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The immediate past Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has alleged that Nigerian security operatives have not been utilizing the NIN-SIM database to tackle the rising spate of kidnapping and other forms of insecurity in the country. Pantami stated this on Sunday as Nigerians on social media queried the usefulness of the […]
The National Population Commission (NPC) said it has begun the 2023-2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) in Lagos to advance the country’s data in the health landscape.The commission’s state director, Sadiku Bamidele stated this Saturday during a press conference held in Lagos to commemorate the commencement of the health survey. The federal commissioner-designate, Barrister […]
As part of efforts to counter trafficking in human beings in the country, the United States Mission in Nigeria has donated office and equipment to the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA).Handing over the complex yesterday, US Consul General in Lagos, Mr. Will Stevens said that the initiative represents a significant step forward the collective […]
The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry for Establishments and Training and the Office of Sustainable Development Goals, has partnered with UK Aid, the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office, and Tech4Dev to train 3,000 public servants in digital literacy. Speaking at the opening of the training held on Thursday at the Public Service Staff Development Centre, […]
A human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has called on the Nigeria Police to conduct proper investigations into the case of brutality against lawyers in Lagos State. Falana made the call on Thursday during a peaceful protest organised by members of the Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos, against the unlawful arrest […]
Against the backdrop of the promise made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his New Year address that his administration will implement a “national living wage” this year, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has raised a team to negotiate with the government. The subsisting minimum wage, negotiated in 2018, expires in April 2024. Each agreed […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday passed N2,267,976,120,869 as the 2024 budget size of the State at a plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa. The Assembly jacked up the budget by N21 billion. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s original budget presented to the House was N2.246 trillion, but the lawmakers made it […]
The Youth Wing of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has condemned the arrest of four youths originally from Kaduna residing in Lagos State seeking enlistment into the Nigerian Army. The union’s National Coordinator, Isaac John, in a statement on Friday, said the constitution defines Nigerian citizenship, and the Nigerian Military outlines specific requirements and eligibility […]
Anger was the word, yesterday, as the Nigerian Army, NA; Lagos State Government; Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area; former Minister of Communications, Maj. Gen. Tajudeen Olanrewaju, retd; and other stakeholders reacted to a viral video of some northerners seeking recruitment into the Army as Lagos indigenes. Among the stakeholders, who spoke, yesterday, were the Middle-Belt Forum, […]
As expected, telecommunications operators have started messaging subscribers found to have SIM irregularities, especially those who have been properly linked with their National Identification Numbers (NINs). This is even as crowds are returning to various National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) offices and outlets across the country. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had ordered telecommunications operators […]
