NDE to create 490,000 jobs through farmers’ scheme
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) is to inject 490,000 new jobs into the country’s economy in the next three…
FCTA to harness agric potentials —Minister
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Musa Bello, has said that the administration was working out strategies aimed at…
Surveyors board to offer expertise in reducing cost of projects
President of Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN), Husaini Dikko, has said that the Board, through surveying professionals in…
Reaping without sowing ·Welcome to the world of copyright thieves
Copyright infringement is rampant in Nigeria as it is in several other countries of the world. BAYO ALADE and TADE…
Poverty: When Dangote empowered women in Nigeria
There is no other issue in Nigeria that reflects federal character in almost equal proportion other than poverty. Even at…
Awaiting delivery: How prisons take care of pregnant inmates
On the heels of recent revelation by National Human Rights Commission on the plight of Awaiting Trial Women in prison…
Again, Ambode deepens community spirit at town hall meeting
The Lagos State Governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, the Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule, along with top members of the…
Archbishop Fape in our eyes
Olootu Omooba Oyedele, Baba Ijo, St John’s Anglican Church, Ijoku, Sagamu; Chairman Remo Diocesan Development Committee MY relationship with him…
Paternity leave: How Lagos men spend their holidays
BOLA BADMUS, CHUKS OKPARAOCHA, AYOMIDE OWONIBI-ODEKANYIN, NAZA OKOLI and LANRE ADEWOLE examine the dwindling acceptability of the much-heralded paternity leave…
How fortune of Lagos, other seaports dipped
In 2006, Nigerian seaports were concessioned to private investors, an action that lifted the fortune of the ports. However, numerous…
Captain Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara: This tribute is 29 years late
The ancient Greeks resolved the conundrum of death when Perseus answered boldly: ‘Better to die in the flower of youth,…
Girl-child: Zonta Int’l calls for stricter laws against early marriage, harmful practices
WHAT is it like being a girl in the 21st century? Given the explosion in civilisation and advances in science…
Ambode’s lost battle
THE administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in Lagos State seems to have lost the war against street trading, despite the…
Bringing succour to the needy the NAZAS way
SUNDAY October 2, 2016, could be tagged a life changing experience as 45 beneficiaries went home with various items and…
Olanipekun’s gift excites Ajayi Crowther University
WHEN a person offers a gift, normally what follows is expression of appreciation from the benefactor to the giver. This…
NTIC Foundation: Giving lessons in charity
Although marked out by the colour of their skin, thousands of Turks have been resident in Nigeria for scores of…
Enugu-Onitsha Road: A regional headache
JUDE OSSAI examines the threats of death by accidents or that of being cut-off permanently which people living in the…
FCTA to build centre against infectious diseases
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced plans to build a specialised centre where patients with highly-infectious diseases in…
NERC fines electricity distribution firms N6.2m
Two electricity distribution companies have been fined N6.2 million over their failure to comply with the Forum Office’s rulings in…
Environment ministry joins in search for alternative to fossil fuels
Federal Ministry of Environment has identified and recommended a plant, Jetropha, as a viable green alternative to fossil fuels, as…
