Metro Society Top Story

Open grazing by cattle rearers in Lagos is now criminal

Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team now an agency In picture above: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu signing the Anti-Open grazing bill into law at the EXCO Chamber, Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, September 20, 2021. With him is the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN). It Read More…

Nigeria Top Story

Sokoto now experiences phone blackout as the crackdown on banditry spreads

In picture above: Police officers walk at the JSS Jangebe school, a day after over 300 schoolgirls were abducted by bandits, in Zamfara, Nigeria February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo Parts of Sokoto State now experience a telecommunications blackout as a result of a shutdown order imposed on Monday by the Ministry of Communications as Read More…

Business Nigeria Oil & Gas Top Story

NNPC to be incorporated within six months, may go public

Going by the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to incorporate a Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 has begun. A statement from Aso Rock signed by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said that this was in consonance with Section 53(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act Read More…

Education Metro

Lagos Model Schools students to pay “experimental fees” of N35,000 in each of 2 terms

Lagos, Sept. 19, 2021 (NAN) – Boarding house students of Lagos State Model Colleges and Upgraded Schools will pay N35,000 in each of the next two terms. Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, made the clarification in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by Mr Ganiu Lawal, an assistant director in the ministry. Adefisayo Read More…

Environment Metro Top Story

Govt working to reduce ozone-depleting substances in Lagos environment

The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to the continuous phasing out of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) to continually aid the healing of the ozone layer and boost energy efficiency in the cooling sector. The Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services (OES), Mrs. Belinda Odeneye, stated this at a webinar session organised by the Read More…

Football Sports Top Story

Pelé re-enters intensive care three days after leaving

Pelé has re-entered an intensive care unit at São Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital, ESPN Brasil reported on Friday, in an apparent deterioration of the three-time World Cup winner’s health after he left the unit earlier this week. The hospital and Pelé’s representative in Santos said they could not confirm the news. ESPN Brasil said Pelé Read More…

Nigeria Top Story

Kidnappers release 10 students of Bethel Baptist School

Ten more students who were kidnapped two months ago from Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna State have gained their freedom according to the school administrator. The Reverend John Hayab, the administrator of the school, told Reuters News Agency that 21 students from the school remained in captivity. He revealed that an undisclosed ransom was Read More…

Education Metro Top Story

Age limit for Lagos Junior Secondary Schools is fake news – Ministry

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has debunked a social media report alleging that the State Government will, from the next academic session, enforce the entry age of 12 years for pupils seeking admission into Junior Secondary School (JSS1) in a bid to deter underage registration. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Read More…