The Lagos State Government has said that it would relocate the popular Computer Village in Ikeja to Katangowa in Agbado/Oke-Odo area of the State, just as it also disclosed that an embargo has been placed on approval for construction of…
An Opinion Piece by Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates NEW YORK, United States of America, April 25, 2017/ — This week, more than 138,000 vaccinators will fan out across five African countries in the Lake Chad area in a…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has banned the use of chloroquine and artemisinin monotherapy for the treatment of malaria. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who made this announcement, stated that about N300bn was being lost annually by the…
Eze Onyekpere Every country in the world needs peace, good relationship and unanimity of purpose at the highest levels of its leadership before the forces of development can be unleashed. It also needs peace in its society, between different groups…
The Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse (YIAVHA), a non-governmental organisation, has urged the national assembly to speedily pass the “not too young to run” bill into law. During an interview with NAN in Jos on Tuesday, Pwakim…
The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) says it will provide 900,000 jobs and support 100,000 medium scale enterprises in the state between now and 2019. Executive Secretary of the Fund, Akintunde Oyebode, who disclosed this ahead of the Fund’s…
The IBA FOUNDATION extended their fight against malaria to Ajegunle , a surburb, and a ghetto in Lagos on the 22nd of April in commemoration with the World Malaria Day 2017 theming the advocacy #KickOutMalaria. The programme started with education…
The Octagon Nigeria, an NGO on Saturday said it had given scholarship of N1 million to children of widows in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun. Mr Olatunji Egbewunmi, the founder of NGO, disclosed this at the 3rd Anniversary Lecture/Award…
Some entertainers in Nigeria’s Nollywood and the music industries were on Friday excited about the soon-to-be-aired Agriculture Reality TV Show by the International Institute of Research (IITA) and Corporate Farmers International (CFIL). Some of the actors, who spoke with the…
The Nigerian authorities must immediately scrap plans to execute death row inmates in Kirikiri prison in Lagos, Amnesty International said today amid macabre reports from inmates that the prison’s gallows were being prepared and one inmate had been isolated possibly…
