Some Lagos residents have expressed concerns over the proposed move by the state government to ban single-use plastics (SUPs) and sachet water saying that it will lead to loss of jobs and disrupt economic activities. The residents in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday appealed to the state government to…
A non-governmental organisation, Alive and Thrive, has said that no fewer than 58 percent of pregnant women in Nigeria have a deficiency of anemia, a contributory factor of maternal and child mortality. The Organization’s Senior Technical Adviser on Behavior Change Communication, Dr. Auwalu Kawu stated this during a two-day media interactive dialogue in Kano…
With the removal of petrol subsidy in Nigeria, vehicle owners are now forced to consider compressed natural gas (CNG) as a viable option to save them from the high cost of purchasing fuel. On August 19, 2023, the government, led by President Bola Tinubu, launched the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) to help Nigerians…
The various changes in government policies have continued to tell on Nigerians especially the recent increase in fuel pump prices across the country. This year alone, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has adjusted petrol pump prices upwards twice from N617 to N855, N950 in Lagos state (depending on the fuel station) and above N1,000…
A lion at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, Ogun State has killed its handler, Babaji Daule. Vanguard reliably gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday in the Ogun State capital. It was further gathered that the lion attacked Daule, a 35-year-old from Bauchi State, at the Zoological…
A tragic incident at an Ibadan-based white-garment church has resulted in the deaths of five worshippers with several others receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Centre (IDC) in Olodo, Oyo State. The church feast, known locally as “Ipese,” took place during a service last Sunday and has raised concerns regarding its safety. As of Saturday…
ABUJA: Inmates’ rights activist and Director General of the Prison Rehabilitation Mission, Bishop Kayode Williams has advanced the possible reason convicted dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, might have been kept outside the walls of the designated Custodial Centre where he was to have served out his term even as Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo…
