Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Wednesday, inaugurated the new Igbogbo ‘2B’ Housing Scheme in Ikorodu and named it after a former Deputy Governor, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye. Reports said that the estate is the seventh housing scheme inaugurated since…
The Victim Support Fund (VSF) Emergency Taskforce on COVID-19 on Wednesday donated items to three schools in Edo to curb the spread of the disease. This was part of its third phase of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project following…
Mrs Ayo Shotonwa, the General Manager of Radio Lagos/Eko FM, on Wednesday said that arrangements had been concluded to host an exhibition for key players in the building sector. Shotonwa made the disclosure at a media briefing organised in Lagos…
Prof. Stephen Afolami, Vice-Chancellor, Augustine University, Epe in Lagos State, has identified overpopulation of students as a major challenge facing university education in Nigeria. Afolami made this known on Wednesday in a lecture at the 2019/2020 Matriculation of the Federal…
The Kaduna State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Program said it recorded 5,878 TB cases in 2020. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Health, Mohammed Shuaibu disclosed on Wednesday in Kaduna during the 2021 World Tuberculosis Day celebration. Shuabiu said a total…
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has trained and empowered a total of 180 young people in various entrepreneurship skills in Adamawa. Director General of the agency Dr Gambo Aliyu, disclosed this during the graduation and presentation…
The Nigerian Thoracic Society (NTS) has revealed that tuberculosis kills over 162, 000 people in the country annually. The President of the Society, Prof. Prince Ele, who disclosed this in a press statement issued to newsmen in Uyo, on Wednesday,…
A High Court in Ibadan on Wednesday ordered the release of six defendants who allegedly kidnapped the twins of a popular Islamic preacher, Sheik Taofeek Akewugbagold. Report state that this was after the suspects had spent 11 months in a…
The Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, on Wednesday expressed willingness to partner with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to educate students and the public on road safety laws to curtail incidence of road accidents. Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr Abdullahi Alhassan…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano, on Wednesday, granted N50,000 bail each to Ali Sani, 20, and Shamsu Isah, 30, who both are facing charges of gross indecency. The defendants, who live at Jakara Quarters, Kano, are standing trial…
