…Gives Operators 7-Day Ultimatum to Move to Berger, Ojota Parks The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the restriction of the operation of inter-state buses and vehicles operating along Ikorodu Road from going beyond Ojodu Berger and Ojota Motor Parks.…
Nigerian journalist, Mercy Abang, has emerged among the recipients of the 2017 Dag Hammarskjöld Journalism Fellowships. Abang is a syndicated freelance journalist reporting on issues facing vulnerable populations and had covered communities under siege from the Boko Haram terrorists as…
PENDULUM BY DELE MOMODU Fellow Nigerians, let me confess my admiration for security forces generally. It is not just because of the cleanliness and crispiness of their uniform or the famed discipline that they imbue in their members. It is…
Nigeria’s inflation rate dropped further to 16.01 per cent in August, signifying the seventh consecutive month of decline since January 2017, according to the latest figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which…
Nigeria’s civic entrepreneur, and co-founder, of BudgIT, a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, Oluseun Onigbinde is billed to join other amazing speakers at this year’s African Students For Liberty West African Regional Conference. The…
Group, Domestic and Sexual Violence Rescue Team DSVTR has urged the Lagos Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Oluwole Edgal to join hands in the fight against domestic and sexual violence across the state. The group made the urge in a…
@haceyhealth – “Building conversations around preventing and responding to sexual violence” Symposium responding to sexual violence and the launch of mysalvus.org platform. Salvus (meaning safe) is a web-based platform developed to facilitate safe and confidential reporting of sexual violence incidents and provide…
Nigeria: A nation hanging by the balance By Akinleye Segun The noises of a looming war on the global scene reached its highest crescendo when the sadistic short emperor with the crew cut from North Korea, who seem hell bent…
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation has attributed the illegal shipment of 25,750 metric tons of genetically modified maize worth an estimated $3.7 million into Nigeria to the attitude of the federal government towards genetically modified foods. Nnimmo Bassey, the group’s director, said…
Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, said the world was moving away from oil, and predicted that it would no longer be an income resource in 10 years’ time. Kachikwu said this in Abuja on Thursday while…
