Lack Of Funds May Mar 2018 Census
There were indications yesterday that paucity of funds may constitute a major set back to the conduct of the proposed national population and housing census billed to take place next year. LEADERSHIP...
View ArticleTowards Ending Malaria For Good
Every April 25, the world observes World Malaria Day, one of the eight official global public health campaigns currently marked by the World Health Organisation (WHO). World Malaria Day, an offshoot of...
View ArticleThe Power Sector And Emergency Experts
The danger emergency experts pose to the Nigerian power sector became clear to me and deserving of exposure in the public interest on July 15, 2016. By emergency experts, I mean people who presume to...
View ArticleMore Commendations Trail FG’s Timely Completion Of Abuja Airport
The Federal Government has continued to receive accolades, following the successful completion of the repairs on the Abuja airport runway. British Airways and most experts in the nation’s aviation...
View ArticleFG Plans National Conference On Farmers/Herdsmen Clash
The federal government through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has revealed plans to host a national conference to address farmers/ herdsmen clashes. The Minister...
View ArticleScores Cheat Death, As Tanker With 33,000 Litres Of Diesel Explodes In Lagos
A lot of people escaped death by the whiskers yesterday in Lagos when tanker conveying 33,000 litres of diesel exploded after it collided with a BMW car along Oshodi-Apapa expressway. The incident...
View ArticleQueen College: LASG Recommends Resumption Of Academic Activities
Following the satisfactory result from analysis of water samples from all water delivery points at the Queens College, Yaba, Lagos State Government yesterday recommended the resumption of students for...
View ArticleAviation College Acquires 20 New Aircraft To Replace Obsolete Trainer Jets
The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria,on Monday said the college is acquiring a total of of 20 new aircraft, five multi-engine DA42 and 15 single-engine DA40 trainers to phase out...
View Article2 Killed, Property Destroyed In Lagos Mushin Mayhem
No fewer than two persons were yesterday killed in Mushin area of Lagos, when two warring factions of street gangs clashed in the area. Witness said trouble started when, rival youth gangs, suspected...
View ArticlePolice Promote CP Lakanu To AIG, 24 Others To Various Ranks
The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of the former Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP. Taiwo Fredrick Lakanu to the next rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police....
View Article‘Entrepreneurs will create Our 200,000 Jobs, Not Civil Service’ – Edo Govt
The Government of Edo State has rectified what it described as the “wrong perception by the public of the nature of the 200,000 jobs” to be created by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration as...
View ArticlePolice Arraigns Trader For Attempting To Commit Suicide On Third Mainland Bridge
A Lagos State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ebute-Meta yesterday granted a textile trader, Mrs. Titilayo Momoh, who attempted to commit suicide by jumping from the Third Mainland Bridge into the...
View ArticleNANS Condemn Arrest Of Kogi Students, Demands Their Release
The National Secretariat of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has condemned in clear terms, what it described as the unjustifiable attack launched on peaceful protesting students...
View ArticleLagos To Pump N200 Billion Into Redevelopment Of Ilubirin Housing Estate
Lagos State Government has said a whooping N200 billion ( $500) million dollars will be injected in the redevelopment Ilubirin housing estate to be at par with other waterfront residential scheme in...
View ArticlePresidency Knocks Col Umar, Says No Going Back On Anti-graft War
The Presidency has faulted assertions by former Military Governor of Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), in which he accused the government of President Muhammadu Buhari of being...
View ArticleBreaking: Nnamdi Kanu Granted Bail
For the first time since the commencement of his trial for alleged treason, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted bail. Kanu and three others are facing...
View ArticleWomen Make Less Than 30percent Of New FG Appointments
23 Heads of federal government agencies were replaced on April 13, 2017. The sack and replacement were to take immediate effect. Curiously, only 6 women made the list of the 23 new appointees – less...
View ArticleWinners Emerge For Young Women Essay Writing Competition
Three (3) winners have emerged for the National Young Women Essay Writing Competition organised by the Nigerian Women Trust Fund under the auspices of She Impact Community and funded by DFID’s Voices...
View ArticleCharter of Demand to the Chairman, Inter – Party Advisory Council (IPAC)
Women across several political parties and other stakeholders convened in Abuja to mark the 2017 International Women’s Day. As part of the activities lined up to commemorate this day, Nigerian Women’s...
View ArticleStrengthening Nigeria’s Disaster Risk Management Procedures
Nigeria has had a number of emergency situations arising from disasters – natural and man-made. The natural phenomena include tropical storms, land erosion, windstorms, floods, drought,...
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