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Sunnyblac Barring any last minute changes,  all is now set for the launch of the book,  "Igbo Ekulie" a classic collection of Igbo proverbs written by Mazi Marcel Duru. According to a statement by the author and national PRO Imo State University Alumni Association,  Mazi Marcel Duru, keynote speaker for the event will be Professor Nathan Uzoma while the event will take place on December 27,  2018 at Rockview hotels Owerri, IMO state and will see many Igbo sons and  come together to celebrate the 226 page book which has 2822  Igbo p roverbs, arranged in alphabetical order. The forward, the author said,  was written by Associate Professor Chigozie Bright Nnabuihe of Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos Nigeria. In an interview, the author and PR consultant spoke about his motivation,  passion to keep the Igbo language alive and drive to ensure the language does not go extinct. "My motivation started eight y...

RELEASE: As part of efforts to ensure a hitch-free Lagos City Marathon scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 10, 2018, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has announced traffic diversion on the affected routes during the race. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Authority, said that the event will kick-off at 6am from the National Stadium, Surulere and terminate at Eko Atlantic City, Victoria Island, thus necessitating traffic diversion. The statement advised motorists and commercial vehicles to use alternative routes as listed below: •        From Eko Bridge, motorists shall be diverted through Costain to connect Ebute-Metta, Orile, Nigerian Breweries and Bode Thomas through Apapa Road (now Moshood Abiola Way). •        From Alaka Estate, motorists shall be diverted through Iponri or Iponri Estate. •        Motorists from Masha inward journey to Stadium shall be diverted to ...

We will spare nothing to ensure safe rescue of kidnapped school girls- Ambode …Says Police Working Round The Clock To Track Down Perpetrators Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday said his government will spare no effort to ensure the safe release of the three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in Ikorodu area of the state, who were kidnapped by a group of armed gang on Monday evening. The Governor in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, condemned the unfortunate incident, just as he assured that the Police and other security operatives have swung into action, with useful leads and with an unwavering determination to track down the perpetrators of the act and ensure the safe return of the girls. “We have not been silent on this unfortunate development. In a delicate security matter of this nature, where young innocent people are involved and management of information demands u...

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The deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, has claimed its first victim in Lagos, Nigeria in the early hours of today. Mr. Patrick Sawyer, a WASH consultant at the Ministry of Finance in Monrovia, Liberia was confirmed dead by a Liberian embassy official who pleaded anonymity owing to the sensitivity of the issue. According to the official, Mr Sawyerr’s death was confirmed to him by Nigerian embassy officials, who were monitoring the case. Recall that yesterday Sawyerr, 40, Liberia, who arrived Lagos recently, suspected to have the Ebola Virus Disease EVD, was quarantined in an undisclosed private hospital in Obalende, Lagos. Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, told newsmen that the hospital housing the Liberian has been cordoned off and the victim isolated. According to her, “On account of (the victim) working and living in an endemic region for EVD, and the presentation of non-specific constitutional symptoms and signs (fever, malaise, bod...