By Adesina Wahab Parents, under the aegis of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, have called on the governments of Bauchi and Katsina states to reverse their decisions to shut down primary and secondary schools during the month of Ramadan because of the fasting of Muslim faithful. Speaking in a chat with Vanguard…
The Lagos State Government has made it mandatory for building owners in the state to install Close Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) on buildings of six floors and above. The state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, said this in a statement issued by the ministry’s Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Mr…
By Gift Habib The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has urged nations, including Nigeria, to take bold and ambitious steps to combat climate change. This was contained in a statement signed by the National Information Officer, United Nations Information Centre, Oluseyi Soremekun, on Monday. Mohammed, who spoke during her two-day official visit to Nigeria,…
By Gbenga Odogun The Kogi State Government has set aside over N7bn to revamp an additional 88 Primary Healthcare Centres across the 21 local government areas in the state. Governor Ahmed Ododo disclosed this at a ceremony held on Saturday at the Model Primary Healthcare Centre in Felele, Lokoja, the state capital, during the official…
The first blackout of 2025 has occurred as the National Grid suffered a major collapse today, Saturday, January 11. It was the first grid collapse in the year, but the 13th in 13 months. According to the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), the collapse occurred at 1:56pm. ‘We aren’t just a band of blind musicians;…
By Mohammed Tijjani Ten people died in a head on collision between a bus and a truck at Kasari village along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Thursday, the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) has confirmed. The Sector Commander of FRSC in Kaduna, Corps Commander Kabir Nadabo, confirmed the accident on Friday in Kaduna. Nadabo said a Toyota…
By Chiazo Ogbolu The Lagos State Government says it is ready to integrate mini and midi buses (Korope and Danfo) operating on the Lekki-Ajah axis into the state’s Bus Reform Initiative. The Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Transportation, Mr Sola Giwa, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. The statement…
By Stephen Angbulu The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Binta Bello, says one of the women rescued from a human traffickers’ den in Iraq, Odunayo Isaac, is now undergoing comprehensive rehabilitation. NAPTIP’s Counselling and Rehabilitation Department and its Intelligence and International Cooperation Unit had commenced rehab for…
By Damilola Aina Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory will experience a long period of power outages starting next week on Monday. This is due to an announcement by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company that there will be power disruptions in several parts of the capital. The company said the power outage will occur…
By Adesina Wahab A report by the Global Partnership for Education, GPE, under the auspices of the World Bank, has said there is a global shortage of 44 million teachers and that it could hinder the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4. SDG 4 is the United Nations’ goal to ensure quality education…
