River Basins should be resuscitated if Agriculture must thrive – Oduah, Others
Senator Stella Oduah (Anambra North, PDP) has called for the revival of the non functional river basins by the River Basin Development Authority to ensure a forward leap in agricultural production.
She disclosed this on Thursday, while contributing to the motion titled: Need to Revive & Resuscitate River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) which she co- sponsored with 16 other lawmakers.
16m girls will never get a chance to read, write – UNESCO warns
The UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics (UIS) says 16 million girls, below age 11, will not get basic education, compared to about eight million boys, if current trends continue. The UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, stated this in a statement credited to a new report released on Thursday by the organisation ahead of the run-up to International Women’s Day slated for March 8. The report, “UNESCO eAtlas of Gender Inequality in Education’’ showed that girls were still the first to be denied the right to education, despite all the efforts and progress made over the past 20 years.
Ambode establishes N25bn ETF for Unemployed Lagosians
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday expressed fulfillment in the realisation of his campaign promise to establish an Employment Trust Fund (ETF), saying the initiative was a paradigm shift in positively and productively engaging the teeming youths of the state. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos House, Alausa while inaugurating the board of the ETF, said the establishment of the Fund marked a turning point in the responsiveness of government to the yearnings of the youth and unemployed people.
Mile 12 communal clash: Ambode declares curfew in crisis areas, shut market
Following the violent communal clash between the Hausa and Yoruba community, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode , in swift reaction to quell the crisis, placed immediate curfew in locations where the fracas occurred and ordered the popular Mile-2 Market in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area, LCDA, shut indefinitely.
$2.1bn Arms Scam: Dasuki’s aide slams N500m suit against EFCC, Nigerian Army
The former Military Assistant to (Rtd) Sambo Dasuki, currently detained in an army facility in connection with the ongoing investigation of the arms purchase scandal, Colonel Nicholas Ashinze has slammed a N500 million suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Army
Ese abduction saga: Police admit negligence
The Assistant Inspector General of police zone 1, Shu’aibu Lawal Gambo Thursday admitted lapse over Ese abduction saga.
