Lagos State Government and a non-governmental organisation, Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF), will be carrying out free surgery on 100 residents with lipomas, breast lumps, hernia and fibroid. This is to mark Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s 100 days in office. The Commissioner ...

Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has promised to defend the course of the gender for national development. Describing her appointment as divine, the former deputy governor of Plateau state maintained that she never lobbied for the post. Tallen, who ...

The National Social Investment Office (NSIO) has pledged a level-playing field for all Nigerians in the execution of the Social Intervention Programmes (SIPs) of the Federal Government. The Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Mrs. Maryam Uwais, gave ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has led the Nigerian delegation to the 50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Africa Region Conference in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Also in the team were Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege and members from the two ...

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has faulted the four-count terrorism and treason charge filed against Agba Jalingo, publisher of an online medium, Cross RiverWatch, at the Federal High Court, Calabar. Calling for his unconditional release, the group’s national ...

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has vowed to continue with its activities amid weekend’s directive to police commands and formations by IGP Mohammed Adamu for the immediate dismantling of structures belonging to the sect nationwide. Its South West Coordinator, ...

No fewer than 6,721 concerned Nigerians, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE), at the weekend initiated action at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos against the ninth Senate over plan to spend ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lamented what it called “the disgraceful outing and poor attention given to President Muhammadu Buhari by world leaders and investors at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD),” adding: “It has further ...

A Medical Practitioner, Dr Abdulwaheed Abayomi says he is offering free 50 surgeries for vulnerable, as part of activities lined up for his 50th birthday celebration. Speaking during the launch of the ’50 Days One Surgery Per Day’ initiative on ...

A  member representing Ughelli North, Ughelli South and Udu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rev. Francis Ejiroghene Waive, has called on the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to fix all federal roads in Delta State. The cleric-turned-politician decried ...