Inside Lagos waste, flood crisis: Are local governments pulling their weight?
As mountains of refuse continue to dot major roads, markets and residential communities across
Lagos, while floods repeatedly submerge neighbourhoods after heavy rainfall, a fundamental question is increasingly being asked...
Petrol may reach N2,000/litre without urgent action, TUC warns
THE Trade Union of Nigeria, TUC, on Thursday raised the alarm that the price of Premium Motor Spirit may climb to about N2,000 per litre if urgent measures are not taken to cushion the impact of rising global crude prices and the depreciating naira.
FG reroutes Lagos-Calabar coastal highway through Ogoniland to honour late Mpigi
In recognition of Senator Mpigi’s service, he stated that president Bola Tinubu has approved the rerouting of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to pass through Ogoniland.
Jos killings: UNIJOS confirms two students killed, three injured
The deceased were identified as Abel Joro Gershon, a 300-level Building student who was shot in the stomach during the Angwan Rukuba attack.
500-level Covenant University student dies during football training
A 500-level student of Covenant University, Toluwase Jesutunmise, has died after collapsing during a football training session on campus.
Final-year student allegedly tortures colleague to death over provisions
Tension has gripped Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, after 12-year-old JSS 2 student, Ufokobong Edwin Godwin died following alleged bullying by a senior student over his refusal to share provisions.
Haiti women’s ministry vows legal action over groping of girls at viral colour event
Haiti’s Ministry of Women’s Conditions and Rights condemned acts of sexual assault caught on video during a Festi Colour event on April 4 at Saint-Pierre High School in Plaine-du-Nord, where young women and girls were reportedly groped under the guise of T-shirt painting.
‘Release your payroll if I’m lying’, dismissed soldier dares Army
A dismissed Nigerian soldier, Rotimi Olamilekan, popularly known as Soja Boi, has challenged the Nigerian Army to make its payroll public as controversy deepens over his claims on soldiers’ welfare and remuneration.
As trees disappear, structures rise, Abuja residents count cost of rapid urbanization
Once celebrated for its rolling hills, protective green belts and carefully mapped master plan, Abuja is fast losing its natural shield to relentless urban expansion.
Death toll in Plateau attacks hits 33 as protest halts burial
Jos—Tension gripped Angwan Rukuba community, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, yesterday, as the death toll from the Palm Sunday attack rose to 33.
Four killed in Benue over witchcraft allegation as LG Chairman orders probe
Four persons, including an elderly man and his two sons, have been killed in a suspected witchcraft-related attack in Imande-Dem community, Uvir Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area, LGA of Benue State.
