The Lagos State government yesterday launched free public Wi-Fi at parks and gardens in its resolve to achieve its smart mega city status. Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode said the provision of the free Wi-Fi was part of his administration’s effort to make the state work for all and sundry.

The growing dominance of these three Chinese companies should be a cause of worry for Apple Apple 's ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) sales in China took a massive beating last year, dropping an estimated 23%, which pushed its market share into the single digits, per research from IDC. Now, the latest sales data from the Middle Kingdom indicates that local smartphone players have continued gaining on the iPhone maker. Apple isn't going anywhere in China Market research firm Canalys estimates that Chinese smartphone sales jumped 9% during the first quarter of 2017, but most of the gains were lapped up by just three companies. As it turns out, Huawei , OPPO , and Vivo took the top three spots, accounting for 50% of sales, up from a combined market share of 42% in the prior-year period.

The Lagos State Government has earmarked N12.6 billion for construction and rehabilitation of sports facilities and development this year.  Special Adviser to the Governor on Sports and Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission, Deji Tinubu disclosed the huge fund earmarked by the State Government yesterday at the ongoing ministerial press briefing at Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja. 

The Lagos state government is so magnanimous so much so that she birth a new Flyover in Abeokuta express way at Abule Egba junction to decongest the highly congested traffic experienced daily in that area.  

Apple  is  investing $200 million  in a Kentucky manufacturing plant run by  Corning , the company that makes Gorilla Glass — found on every iPhone and iPad on the planet. It’s Apple’s first investment from the newly-formed Advanced Manufacturing Fund. The company says it plans to invest at least $1 billion in American manufacturing firms.

A surprisingly upbeat meeting between Trump and the Russian foreign minister is being promoted by Russia as a long-promised reset in relations. Clad in hockey gear in the red, white and blue of the Russian flag, President Vladimir Putin pretended not to know what CBS reporter Elizabether Palmer was talking about when she asked about the fallout of President Donald Trump’s stunning  dismissal of James Comey,  the FBI director leading the investigation into suspected ties of the Trump campaign to Russia.

Ebola has killed at least one person in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the World Health Organisation confirmed Friday at least one person had tested positive for the deadly virus. WHO said it was sending the team to the remote area in the north of the country near the border with Central African Republic. And a large vaccine nonprofit said it was ready to bring in Ebola vaccines if needed.