Category: Metro

Photo: Mr Sunday Omotayo By: Mandy Park The Convener of the Hotel Managers Africa Conference, Mr. Sunday Gbenga Omotayo, has commended the organisers of the fifth edition of HORECA for what he described as significant improvement and stronger industry collaboration. Omotayo spoke during an interview with Journalists at the just concluded HORECA Exhibition held at the Landmark Event Centre. A respected professional in Nigeria’s hospitality sector, Omotayo serves as Vice President of Hotel Managers School and Chief Executive Officer of TUNDUN Hospitality. Reflecting on the growth of the exhibition from…

Photo: Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education   By: Mandy Park Fresh controversy has trailed the decision by the Chairman of the Governing Council of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Comrade Fidelis Edeh, to relocate the interview of vice-chancellor candidates from Umuahia to Abuja. Emerging details indicate that Edeh wrote to the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, on January 24, 2026, citing alleged security concerns on campus as the basis for seeking approval to move the exercise to Abuja. However, in an interview with The Punch on Wednesday, Edeh…

Photo: Masked Gun Man By Mandy Park The President of the Omoku Youth Federation, Comrade Ifeanyi Azuazu, and his aide, Chigozie Oluwu, have been killed in a violent, cult-related attack in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State. The incident occurred on Thursday evening, February 5, at a popular bar along Ogolo Street, off Palace Road. Eyewitnesses said about seven armed men, suspected to be cultists, arrived at the location in two vehicles and immediately targeted Azuazu. According to accounts, the assailants ordered Azuazu into one of the…

By: Mandy Park On World Cancer Day, themed ‘United by Unique,’ Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has reaffirmed its solidarity with the global community to honour the millions affected by cancer. While advocating for personalised, patient-centred care, CAPPA called on Nigeria to also address the growing link between cancer and Nigeria’s broken food system. In a statement to mark the day, the public interest organisation warned that cancer is no longer a distant threat in the country, but a growing epidemic with no fewer than 72,000 annual cancer-related…

Photo: Winhomes Estate Landowners At The Briefing By: Daniel Kanu The Association of Landowners in Winhomes Estate, Okun Ajah, Lagos State, today Tuesday, 3rd February announced that its members have formally and lawfully taken possession of their lands within the estate, following what they described as a final judicial resolution of ownership disputes. The announcement was made at a world press briefing held in Lagos by the association in collaboration with the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Good Governance. They pledged to comply with all statutory pre-construction requirements, including…

Photo: CHSR at the media briefing By: Mandy Park Rights group, Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has condemned outrightly, what it described as the “criminalisation of peaceful protest” and an alleged attempt by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Moshood Jimoh, to distort facts surrounding the illegal demolitions, forced evictions, and killings across Lagos state. This is as the group called for independent investigation to unravel the truth. Addressing journalists at a press conference on Monday in Lagos, CHSR slammed the Lagos State Police Command of abandoning…