Lagos: Ambode takes massage of continuity to LGAs
THE mantra of continuity being propagated by the Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode, in Lagos State was recently spread further across some local councils in the state in a manner that left party supporters more confident about electoral victory.
Court delivers judgment on environmental sanitation suit March 16
A FEDERAL High Court in Lagos has reserved March 16, 2015 to deliver judgment in a suit seeking cancellation of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in the state.
‘We must put an end to girl-child abuse’
LAGOS—Founder of 9ineteen networks, Mrs. Chinemenma Umeseaka has said that there is an urgent need to put an end to girl-child abuse in Nigeria.
78-yr-old narrates ordeal in kidnappers’ den, as police arrest 7 suspects
IBADAN—Officers of Oyo State Police Command, yesterday, stormed a kidnappers’ den and rescued a 78-year-old man, Chief Adebowale Omotoso, who is the National Life Vice President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, in Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State.
10.5m out-of-school children: Technology, big part of the solution — AUN President
“It is a simple formula but now, people around the world, from Syria to those dealing with ISIS, are asking how we have handled these vulnerable youths.”The API members are mostly community leaders who know members of the community and those that need help. So they identified those vulnerable youths and AUN rolled out some programs for them, including the Peace through Education program. The AUN-API education component has three programs: primary school – literacy and math; secondary school- science, technology, engineering and math, (STEM) and a principals and teacher training institute.
Gambari warns against further polls shift
Former Nigeria’s Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, UN, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has warned against further moves to change the election dates in the country to avoid constitutional crisis, which could eventually lead to chaos.
