Lagos Task Force to auction 53 impounded vehicles
By Bose Adelaja If feelers from Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) is anything to come by, a total number of 53 impounded vehicles in the state, are to be auctioned in the next one month. The vehicles are to be auctioned following the conviction of some of their drivers by the Lagos […]
Edo: Residence of sacked council chairman attacked
Seeks redress over removal By Alemma-Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City The crisis rocking Edo State All Progressives Congress, APC, continued with a reported attack at the residence of the former chairman of Etsako West local government area, Yakubu Musa situated in GRA area of Auchi, Etsako West local government area by unknown gunmen. The national […]
Accept CSOs as partners, stakeholders CISLAG tells FG
By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, Tuesday, said the Federal Government should accept Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, as partners and stakeholders instead of anti-government. This was stated by the Executive Director, CISLAG, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, in a chat with Vanguard, asserting that more could be achieved internationally and nationally […]
Xenophobia: Ekweremadu takes case to international parliament
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, has called on the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP) holding in Ethiopia, to pay special attention to the xenophobic attacks on the African continent. Mr. Uche Anichukwu, his Media aide, said in a statement that Ekweremadu made the call on Monday at the opening […]
Bauchi governor constitutes panel to probe ghost workers
By Charles Agwam Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has constituted a 17-man committee to investigate the alleged salary payment of ghost workers in the state. The Senior Special Assistant on Media to the governor, Muktar Gidado who disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Bauchi on Monday, said Senator Adamu Gumba was appointed as Chairman of […]
UNICEF urges private sector involvement to end open defecation in Nigeria
Mr. Zaid Jurji, the Chief, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) for UNICEF have stressed the need for private sector involvement to end open defecation in the country. Jurji said this at the Private Sector Forum on Sanitation organised by Private Sector in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (OPS-WASH) in Abuja on Monday. News Agency of Nigeria […]
