Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made a surprise appearance at Amore Gardens in Lekki on Sunday afternoon to motivate and celebrate a young talented Lagos-based chef, Hilda Baci, who is making a global record in Longest Cook-a-thon contest. Hilda is challenging the current Guinness World Record set by an Indian chef, who made a global recognition in the craft, cooking for 86 …

Nigeria is set to develop the implementation strategy for Food System Transformation Pathway in order to boost security and reduce unemployment among youths and women. The National Convenor of the UN Food Systems and Director of Social Development, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Sanjo Faniran said in Abuja that the strategy would address the questions of poverty, inadequate …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed gratitude to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State for the fruitful working relationship and partnership it enjoyed with the state under his administration. UNICEF also applauded Governor Ugwuanyi for his administration’s great developmental strides, especially for the survival and welfare of children and women. The international body expressed delight that the governor …

About 125 Nigerians, evacuated from war-ridden Sudan, have successfully touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The returnees arrived  aboard a Tarco B737-300 aircraft at 12:49 pm. They were received at the airport by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Nigeria Immigration Service, and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NiDCOM). …

A baby believed to be about two days old was dumped within the premises of the Internally Displaced Persons camp in Uhogua, near Benin, in Ovia South-West Local Government Area of Edo State. The camp proprietor, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho said that an unknown person dumped the baby in the woods surrounding the entrance of the facility at about 11am on …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigerians must tell their own stories and “talk up” the country as part of their contributions to nation-building. At the launch of a book, The Memory of Seasons”, written by a journalist, Arakaino Umukoro, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, in Abuja, Osinbajo emphasised the importance of storytelling, the Vice-President stated that stories told by …

The monarch of Oke-Agbe community, the headquarters of Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Oladunjoye Fajana has joined his ancestors. The late monarch reportedly passed on at the age of 80 years. A traditional chief in the community, Otunba Solomon Oladunni, who confirmed the development, described the monarch’s reign as peaceful, progressive and eventful for the ancient …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that Sharia law will not be introduced in the enforcement of traffic regulations, according to a statement on Saturday by the Corps spokesperson, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem. On Thursday, FRSC’s sector commander in Bauchi, Yusuf Abdullahi called for the application of Sharia law to prosecute traffic offenders to stem road crashes in …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammad Abubakar has said that repeated strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have done much harm to the university system and the young ones that the universities are meant to groom. After receiving a Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) at the Modibbo Adama University, Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on Saturday, the …

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced a man, Ajayi Famakinwa to 18 years imprisonment for impregnating a 15-year-old girl Famakinwa, 60, a pastor, was arrested by the police for committing the offence in 2021 at Ayede Ogbese in the Akure North Local Government Area of the state. The victim was said to be …