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Modern Cargo Equipment, Tugboats For Delivery By Mid-2026

27.08.2025

In an effort to bridge inadequate port equipment for vessels, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is investing in modern cargo-handling equipment, including larger cranes and tugboats capable of serving bigger vessels, with deliveries scheduled for the first half of 2026. It said the $1 billion reconstruction project of Lagos ports would commence in the next...

ASUU Protests FG’s Failure To Implement 2009 Agreement

26.08.2025

Academic activities were disrupted on Tuesday at the University of Benin’s Ugbowo and Ekheuan campuses as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) staged a nationwide one-day protest over the Federal Government’s failure to implement the renegotiated 2009 agreement. Lecturers and other academic staff marched from the ASUU Secretariat on the Ugbowo main...

Lagos Reaffirms Commitment To UBEC Funding

26.08.2025

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funding obligations and sustaining its flagship Project Zero Initiative, which has returned over 32,400 out-of-school children to classrooms. The pledge was made at the closing ceremony of the 27th Quarterly Meeting of UBEC Management with State Universal Basic Education Boards...

UNICEF, 19 Nigerian Universities Launch BIRDLab To Improve Child Health

26.08.2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with 19 leading Nigerian universities, the Federal Ministry of Health, and the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, has launched the Behavioural Insights Research and Design Lab (BIRDLab) to apply behavioural science to child survival and development. The initiative, described by UNICEF as “the first of...

Full Implementation Of ACJA’ll Improve Speedy Trials – AGF

26.08.2025

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has said that the full implementation of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) across all states will strengthen respect for human rights, ensure speedy trials, and reduce prolonged detention. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday at the launch of a project on...

Sen Fadahunsi Urges Constituents To Embrace Farming

26.08.2025

Senator Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi, representing Osun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has urged Nigerians, particularly youths in Osun State to embrace farming as a means to achieve food security and economic stability. He warned that the nation must avoid a return to the recent era of widespread hunger and hardship. Speaking during a...

Workplace Safety, Social Protection Fundamental Pillars Of Social Justice – NSITF

26.08.2025

The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Barrister Olúwaṣeun Faleye, has emphasized that workplace safety and social protection are fundamental pillars of social justice, human dignity, and economic sustainability. Faleye stated this while presenting a lead paper titled Enhancing Workplace Safety and Social Protection: The Role of the Employees’ Compensation...

FERMA Completes Emergency Repairs On Eric Moore-Iganmu Road

26.08.2025

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has announced the successful completion of emergency repairs on critical sections of the Eric Moore-Iganmu Road in Lagos State, reaffirming its commitment to ensuring safe and motorable roads across Nigeria. The intervention, executed through direct labour by the agency’s Lagos II West Field Office, is expected to ease traffic...

NCAA Launches First SERVICOM Integrated Service Charter

26.08.2025

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Tuesday launched its first SERVICOM Integrated Service Charter, aimed at improving transparency, accountability, and service delivery in the aviation sector. Speaking at the event in Abuja, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barr. Festus Keyamo, said the initiative reflects NCAA’s commitment to delivering world-class services to stakeholders...

NDU Lecturers Call On Tinubu To Reconsider Scheme

26.08.2025

Lecturers of Niger Delta University (NDU) have called on President Bola Tinubu to reconsider the Federal Government’s proposed loan scheme for lecturers, describing it as a diversionary move aimed at impoverishing academics. The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), NDU chapter, Comrade Lucky Bebeteidor Oyinkepreye, made this known during a peaceful protest...