Image Credits: NAN. A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Saturday marched to late Chief MKO Abiola’s Lagos home, in commemoration of the 2021 Democracy Day. Abiola was the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election annulled by the Ibrahim Babangida-led military government. The walk, which involved about 10 CSOs, commenced from Read More…
Image Credits: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde. The United States on Thursday condemned the Nigerian government for suspending Twitter and targeting individuals who use the social media site, including Nigerian broadcasters, and called for the African nation to reverse its decision. “Unduly restricting the ability of Nigerians to report, gather, and disseminate opinions and information has no place Read More…
Image Credits: REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde. Police fired teargas and detained several demonstrators in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja on Saturday during protests over the country’s worsening security situation. Anger over mass kidnappings-for-ransom, a decade-long Islamist insurgency and a crackdown on protesters in Lagos last October has fuelled demands for the government of President Muhammadu Read More…
Image Credits: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra. Senegal could begin producing COVID-19 vaccines next year under an agreement with Belgian biotech group Univercells aimed at boosting Africa’s drug-manufacturing ambitions, a source involved in funding the project told Reuters. As wealthy countries begin to reopen after securing vaccine supplies early, African nations are still struggling to acquire shots. On Read More…
Image Credits: Twitter. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has threatened to challenge the Nigerian Federal Government suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. According to its National President, Mr. Olumide Akpata, in statement released on Friday evening, the NBA had “noted with great concern the extraordinary decision of the Federal Govt to suspend the operations of Read More…
Image Credits: REUTERS. Nigeria’s government has indefinitely suspended the operations of U.S. social media giant Twitter, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Friday. In a statement he cited “the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence”. He did not elaborate on that reference, nor was it immediately Read More…
Image Credits: Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool/Reuters/File Photo, Twitter. The Presidency has described as unfair and distorted, the latest article on Nigeria published by the Foreign Affairs (Magazine) titled, ‘The Giant of Africa is Failing’. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made the condemnation in a statement in Abuja on Read More…
Image Credits: LASG. The Lagos State Ministry of Justice, through the Directorate of Citizens Rights (DCR), has rescued an 11-year old girl, allegedly being abused and assaulted by her biological father, after a neighbour residing on the same street with the family in Ikosi, Ketu area of Lagos reported her case to DCR. The Director, Read More…
Image Credits: LASG. Governor Receives Visitation Panel Members In picture above: Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a group photograph with members of the Presidential Visitation Panel to the University of Lagos (UNILAG), led by Lt. Gen. Martin Luther Agwai Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has hailed the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for entrenching Read More…
Image Credits: istockphoto, Scaling Up Nutrition. The Lagos State Government says it will create more awareness for the state’s one thousand days nutrition programme to enhance the health and wellbeing of babies in the state. Dr Bunmi Iwayeni, the Assistant Director, Family Health and Nutrition, Lagos State Primary Health Care Board (LSPHCB), made this known Read More…
