A member of the House of Representatives, from Lagos Island Federal Constituency 1, Dr Enitan Badru has said that part of the means to effectively reduce poverty in the country is to train and empower the vulnerable in a particular skill acquisition programme.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that sub-Saharan Africa would need 425 billion dollars by 2030 to support its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The President of AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, said this at the opening of the 2021 Annual Meetings of the Bank held virtually on Wednesday. Adesina also said that low-income sub-Saharan […]

By Henry Umoru CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Delta North has described the news of suspension from the party as a laughing matter. Speaking with Vanguard Wednesday in Abuja, Nwaoboshi, who noted that he has not been communicated by the Delta State chapter of the party […]

The Senate will publish names of government agencies that have refused to appear before the Public Accounts Committee to defend queries raised by Auditor-General for the Federation in the 2015 report. Senate President Ahmad Lawan, made this known, after Senate considered the report of Committee on Public Accounts on the annual report of the Auditor-General for […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed the readiness of his administration to improve the water supply needs of residents towards achieving universal access to safe water by the year 2030. Meantime, the state government has concluded plans to commission a Testing and Reference Laboratory that would aid and prevent the […]