An account of Lagos State’s journey to a cosmopolitan society would not be fully told without chronicling the contributions made by women to the cultural growth and socio-economic transformation of the State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Tuesday. He acknowledged the roles played by women in the transformation of Lagos at a forum tagged “WAPA Connect”, organised by the Ministry …

The momentum has continued to rise for the sixth annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) as more corporate partners lend their support towards the event holding next Thursday at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja-Lagos. GOCOP is the sectoral group of media owners who subscribes to the tenets of journalism and committed to sanitising the online publishing space. The Chairman …

The Asokoro, Abuja residence of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has been streaming with high profile visitors within the last 24 hours. Atiku left Nigeria for the United Arab Emirates after meetings with the organised private sector and top echelon of the Nigerian media in Lagos penultimate week, in furtherance of his presidential campaign. He  is the flagbearer of the …

The Federal Government has reversed itself on the earlier directive through the National Universities Commission that its universities should be re-opened despite the seven-month strike action by the Academic Union of University Staff (ASUU). Earlier in the day, the government – also through the NUC – had directed Vice-Chancellors, Pro-Chancellors and Governing Councils to re-open federal universities. Withdrawing his own …

The death of the Emir of Bashar, Alhaji Adamu Idris is the end of a remarkable era in the history of Bashar Emirate of Plateau State, Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has said. In a condolence message personally signed by him, Senator Omo-Agege commiserated with the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives,  Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase and the …

A former spokesman of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Engr. Rotimi Fashakin is dead. He was also the Executive Director, Operations at the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) between 2016 to March 2020. As National Publicity of the CPC, which merged with other political parties and interest to form the All Progressives Congress (APC), Fashakin was …

The Vice-Chancellor designate of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. Wahab Egbewole has condoled the family of Malam Abidu Yazid, who was Pro-Chancellor of the university until his death last week. The VC led a nine-member delegation from the university to pay a condolence visit at the residence and family house of the deceased in Katsina. He described the death …

The National Universities Commission has ordered Vice Chancellors to re-open schools and allow students resume lectures. In a letter signed by NUC’s Director of Finance and Accounts, Mr Sam Onazi, the Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed asked that the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) should start lectures immediately. The letter directed the …

Over 90,000 members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) have surrendered in the last one year, according to Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, who described the development as the first time anywhere in the world. At an event organised on the margins of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York, the Governor said …

The Nigerian Army has produced pamphlets to guide the conduct of its personnel during the 2023 general elections.  During the graduation of the third quarter courses of the institute in Ilorin at the weekend, the Commandant of the Nigeria Army Institute of Science Education and Technology, Major General Bello Alhaji Tsoho said: “The Nigeria Army has already proactively mass-produced pamphlets …