Lagos State Government has announced plans to temporarily close Railway Level Crossing at Ilupeju, Ogunmokun, Jibowu and Yaba in continuation of the ongoing Nigerian Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan section) with extension to Lagos Port in Apapa.
The government, in a statement by Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, enumerated that the...
World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have called for urgent action to check the impending measles and polio epidemic especially as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to disrupt immunisation services in Nigeria and poorest countries in the world.
WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, explained that COVID-19 has...
Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called on the Federal Government to adopt one of the state's local fabric popularly called Adire as an attire for national events and as a cultural symbol in the nation's foreign missions, to further promote the rich culture of Nigeria to the world.
Speaking...
Abia State State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has visited his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, where he declared that criminals who carried out the last month's coordinated attacks on public assets and private businesses in Lagos State orchestrated the violence to hurt the whole country.
Ikpeazu condemned the arson, noting that...
The Senate Committee on Army, says it disagrees with the Federal Government's (FG) programme on deradicalising ex-Boko Haram members.
The Chairman of the committee, Senator Ali Ndume, who has always maintained a divergent view on the matter, again reiterated his disagreement with the FG’s move to rehabilitate and reintegrate repentant...
Two ladies accused of attempting to assasinate Osun state governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, have been remanded by the state's Magistrate court in Oshogbo on Wednesday.
The state Police Command that arraigned the suspects also accused them of stealing and vandalising Justrite, a mall in Osogbo.
The six-count charge against the 20year old...
President Muhammadu Buhari; the Governor Nasir El-Rufai-led Kaduna State Government; former Senate President Bukola Saraki; and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have mourned the passing of the first elected governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, who served the state from October 1979 to June 1981.
While joining the government and...
President Muhammadu Buhari joins government and people of Kaduna State in mourning a former civilian governor of the state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, whose passing will be sorely missed by all Nigerians, who have diligently followed his antecedents as a voice for the voiceless.
In a statement by Senior Special Assistant...
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday ordered the immediate dissolution of the Wale Babalakin-led Governing Council, University of Lagos.
This was coming as the Buhari administration gave reasons for the reinstatement of the suspended university's Vice Chancellor, Toyin Ogundipe.
Though Babalakin and some members of the council have since tendered their resignation letters,...
The Vice President of Nigeria Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is advocating for the design and development of suitable curriculum assessments and monitoring systems that will focus on improving the quality of education during and post-COVID-19 pandemic, adding that this requires urgent steps.
The Vice President stated this in Abuja on Tuesday...
