GSK Profit Soars After Zantac Fallout
British drugmaker GSK posted a sharp rise in net profit last year, driven by strong HIV, respiratory and cancer drug sales as the company moved past costly Zantac lawsuits. Profit after tax jumped to £5.7 billion, more than double the previous year, while revenue climbed four per cent to £32.7 billion. Chief executive Luke Miels […]
Messi Linked With Shock Galatasaray Move
Lionel Messi has emerged as a surprise target for Turkish champions Galatasaray, with reports in Turkey claiming the club has opened talks over a short-term deal. The Inter Miami star is considering the move to stay match-fit ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Veteran commentator Levent Tüzemen said Messi would accept the switch only if […]
South Africa Takes Over Hosting of 2026 WAFCON After Morocco Pulls Out
South Africa will host the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after Morocco withdrew just 60 days before the tournament. Deputy Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Peace Mabe announced the decision at the Super League Awards in Johannesburg, confirming that South Africa has taken over hosting duties. The tournament will run from March 17 […]
Sanwo-Olu Seeks World Bank Backing as Lagos Tops Ease of Doing Business
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called for increased support from the World Bank Group after Lagos emerged as Nigeria’s top-ranked state in the 2025 Ease of Doing Business report. Sanwo-Olu made the call while meeting a World Bank delegation led by Managing Director for Operations, Anna Bjerde, and IFC Regional Vice President for Africa, […]
UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS AND BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY, UNITED KINGDOM SIGNS STRATEGIC MOU PARTNERSHIP TO TRANFORMS NIGERIA’S EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE
BY: AYO AGBEOLUWAYE The University of Lagos and the Birmingham University, United Kingdom has signed a partnership with the aim to strengthen global higher education and modernizing curricular that strengthen research. In his remarks at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in Lagos, the minister of education, Dr. Tunji Alausa said the MoU signifies […]
CORPERS ABDUCTION: LAGOS ASSEMBLY SEEKS URGENT INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ACTION
BY: AYO AGBEOLUWAYE Lagos State House of Assembly has intervened in the reported abduction of a Prospective Corps Member (PCM), Miss. Binuyo Lateefah, thereby calling for urgent inter-governmental and security collaboration to ensure her immediate rescue. This emanated following a Matter of Urgent Public Importance raised by Hon. Omolara Olumegbon, who informed the House that […]
LAGOS ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR ENHANCED PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT ON DEMOLITIONS, WARNS AGAINST HIJACKED PROTESTS
Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, to direct the Commissioner for Information and Strategy to intensify public enlightenment and sensitization on the ongoing demolition exercises in parts of the State. This call followed a motion moved by Hon. Ogundipe Stephen during plenary session which […]
LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY REFUTES MISLEADING REPORTS ON MAKOKO PROTEST INCIDENT AT THE ASEEMBLY COMPLEX
BY: AYO AGBEOLUWAYE The Lagos State House of Assembly has dismissed reports on some section of the media stating that it ordered the Police to arrest protesters and teargas them as inaccurate distorted and unverified aimed at misleading the public.In a statement by the chairman, House committee on Information and strategy, Hon. Stephen Ogundipe noted […]
ICPC, NBA Team Up to Boost Legal Integrity
The ICPC signed a strategic partnership with the Nigerian Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee to intensify the fight against corruption in Nigeria’s legal sector. At the ICPC headquarters in Abuja, both bodies signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on enforcement, prevention, public education, and ethical reforms. They also signed a second MoU with the ICPC’s […]
LEGAL EXPERTS EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURED TAXES SYSTEM HANDED OVER TO STATES
As the Nigeria Tax reforms law continues to take the centre stage of discussion, legal luminaries and tax experts have continued to commend the law as timely and gateway to financial prosperity and greater economic pathways for the country.They made their views known at the 2026 Lagos State Professorial Chair in Tax and fiscal matters […]
