In a bid to reduce the number of delinquents on the streets, Inyang Otu Foundation, a non-profit organization, NGO recently provided platforms for vocational trainings; food and other basis amenities for children in slum areas in Nigeria and in Ghana.

THE National Council on Education, NCE, has approved the establishment of Education Bank and Study Loan Boards by states at  concessionary interest rate to allow students easy access to fund.

The Naira, yesterday, appreciated to N362.31  in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window.

LAGOS State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, has urged corporate organisations in the state to put structures in place or sustain existing structures for  reporting cases of sexual abuse. 

THE Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Visionscape Sanitation Solutions Ltd, Mr. John Irvine, yesterday, has explained why there were still backlog of waste in some parts of Lagos State, attributing it to the temporary closure of two transfer loading stations.

Governorship aspirant of Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA, in Delta State, Dr. O’diakpo Obire, has assured Deltans of an all-inclusive government, if elected as the state governor come 2019.

RESIDENTS of Abor community, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, yesterday dismissed media report over the allegation that some of them threatened to commit suicide following the purported intention of the state government to acquire their ancestral land, saying there is no iota of truth in the publication.

The person who intends to perform Hajj must do so with the express niyyah of attaining Allah’s pleasure, and to fulfill one’s fardh, and also to diligently carry out the commands of Allah and His Messenger. Just as the Prophet said, actions shall be judged according to intention,” you must make your intention clear so that you don’t miss the reward inherent in the performance of holy pilgrimage.

IAAF president, Seb Coe has backed Africa to host the senior IAAF World Athletics Championships in the nearest future.

National Executive Committee, NEC, of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, appointed Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, as its National Leader.The appointment came on a day Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State said any attempt to remove Saraki as Senate president would be stoutly resisted.

THE Federal Government, yesterday, assured that work on the Apapa corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Rail project would commence next week.

A presidential aspirant of All Proressives Congress, APC, Chief Charles Udeogaranya yesterday commended the Appeal Court ruling upholding the National Assembly’s power to reorder elections.

EBONYI women have been urged to engage in active politics not minding the odds or challenges being faced by women in Nigeria’s political landscape as every woman with capacity has the right to compete in any electoral contest in the country.

Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) has said that every transaction via the mCASH electronic payment platform enjoys  maximum insurance cover of N50,000.

CHIEF of Air Staff, Nigerian Airforce, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has appointed Air Vice Marshal Saddiq Ismaila Kaita as the new Air Officer Commanding Ground Training Command, GTC,  Enugu.