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The Lagos State Government has ordered a coroner’s inquest to ascertain the cause of death of the late Whitney Adeniran, a 12-year-old student of Chrisland School, who died during the school inter-house sports on Thursday. The Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for
The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated three projects executed by the Federal Ministry of Transportation worth N300.67 million at the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post, Lagos. Inaugurating the projects, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, the Minister of State for Transportation, said the projects would provide
Yiaga Africa, a Civil Society Organisation has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rectify observed lapses at the recently concluded mock accreditation for a successful 2023 election. The Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Mr Samson Itodo said this while presenting the
The Journalist International Forum for Migration (JIFORM), has urged the Federal Government to address the “push and pull factor”, fueling irregular migration and human trafficking in Nigeria. The President of the Forum, Dr Ajibola Abayomi, made the call in a statement on
Retired Brig.-Gen. Abu Ali, a first class traditional ruler in Kogi, Etsu of Bassa-nge kingdom in Bassa Local Government Area, has described complicity of traditional rulers and religious leaders in cases of insecurity in some state in Nigeria as “very unfortunate” and
A meeting of the Council of State presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari went underway in Abuja on Friday. Top on the agenda are the 2023 general elections and the on-going cash crisis occasioned by CBN’s naira redesign and cashless policy. In
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says there are no challenges with the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) as it concerns the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs and
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday inaugurated a committee to review the civil and public service rules and regulations for effective and productive service delivery. The inauguration was held at the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s office, State Secretariat,
Mercy Corps, a non-governmental organisation, has streesed the need for youths engagement to ensure conduct of peaceful 2023 general election. Deputy Chief of Party, Community Initiative to Promote Peace (CIPP), Sani Suleiman stated this during the North-West zone Dialogue for Peaceful Election
The Women Situation Room Nigeria (WSRN), an NGO, has advocated for a peaceful and credible election in the country. The National Coordinator of WSRN, Prof. Joy Onyesoh, made the call in Calabar during a peace tour across the six geopolitical zones of