The use of Azo-Dyes for the enhancement of palm oil and pesticides like Sniper for food preservation is dangerous and could be fatal and needs to stop. This is the assertion of Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director-General, National Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), at the flag-off of the agency’s Sensitisation Campaigns in Lagos on Read More…
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…
In picture above: A view shows an empty classroom at the Government Science school where gunmen abducted students, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde ABUJA, Sept 15 (Reuters) – At least one million Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in Read More…
The 10-year old marriage of a couple, Stephanie and Geoffrey Ode, came to a crashing halt on Friday when an Igando Customary Court in Lagos dissolved the marriage on grounds of infidelity and abandonment. The death knell was sounded on the marriage when the President of the Court, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, in his judgement on Read More…
As this August marks the first year of its investiture, on Saturday, 21st August 2021 at 12 noon, the Nkata Ndi Inyom Igbo (NNII) group plans to spread its tentacles with an anniversary event which will be streamed across social media platforms. The theme for the programme is “Enhancing Women’s Participation and Partnership in Governance Read More…
In picture above: Two Nigerian sex workers in Burkina Faso’s town of Bobo-Dioulasso. Now free from their captors, they are too ashamed to return home without money | Photo: AP/Sam Mednick via picture-alliance Increasing numbers of Nigerian women are being trafficked into prostitution in Burkina Faso’s gold mining camps, an investigation has revealed. Lured by Read More…
Women are at the receiving end of a shadow pandemic which is not COVID-19 A new report for the Council on Criminal Justice has found that, during lockdowns, domestic violence rose by an average of about 8%, both worldwide and in the United States. That’s based on data from those who were able to seek Read More…
In picture above: Kehinde Osakede, who says she was raped by a family friend, is pictured at the Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) centre in Yaba Lagos, Nigeria April 19, 2021. Reuters was not able to confirm her account independently. Osakede did not share the name of her alleged assailant and said she did Read More…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu has enjoined Christians to embody the teachings of Jesus in speech, conduct and relationship with people. Tinubu, who represents the Lagos Central Senatorial District, said Christians while keeping the faith should exemplify Jesus Christ, “our perfect example and role model.” “More than ever, we must bring to bear on our outlook on Read More…
Popular Nigerian comedian and content creator, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Debo Macaroni, and 11 other Nigerians, who were seemingly passing through the Lekki toll gate, venue of a planned protest, were on Saturday arrested by the Nigerian police, according to the BBC. One of the persons arrested, Damilare Adenola, told the BBC that he Read More…