By Blessing Oladunjoye | Rev. Remi Johnson, Chairman, Lagos State Council, Nigerian Union of Pensioners, has revealed that since 2016, the Lagos State Government has not paid pensioners under the Contributory Pension scheme in the state. Rev. Johnson revealed this…
Fellow Nigerians, we need to have a frank discussion on our citizenship and our being part of the potentially great country called Nigeria. We need to tell ourselves the truth; ask pertinent questions and resolve to understand ourselves as a…
Social networking platform Pinterest, has joined other social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Youtube, to restrict the spread of vaccine misinformation. The site announced Wednesday that it would direct all searches related to vaccination to results from public health…
Aisha Yesufu’s personal twitter handle has been suspended by Twitter. The restriction was placed on her account on the early hours of today (Thursday). Yesufu has been a fervent critic of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. The suspension of her account…
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has released the report on a pilot study that focuses exclusively and extensively on the sale of Nigeria’s share of crude oil and gas produced in 2017. The report titled “pilot study on commodity…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has inaugurated a committee to probe the administration of ex-Governor Akinwunmi Ambode. According to the house, the committee would be investigating he purchase of 820 buses that were meant for public transport, which never grazed…
The United States embassy has honoured Adepeju Jaiyeoba, a fellow of Mandela Washington Fellowship, for her contribution in reducing women’s mortality rate during childbirth. She used her social enterprise to help women and also deployed the knowledge she garnered from…
Nkem Ilo, CEO of Public Private Development Center (PPDC), has said the organisation would support more subnational governments to build their contract disclosure framework in a way that enables greater citizen participation. She said this in an interview with Wendy…
To give relief to the families of the accident victims that occurred earlier at Asolo along Lagos Ikorodu road, the Lagos State Government has promised to take full responsibility of the medical bills of the victims. According to a statement…
The last 10 days have been very damaging for Nigeria’s already-battered international image. The spark was Obinwanne Okeke, once remembered for his listing by Forbes among the 100 Most Influential Young Africans 2018 but now an emblem of dirty wealth,…
