LAGOS PLEDGES TO CURB SEXUAL, GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
Dec 4, 2021 The Lagos State Government has reiterated its pledge to curb the high rate of sexual and gender-based violence against children. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr…
NPA working to digitise ports operation by 2025
Dec. 4, 2021 The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has stated that deliberate measures and investments are being undertaken to create a fully digital ecosystem in all the country’s port locations…
LAGOS GOVT ORDERS INDEFINITE CLOSURE OF DOWEN COLLEGE
Dec. 3, 2021 The Lagos State Government has ordered the indefinite closure of Dowen College, Lekki , pending the outcome of an investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr,…
Twenty ships with petroleum products, others expected at Lagos ports
Dec 3, 2021 The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is expecting 20 ships laden with petroleum products and other items from Dec. 3 to Dec. 14. The NPA made this known…
Duplicated Projects: Funds Were Withheld in 2021 Budget – Akabueze
Dec. 3, 2021 …Says there were 185 duplicated projects from the list received The Federal Government says funds were withheld for duplicated projects in the 2021 budget. Mr. Ben Akabueze…
N4.4trn debt: Some prominent Nigerians frustrating AMCON’s recovery effort – Senate
Dec. 3, 2021 Sen. Uba Sani, Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions has decried that prominent Nigerians were “frustrating” the effort of the Asset Management Corporation…
Vaccine makers should plan to adjust COVID-19 jabs – WHO
Dec 3, 2021 Makers of COVID-19 vaccines should gear up for the “likelihood” of needing to adjust their products to protect against the Omicron variant, the World Health Organization’s (WHO)…
Impose special tax on alcohol, cigarettes, sugar-sweetened beverages to improve primary healthcare – WBG urges FG
Dec. 3, 2021 The World Bank Group (WBG) has called on the Federal Government to impose special taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and sugar-sweetened beverages to improve primary healthcare. “If we…
Taliban releases decree that women must consent to marriage
Dec 3, 2021 Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Friday released a decree on women’s rights which said women should not be considered “property” and must consent to marriage but failed to…
Fake news: NOA trains about 180 persons from MDAs, Others on fact-checking
Dec. 3, 2021 …Targets to train 37,000 Nigerians in all States in the next 5 years The National Orientation Agency (NOA) said on Friday in Abuja that it has trained…