roof has collapsed causing it to be flooded and unsuitable for studies.  In his comments in the school on Wednesday as part of the Committee's tour of some schools in the state to ensure compliance with COVID-19 protocols as schools are resuming soon, Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Yinka Ogundimu said that the building needed urgent rehabilitation.  Ogundimu said that having moved round the school they were not pleased with what they saw as it relates to the buildings.  "The State Ministry of Education should come and repair the building housing the office of the principal and other classes. "Some of the buildings in the college, which should be a model, needs an urgent repair and we ar...

Managing Director of Ocean Marine Solutions Limited (OMSL),  Rear Admiral Ameen Ikioda (retd.), has slammed blogger, Mr Jackson Ude, over his tweet in which he imputed wrong and malicious motives into the business transactions of Chairman of the company, Capt. Idahosa Wells Okunbo (Capt. Hosa). In the latest tirade tweeted by one Jackson Ude, whose trade in stock has been to fabricate utter falsehood and disseminate via multiple social media platforms, the pen-for-hire writer alluded to an alleged Trans Forcados Pipeline (TFP) contract, and attached bank statements from January and February, 2018 purported to reflect our transactions. Debunking the tweets as utter lies, Rear Admiral Ameen Ikioda (Rtd), considers “very laughable the fact that Ude and his sponsors, as well as those mischievously escalating the fake news, were so blinded by mischief and pull-him-down syndrome that they could see the clear holes in their fabrication.” According to Ikioda, “they ought to have known that...

Just as Nigeria secured a landmark victory in its pursuit to overturn a $10 billion judgement awarded against it in a case against Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID), a former attorney general and commissioner for justice in Lagos State, Olasupo Shasore SAN, has denied working against the country on the case. It was gathered that the case will either go back to arbitration based on the new evidence or both parties will now settle out of court. It will be recalled that on January 31, 2017, a tribunal ruled that Nigeria should pay P&ID $6.6 billion as damages, as well as pre- and post-judgment interest at 7 percent. The current outstanding amount is estimated at $10 billion. The Federal Government had approached the court to establish that the contract was awarded on illegal terms. Nigeria’s lawyers told the court in July that P&ID officials paid bribes to get the contract. P&ID reportedly entered a gas supply and processing agreement with Nigeria in 2010. In a st...

Nigeria has secured a landmark victory in its pursuit to overturn a $10 billion judgement awarded against it in a case against Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID). In the judgment delivered on Thursday, Ross Cranston, a judge of the Business and Property Courts of England and Wales, granted Nigeria’s application for an extension of time and relief from sanctions. We gathered that the case will either go back to arbitration based on the new evidence or both parties will now settle out of court. “It is not my function at this preliminary stage to decide whether a fraud took place,” Cranston said.   “However, it has been necessary to consider a considerable amount of the material to decide firstly, whether, as Nigeria contended, there is a prima facie case of fraud and how strong that case is, and secondly, the steps Nigeria took to investigate the alleged fraud from late 2015. “Both matters are relevant to the issues of whether Nigeria’s claim is barred altogether and whet...

The Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) as part of efforts to deliver excellent service, has commenced the implementation of the Service Reflective Tariff (SRT) from the 1st of September 2020, as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).  The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company, Engr. John Ayodele in a statement said the new tariff is commensurate and aligned with the quality and availability of power supply committed to each cluster of customers under the Service Reflective Tariff.   He explained that the review is critical to the provision of more efficient and reliable service to customers, upgrade aging infrastructure and be more responsive to the complaints of the customers.  He said “ the new tariff plan  will not only empower us to provide better service, but it will also promote fairness , we therefore appeal for the understanding and cooperation of our esteemed customers as we commence the impl...