To encourage mass voting in the forthcoming election, a nongovernmental organization, Tap Initiative, has concluded plans to organize a novelty football match between the Super Eagles’ 1994 AFCON winners and 2013 ACFON winners. According to the convener, Mr. Mbasekei Martin…
By Ijeoma Ukazu – The Executive Secretary, Oyo State Health Insurance Agency (OYSHIA), Dr Olusola Akande has called for increased awareness among Oyo citizens on social health insurance programme to enable them embrace the scheme. Akande who spoke to journalists…
By Ijeoma Ukazu – The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) said over 309 communities in Nigeria have publicly declared their abandonment of Femala Gennital mutilation in 2018. In a statement made available to our correspondent, the UNICEF Country representative in…
PICTURES: GOV. AMBODE PRESENTS YEAR 2019 BUDGET TO LAGOS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AT THE ASSEMBLY COMPLEX, ALAUSA, IKEJA, ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019
By Mayowa Adeniran – The “Peoples Manifesto”, a Social Contract for Political Accountability and Charter of Demand has been launched in Ogun. The 21-page document was compiled by the Civil Society Coalition on Sustainable Development (CSCSD) and the Transition Monitoring…
…Earmarks 54% To Capital Expenditure, 46% For Recurrent …Targets N775.2bn IGR, To Complete Major Ongoing Projects Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday presented the year 2019 budget proposal of N852.316billion to the House of Assembly, with a…
Mayowa Adeniran – A pan-African digital rights and inclusion advocacy organization, Paradigm Initiative, has urged Nigerians to adopt safer internet practices. The organization made the call during a media parley to commemorate the 2019 Safer Internet Day which held at…
By Ijeoma Ukazu – The Lagos State Committee on Food and Nutrition in conjunction with Civil Society Scaling-Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) have domesticated the National Policy on Food and Nutrition to Lagos specific. Speaking during the opening remark at the…
PENDULUM By DELE MOMODU – Fellow Nigerians, let me say how excited I am that the Nigerian Presidential election is barely two weeks away. Naturally, nothing dominates the news here than the topic of who is likely to win. I have…
The Federal Government on Wednesday warned broadcast stations in the country against picking results of the forthcoming elections from the social media. It said the Independent National Electoral commission remained the only official source of election results. The Director General…
