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Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Lagos has granted leave to two architects to file contempt proceedings against the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, and two others for allegedly disobeying court order. Fashola, Architects Registration ...
Read More »Under-five deaths reduce by 47 per cent in Nigeria, others, says report
Nigeria has recorded a major feat in its infant mortality rate profile by almost halving her under-five deaths. The feat was contained in a new report released yesterday by Save the Children, an international organisation working to deliver change for ...
Read More »Lawmaker seeks protection of helpless teenagers, others
Representative of Obokun Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Oyintiloye John Olatunbosun, has said Nigerians should use this year’s Children Day celebration to scale up activities aimed at restoring the dignity of the child. Olatunbosun, who highlighted the ...
Read More »Over 100 kids get etiquette mentorship to mark day
Media personality and former Big Brother Nigeria (BBN) finalist, Alex Asogwa popularly known as Alex Unusual, has mentored over 100 kids between the ages five and 13 years to mark the Children’s Day celebration. The event, which held in Lagos ...
Read More »Stakeholders caution Nigerians against hiring minors as labourers, urge better investments in education sector
Private sector stakeholders have urged Nigerians who engage children for one form of labour or the other to desist from doing so, saying every child should have access to quality education regardless of religion or social status. Speaking at separate ...
Read More »Court sacks APC lawmaker-elect in Imo State, awards plaintiff N13.5 million
A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo State has sacked All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ugonna Ozuruigbo as House of Representatives member-elect for Nkwerre/Njaba/Isu/Nwangele Federal Constituency of the state. In suit marked FHC/OW/CS/25/2019 between Harrison Nwadike (plaintiff) and APC, ...
Read More »Vandals hurt host communities more than government, says Buhari as N’Delta ministry scores self-high on performance
President Muhammadu Buhari says the destruction of oil facilities by vandals operating in the Niger Delta hurts the host communities and the environment more than it hurts government. Receiving South-South Monarchs Forum (SSMF) led by King Edmund Daukoru, Mingi XII, ...
Read More »Abuja Internally Displaced Persons lament government’s failure, seek land for farming
ICPC boss tasks youths on anti-corruption fight, nation’s future Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Abuja have lamented Federal Government failure to provide good welfare packages for its, especially the internally displaced populace. Public Relation Officer (PRO) of Abuja IDPs camp, ...
Read More »Stakeholders urge Nigerian Ports Authority to investigate bid process
A group of concerned bidders in the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) cargo survey contract system has urged the management to investigate its bid process. In a petition dated May 25, 2019, titled “Re: Cargo Surveys Contract Bids – Attempts To ...
Read More »Why Nigeria must embrace e-voting, by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that for democracy to endure in Nigeria, the country must embrace electronic voting. Deploring the military interference in this year’s general elections in Rivers State, he advised the Ninth National Assembly to review the ...
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