Babies in the rubble: Inside Lagos’ growing child abandonment crisis
ON a rainy Tuesday morning in Ikeja, sanitation workers made a grim discovery. Tucked inside a carton by a roadside drain was a newborn, still with the umbilical cord attached and wrapped in a thin cloth.
Alaafin marks 76th birthday in grand style
HIS Royal Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi 111, the Alaafin of Oyo, who clocked 76 years few days ago is a traditional ruler with distinction.
Hajj beneficiaries praise MTN on arrival
THE 20 pilgrims sponsored by the leading ICT and telecommunications company, MTN, arrived the country, after fulfilling the fifth pillar of Islam and having a life enriching experience in the holy land of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The pilgrims, who came with a high sense of spiritual fulfillment, showered encomium on MTN for not just giving them a rare opportunity they have long desired but, making them better people in their Islamic faith with awesome experience.
How workers’ housing project failed
Partners to the Nigeria Labour Congress in the housing scheme, Kriston Lally EPC Nigeria Limited in its own side of the story released to the press on September 27, signed by its Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Alhaji Mustapha Umar Madawaki went down memory lane:
How we check pension fraud, by PTAD
Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has explained how it has been able to check fraud in pensions of retirees under the Defined Pension Scheme, DPS, since it was established a year ago.
Restore study of History in schools, Fashola, dons tell FG
THE Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has urged stakeholders in the sector to encourage the study of history stating that it is vital part of national development. Just as the First Lady of Lagos State, Dame Abimbola Fashola at the same event also lamented the extinction of History from Nigeria’s school curriculum.
