WAPA treats 234 cases of domestic violence

WAPA treats 234 cases of domestic violence

As part of effort to ensure peaceful family coexistence and reduce the menace of domestic violence in the society, the Lagos State Government, through the Ministry for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA, has treated 234 cases of domestic violence and empowered several women within the last one year.
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The National Grazing Bill (2)

The National Grazing Bill (2)

PART VII called the Miscellaneous Provisions restricts any legal action or suit against the commission. A written notice shall first be given to the commission of the intention to sue it or any member of the council; “No execution or attachment of process shall be issued against the commission without the consent of the Attorney General of the Federation”.

‘VAS segment, overdue for regulation’

‘VAS segment, overdue for regulation’

LAGOS—The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Professor Umar Danbatta, has said that the Value Added Services segment, VAS, in Nigerian is overdue for regulation.

OGUN State: Family laments killing of breadwinner by Customs

OGUN State: Family laments killing of breadwinner by Customs

By Daud Olatunji What could have been the offence of a young Mallam Salihu Badamosi who, according to findings,  did not carry any contraband of any sort,  but was shot dead by  men of Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun State Command and absconded? The deceased is survived by a wife and three children while the other […]

Tributes pour in for late Jafojo, ex-Lagos deputy gov

Tributes pour in for late Jafojo, ex-Lagos deputy gov

ON Saturday, April 23, news filtered in that former deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Rafiu Bakare Adeyefa Jafojo had passed on.

Though, Jafojo had withdrawn from the public eye owing to his old age, his death came as a rude shock to many political bigwigs cutting across the political divide.
Jafojo, who was the first deputy Governor during Alhaji Lateef Jakande’s administration in the Second Republic, between October 1st, 1979 and 31st December, 1983, died late Saturday evening in his Lagos residence, No 2 C Orishe Street, Ikeja, Lagos State, at the age of 80 after a brief illness.

EKITI: Tears flow for dead doctors

EKITI: Tears flow for dead doctors

The atmosphere in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital on Tuesday was gloomy, as tears flowed freely like torrents of rain when the remains of the medical doctors who died along Kaduna-Abuja road were brought into the state capital in seven ambulances.

Villagers sue Asaba monarch over alleged ostracism

Villagers sue Asaba monarch over alleged ostracism

The people of Ogbeogo/Umuelibujor Village, in Oshimili South Local Government, Delta State, have sued their traditional ruler, the Asagba, and the Asagba-in-Council before a Delta State High Court sitting in Asaba, over their purported ostracism from the rest of Asaba.

W.House race: Clinton cruises as Sanders scales back  campaign

W.House race: Clinton cruises as Sanders scales back campaign

Democrat Bernie Sanders is laying off hundreds of campaign workers after a string of losses to frontrunner Hillary Clinton, focusing his forces on the last big presidential primary in California — and on the battle for the party’s platform.

My dream for Nigeria, by Olivia Agbajoh

My dream for Nigeria, by Olivia Agbajoh

LAWYER, politician and mother, Olivia Tagbajumi Agbajoh turned 65 on Wednesday. An Honourable in the House of Representatives in the Second republic, she represented the Warri Federal constituency.

Balogun gets 3-match ban

Balogun gets 3-match ban

Mainz and Nigeria defender Leon Balogun has been suspended for three matches for violent conduct.