Dr George Akume, the Minister of Special Duties and Inter Governmental Affairs, on Wednesday said that micro enterprises will be established in the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country. The Minister disclosed this in Abuja at the Association…
The Oyo State Government on Wednesday joined other states across Nigeria to rollout the COVID-19 vaccination exercise. The state flagged off the exercise in Ibadan with the first consignment of 127,740 doses it received from the Federal Government. Gov. Seyi…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to include Tuberculosis (TB) in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) package. The call was sequel to unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia) at the plenary…
A car dealer, Timothy Ogbeye, told a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday that he was tortured by SARS operatives in Anambra for refusing to pay N5million. The NHRC independent, is investigating alleged human rights violations by operatives of…
The Oyo State Security Taskforce is intensifying efforts to tackle incidences criminality being experienced in some parts of the state, Chief Bisi Ilaka, the Chief of Staff to Gov. Seyi Makinde, has said. Briefing newsmen after the meeting of the…
Devatop Centre for Africa Development, has called on the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) to investigate all human rights abuse cases before it. The centre particularly want cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV), such as…
Four men – Oni Olamide, Samson Shodipe, Ajayi Ajibade and Akinola Tolulope – on Wednesday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ court for allegedly belonging to a secret cult. Olamide, 23; Shodipe, 24; Ajibade, 20 and Tolulope, 26, are facing…
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…
