My mother, Morenike Osotimehin, was a remarkable woman. A great entrepreneur, and an excellent wife to my father, who was a schoolteacher, she managed her own small business, sourcing fruits, and gave birth to eight children: four boys and four girls. She ...

The strife between the Lagos State Government and striking doctors in the state has continued to weave itself around several twists and turns, with everyone eagerly watching to see what the end result would be. Since the doctors embarked on an ...

Babatunde Sofoluwe, died. Nurudeen Oyewole takes a look at his life and times as a scholar and administrator. Timeline was Tuesday May 8, 2012. About 50 journalists representing both local and international media were seated in the University of Lagos ...

Athletes that took part in the just concluded Lagos State Boat Race for Clubs Championship has made a clarion call to Governor Babatunde Fashola to provide modern boats for them. A one-day inter-clubs competition was organised by the Lagos State ...

Ogunlewe made the disclosure Wednesday in Ikeja, capital of the state, at a news briefing to mark Governor Babatunde Fashola’s fifth year in office. He said some of the sacked doctors had already appealed to the government for a recall ...

“We know exactly what to do to prevent maternal deaths: improve access to voluntary family planning, invest in health workers with midwifery skills, and ensure access to emergency obstetric care when complications arise,” said Babatunde ...

Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) to as a matter of urgency recall the sacked Lagos doctors to halt the unwarranted loss of lives as a result of the strike. In a statement issued Saturday ...

Chinese State Councilor Liu Yandong (2nd, R) meets with Babatunde Osotimehin (2nd, L), executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Beijing, capital of China, May 21, 2012. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo) BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State ...

IKEJA—Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, called on Governor Babatunde Fashola to seize all abandoned structures in the state and convert them to hospital and health centres. The Chief Whip, Mr. Rasaq Balogun, who spoke on matter of national ...

Lagos — Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola have berated the judicial arm of the government over the state of development across the country, saying the third arm of government has been riddled by corruption.