June 16th every year, was declared the International Day of the African Child by the then Organisation of African Unity (OAU) now African Union (AU) in 1990 following the sacrifice of some black children in Soweto in the then Apartheid South Africa in June 1981. The children were protesting the introduction of Afrikaans as the official language of learning in their schools. During the protest, over 500 children aged between 10 and 20 years were murdered in cold blood and thousands injured by government agents.

For Domnic Olufosoye, inspite of the boisterous nature of Lagos, the commercial city is still considered the safest place to live in Nigeria.“I don’t belong to any political party, but I am a fan of Fashola because of how he is transforming Lagos, everything is working, even the security is good. The former police commissioner, Akpoyibo helped in building this sound security,”Olufosoye opined during a free readers’ discussion at a newspapers stand in satellite town recently.

Wrigley, a global leader in confections recently bagged an endorsement for Orbit Sugarfree Chewing Gum by the Nigerian Dental Association. This was disclosed during their stakeholders meeting held in Abuja with the theme “Changing The Image Of Dentistry”.

A child friendly organisastion, AFRIBABY Initiative has condemned the killing of an albino baby in Mbalagh Village, Benue State calling on government at all levels to urgently activate their information dissemination machineries

Procter & Gamble, leading consumer products manufacturer, has concluded, on its one-month long initiative of charity driven sales in which consumers of Pampers, Ariel and Always were given opportunity to help educate orphans in fifteen orphanages across Lagos just by purchasing any of these products.

All is set for commissioning of the multi- million naira state-of-the-art private wards project embarked upon by Fidson Healthcare Plc as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta.

The Cross River State,Governor Liyel Imoke hosted President Goodluck Jonathan in the idyllic natural environment of the Obudu Mountain Resort recently. With all the fun and relaxation over, it’s back to work for Senator Liyel Imoke.

Before 1999, the National Electric Power Authority,NEPA, had the sole monopoly of power generation and distribution in Nigeria. While there were suggestions on how to break that grip, Lagos State became the first state to do so with the initiation of Enron Power Project on August 1, 2009.

BETWEEN 6am and 9:30am of Tuesday, October 4, 2005, the atmosphere in Ojuelegba, was its usual boisterous self.

Twenty years after the world recorded the first case of HIV in the United States of America, Nigeria cut the attention of the world.