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Executive Leadership Retreat of the Nigeria Governors’ forum and the United Nations Development Programme is underway in the city of Kigali, Rwanda. The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-olu who made this known on his official social media platform, said the aim of the retreat is to highlight some of the workable solutions that could […]
Two persons have been confirmed dead, three still trapped and thirty-seven rescued when a building collapsed at Lagos Street in the Garki Village area of Abuja. The Federal Emergency Management Agency ,FEMA, spokesperson, Mrs Nkechi Isa confirmed the incident earlier today. According to her, the agency’s Search and Rescue team is awaiting excavators to intensify […]
Hoodlums suspected to be armed robbers, have invaded a female hostel at the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, carting away mobile phones, cash and other valuables. Reports say, hostels ‘D” and ‘C” near the school back gate where many of the female students are accommodated were raided at the wee hours and some of the […]
Motorists have lamented the increasing cases of attacks by traffic robbers in some parts of Lagos State.The complaint came a few weeks after the state police command launched a special operation code named “Operation Flush” to curb traffic robbery and other related crimes in the state.The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Idowu Owohunwa, in a […]
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has charged the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, to sustain the high professional standard that its radio stations are known for to serve as an example to other stations. The Zonal Director of the NBC in Lagos, Mr. Raphael Akpan, gave the charge during a courtesy visit to the […]
The Lagos State Assembly has confirmed 22 out of the 39 cabinet nominees sent recently by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for screening. Speaker of the House, Chief Mudashiru Obasa, who presided over Wednesday’s sitting, said the confirmation followed rigorous and detailed screening of the nominees by an ad-hoc committee led by the Chief Whip of the […]
The Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Lagos State Chapter has extended her warmest congratulations to the newly appointed Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and most importantly, the female ministers.This was disclosed in a statement signed by its Chairperson, Dr Adeola Ekine in Lagos on Wednesday. Ekine said that the female ministers are […]
A fourteen-year-old girl identified as Desola Adeoye, has committed suicide in Shogunle area of Lagos. Radio One gathered that Desola took her life by drinking an insecticide to escape untold violence in the hands of her father, Mr Sunday Adeoye and her step mother. Confirming the maltreatment of Desola and her two siblings, one of […]
By Abiola PETERS. Preparations are in top gear for this year’s 4th Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) Global Migration holding in Toronto, Canada, between October 2-14. This is as Harvard scholar and United Nations Representative on Migration and Sustainability, Nermin Karin Ahmad (Ms) has been listed among the top speakers The hybrid event themed, […]
By Abiola PETERS As a new democratic government takes over in Nigeria, the Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) has congratulated the nation’s 16th President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu urging him to create a separate Ministry for Diaspora and Migration Engagements. He also pleaded with him to ensure a proper decent job negotiation for Nigerians across […]
