Pauline Tallen, the minister for women’s affairs, condemned the growing number of rape and other acts of violence committed against young girls by their fathers and other members of society on Tuesday. In recognition of the International Day of the Girl-Child (IDGC) in 2022, Tallen made this statement at the State of the Nigerian Girls Read More…
Day: 11 October 2022
Sanwo-Olu gets FG’s approval to construct Lekki Airport
Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, handed the proposed Lekki-Epe International Airport’s official Letter of Approval to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday. At the 9th Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit, which was held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Sirika delivered the letter to the governor on behalf of the Federal Government. Read More…
2023 poll: CDD commits to objectivity, independence, and fairness
Prior to the general elections in 2023, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) vowed to maintain its neutrality, independence, and impartiality. The guarantee was provided in a statement issued in Abuja by CDD Director Idayat Hassan. “The CDD is issuing this statement in response to false accusations made in a recently disseminated article concerning our Read More…
U.S. submits 23 looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria
Twenty-three Benin Bronzes that were among the hundreds of items that the British took during their invasion of the Benin Kingdom in 1897 have been returned to Nigeria by the United States. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, praised the US for returning the stolen cultural property during the repatriation ceremony on Read More…
Court releases man accused of robbing trader with toy gun
Rasheed Olanrewaju, age 26, was charged with trying to rob a market woman with a toy gun. On Tuesday, an Ikeja Special Offences Court released and acquitted him. The presiding judge, Justice Sherifat Solebo cleared Olanrewaju of the attempted robbery charge that the state government had brought against him. According to Solebo, it was clear Read More…
Man dragged to court for allegedly beating up wife
Austin Anthony, 42, was charged at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for allegedly hitting his wife and breaking their three-month-old child’s arm. The defendant, a baker from Lagos State, is being prosecuted for assault, causing great bodily harm, and endangering life. His address is 16 Ajibade Street, Baruwa Ipaja. The offences were perpetrated Read More…
Senator charges MDAs to promote sports
In order to encourage healthy living among its employees, Sen. Obinna Ogba (PDP-Delta) has on Tuesday recommended government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure sports development in their organisations. Ogba, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Sports and a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, expressed sadness that most MDAs in the Read More…
Lagos SWAN appeals the House of Assembly and security agencies for alleged intimidation
A petition has been sent to Lagos State’s Commissioner of Police by the Lagos State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN). Additionally, the SWAN chapter has forwarded copies of the petition to the state’s House of Assembly and Department of State Services (DSS) (LAHA). The petition, according to the chapter’s secretary Bunmi Read More…
NLC applauds Sanwo-Olu’s proposed salary hike for workers in Lagos
The Lagos government has received praise from the Nigeria Labour Congress for the anticipated pay raises for state employees. The praise was given by the NLC Chairman, Mrs. Funmi Sessi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. The announcement, she noted, “came at the appropriate time.” Gov. Babajide Read More…
Nigeria laments low level of trade with Egypt
Nigeria lamented her poor trade with Egypt, one of the continent’s two economic giants, on Monday. Malam Nura Rimi, Nigeria’s ambassador to the northern African nation, observed that despite the size of the two economies, the volume of trade between the two was little. He gave a speech in Cairo at the inaugural Nigeria-Egypt Trade Read More…