St Saviour’s to promote wellness, fitness with Lagos Kids Mini Marathon
St Saviour’s School Ikoyi Endowment Fund, has concluded plans to host the third edition of Lagos Kids Mini-Marathon as part of efforts at promoting fitness and wellness among children.
Persons with albinism suffer most discrimination in public spaces ― Survey
A demographic and socioeconomic study of Persons with Albinism (PWAs) conducted in Oyo and Plateau States has revealed that PWAs suffer most discrimination in public places. The baseline survey conducted by the Albino Foundation in partnership with the Australian High Commission to Nigeria was a maiden version of the baseline survey conducted in six states […]
Why we chose Badagry to mark 400th anniversary of slavery in Africa
BADAGRY, a coastal town in the suburb of Lagos played a major role in the history of the contact between Nigeria, Europe and the Americas, It was a major slave outpost and market during the centuries of slave trade. Now Badagry is a thriving tourism site that attracts people of African descent from all over the world, but many do not know much about this ancient city. It was the need to explore and educate some culture writers that TravelNextDoor went there.
Ghanaian authorities have no intention to confiscate Nigerians’ money ― High Commission
Nigeria High Commission in Accra, Ghana has refuted social media report that Nigerians living in Ghana without a resident permit will not be able to withdraw their money from the banks as from November. A statement signed by the Head of Chancery, Abdulazeez Ibrahim, the Mission described the report as ‘fake news’. The Mission, therefore, […]
Of our tertiary schools and their sexually-transmitted degrees
Against the background of the recent sting reportage of sexual harassment in Nigerian universities, with special focus on the University of Lagos, I am surprised that many Nigerians are feigning ignorance of the ravaging scourge of sex-for-mark practice which infests our tertiary institutions. There was nothing new or too salacious about the BBC report. There was nothing more fundamental revealed in the report than what we had all been noticing and what had been hitherto reported in both the mainstream and social media for a long time now. Sexual harassment is as old as the university system itself and awarding grades for sexual gratification has been an age-old reality that had dogged the university system in Nigeria. So there was nothing new revealed in the sting report by BBC. There was nothing to elicit the kind of societal commotion the BBC report elicited.
Presidency says NSIO not engaged in extra-budgetary expenses
Mrs Maryam Uwais, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Investment, says the National Social Investment Office (NSIO), will continue to be guided by the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, in its expenditures. Uwais spoke on Wednesday when she led the management team of the National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP), to brief the […]
