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  • N32m projects for CMS 158th Founder’s Day

    The Old Grammarians Society (OGS) CMS Grammar School, Lagos, has announced that projects valued at about N32 million will be inaugurated as part of activities marking the158th Founders’ Dayof their alma mater.

    The projects include the renovated ultra-modern school hall.

    According to the President of OGS Adedapo Fashanu,the theme for the anniversary that would end on July 9 is: ‘Grooming for Impact’.

    Fashanu, told The Nation in a briefing to herald the anniversary that activities would commence on Thursday next week with a colloquium titled: “158th year of secondary school education in Nigeria.’

    The lecture would be delivered by Prof. Clara Opara, who is of the University of Lagos’ Department of Arts and Social Science Education.

    “We dedicate projects every year to mark the Founders Day and this year will not be an exception,” Fashanu began.

    “The school that was built in 1859 will be wearing a new look and this has cost the OGS up to N27 million to ensure that we deliver a state-of-the-art and befitting hall in the school.

    “We are also spending close to 4.5 million for this year celebration.

    “The class of 1974, 1976 and the OGS in America, including contributions from our members in all part of the world, funded this project.

    “A staff quarters will also be dedicated to motivate teachers and bring them close to the students, the annual inter-house sports will also hold with free checkup for all,” he said.

    He noted that the takeover of the school by the government in 2001 retarded its growth for years before it was eventually returned to the Anglican Diocese.

    Fashanu said that what the body has done in the last 10 years is to give the school a facelift.

    “We set the pace while others follow because we are committed to ensuring that the school remains the best in Nigeria.

    “And if other alumni can follow suit, it will help to enhance education in Nigeria,” Fashanu said.

    Principal of the school Venerable Olaoluwa Adeyemi, said the aim of the yearly Founder’s Day was to celebrate the legacy of the school’s founding fathers.

    “We need new generations of people to impact on the society and change the country for good and that is what we are doing here.

    “We will not relent in our aim to take secondary school education to the next level,” the principal said.

    CMS Grammar School located on Lagos Island is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria. It was  founded on June 6, 1859 by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) as a boarding school for boys.

  • CMS hosts ‘Kick Diarrhoea Out of Lagos’

    CMS hosts ‘Kick Diarrhoea Out of Lagos’

    THE atmosphere was charged as pupils ran with excitement at the blowing of the whistle  to signal the commencement  of  the grand finale of a football competition for all public primary schools in Shomolu and Bariga LCDA tagged  ‘Kick Diarrhoea Out of Lagos’, held within the premises of the CMS primary school, Bariga.

    The football match which was part of the activities of the Stop Diarrhoea Initiative (SDI) organised by Save the Children;  an international NGO  in collaboration with the Lagos State government and Shomolu Local Government, was supported by Reckitt Benckiser.

    Mr Tajudeen Lawal, the HOS School Support affirmed that the competition was uniquely designed to generate enthusiasm among the pupils in Shomolu LGA by ensuring their participation in the school health project of the Stop Diarrhoea Initiative.

    “We aim to increase the awareness of the project in all Shomolu communities and also to enhance the participation  of the pupils beyond the project and to help shape the teaching-learning process for the pupils in the project school to take home and share the learned health message of diarrhoea preventions and control” he added.

  • MTN, CMS to promote SMEs  

    MTN, CMS to promote SMEs  

    MTN Nigeria has unveiled a new partnership with Connect Marketing Services (CMS) to improve access to technology and understanding of how it can enhance business productivity among small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs).

    While the partnership is aimed at taking their businesses to greater heights, MTN said the deal with CMS would enhance business growth as it hosts the maiden edition of Tech+ 2015.

    According to the Telco, the Tech+ 2015 is an innovative technology conference and exhibition that will feature high-tech demonstrations of the latest digital products and services along with hands-on practical workshops facilitated by renowned IT experts.

    The two-day event with the theme Leadership in Digital Technology is scheduled to hold at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, on July 24 and 25, this year.

    Speaking at the press conference, the General Manager, Consumer Marketing, MTN Nigeria, Mr. Richard Iweanoge, said the event would not only showcase the latest technology but would also be an avenue for participating individuals, businesses and top brands across Nigeria to understand the potential of the emerging digital technologies. Particularly, businesses would have the opportunity of interacting with business solutions that would drive their businesses whil providing value for their customers, he added.

    According to Iweanoge, “Technology is shaping the world of business. Enterprise teams now collaborate face-to-face without the need to travel. With all their business information in the Cloud, SMEs can transact business from anywhere in the world with ease. As a leading telecommunication company, with great drive for enhancing and empowering business enterprises in Nigeria and across Africa, we are proud to be associated with these developments,” he added.

    Further justifying the importance of the conference to brands and businesses across Nigeria, Iweanoge said “Tech+ is providing a platform and an ecosystem that promotes cutting edge technologies through education, practice, and innovation in the African Market. The global impact of technology across all areas of human endeavour has made it more imperative that people stay in touch with the world around them to be able to identify with technological advancements that could reshape their world” Iweanoge said.

    Guests expected at the first-of-its-kind-event include: SMEs, IT experts, Manufacturers, Entrepreneurs, and consumers.

    Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer, CMS, Mr. Tunji Adeyinka, said speakers at the event include: Mr. Jim Mckelvey, Cofounder and Director, Square; Nicolas Martin, CEO, Jumia Africa; Wael Fakharany, Regional Business Lead Google X, West Africa; and Mr. Abiola Olaniyan, Chief Executive Officer, Gamsole.

  • Hit -and-run driver knocks down old woman

    Hit -and-run driver knocks down old woman

    AN elderly woman who was crossing the CMS highway was yesterday knocked down by a hit-and-run driver.

    The woman, whose identity was not immediately known, was crossing the highway at CMS in Lagos, carrying her goods on her head when a car on high speed knocked her down and left her to her fate. She was immediately surrounded by sympathisers who initially thought she was dead.

    However, the woman who sells soft drinks in the CMS traffic gained consciousness about ten minutes later with her eyes swollen as sympathisers poured water on her.

    According to an eyewitness who refused to reveal her identity, she lifted the old woman off the ground from her pool of blood.

  • Lawson goes home

    Lawson goes home

    A son of the first female councilor in Nigeria, Prince John Boevi Lawson, has passed away. Lawson, who died in Lagos on November 11, was 80.

    Born in Ibadan on October 30, 1933, his father, the late Bishop Hailing Lawson, was a missionary, while his mother, the late Mrs. Henrietta Olaitan Lawson (nee Macaulay) was a politician. She was elected to the then Lagos Town Council. She was the grand-daughter of the late Revd Thomas Babington Macaulay, founder and first principal of the CMS Grammar School, Lagos, the oldest secondary school in Nigeria.

    Her maternal grand-mother, Abigail Macaulay, was the daughter of the late Rt. Revd Samuel Ajayi Crowther, the acclaimed first African Bishop of the Church of England, and the first to translate the Bible into Yoruba.

    Lawson attended Baptist Academy, Lagos, and worked for the defunct Lagos City Council, Amex and J. Allen, before enlisting in the Nigerian Army where he served in the corps of military police. He left the Army in 1979, worked for the defunct Lagos State Waste Disposal Board (now LAWMA) as Vehicle Inspection Officer, and retired in 1993.

    A Christian wake will hold at his residence, 4, Adedoja Street, Mushin, Lagos tomorrow at 6pm. He will be buried at Atan Cemetery, Yaba, Lagos, on Friday after a funeral service at African Church Cathedral, Salem, Freeman Street, Ebute-Meta, Lagos, at 10am.

  • Access to fake drugs ‘is bane of health care’

    Unrestricted access to drugs, including fake and substandard ones has been identified as major health challenge in the country.

    According to the Director of Medical Service, Adeyemi College of Education, Dr. Emmanuel Ogunmosin, the public’s belief in drugs is so strong that giving healthy advice without drugs is viewed as incompetence on the doctor’s part.

    He spoke at a lecture organised by the institution staff’s Cooperative Multipurpose Society Limited (CMS) , Silver Jubilee and Award presentation in Ondo State .

    The topic of the lecture was The Pillars of health.

    He said not many patients are aware that taking different drugs simultaneously is risky and capable of adversely affecting them and causing drugs interacting.

    Ogunmosin advised the people to engage in routine medical checkups, adding that it will ensure diseases are discovered early and treated before they cause serious damage to their health.

    He urged them to stop abusing drugs, noting that people believe more in taking drugs than in healthy eating and living.

    “This is especially true in obese people who are trying to lose weight. Obese people prefer drugs, teas and herbs that will melt away their fat rather than being self-disciplined and exercising to lose weight,” he added.