Metro

      Fasesin Emmanuel   A multi-agency enforcement operation in Lagos has taken a humanitarian turn following the rescue of a day-old baby and the child’s mother from a shanty settlement in the Agboju area of the state. Operatives of the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps reportedly discovered the newborn…

Fasesin Emmanuel A multi-agency enforcement team led by the Corps Marshal, Major Olaniyi O. Cole (Rtd), has dismantled a shanty clinic in Lagos following a directive for the immediate removal of a patient from the makeshift facility. The enforcement operation brought together personnel from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), the…

    Mercy Iheoma Ihedigbo Mary Ugomma Ukandu, popularly known as Empress Ugo or Goddess Ugo, is emerging as a multifaceted Nigerian leader whose journey cuts across entrepreneurship, youth development, social advocacy and music. With a career shaped by enterprise, leadership and a strong desire to create meaningful change, Ukandu…

    Jeremiah Adeshina Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has condemned an alleged statement by the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Hon. Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, directing residents who do not support the All Progressives Congress (APC) to leave the area council. CHRICED, in a statement issued…

    Michael Olumide Alabi Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has urged young women across Nigeria to reject corruption, fraudulent practices and the get-rich-quick mentality, while deploying their creativity, talents and influence towards integrity, hard work and national development. Olukoyede gave the…

    Mercy Iheoma Ihedigbo   Stakeholders in Nigeria’s public sector have called for the urgent strengthening of institutions, systems and accountability mechanisms capable of sustaining effective governance and public-sector performance beyond the tenure of individual political and administrative leaders. The call was made at the maiden physical forum of…

Michael Olumide Alabi Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos, AIG Simeon U. Akpanudom, has called for regular medical examinations for police detectives and improved access to quality healthcare services for personnel. Akpanudom made the call when he received…

    Stanley Ihedigbo     There comes a moment in the life of every nation when truth must be spoken without trembling; when citizens must rise above the fog of elite narratives and insist on confronting reality as it is lived by ordinary people—not as it is presented in…

Nkem Ukaegbu, Umuahia Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development (FENRAD), Nigeria, has commended Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, and the state government for commencing the payment of outstanding gratuities owed to retired workers of the state and local government councils. FENRAD described the development as a significant step…

      Jeremiah Adeshina     At 101, Esther Ogunmabo had lived through more than a century of Nigeria’s history, but a devastating fire that razed her provisions shop reportedly pushed the great-grandmother into an unlikely and dangerous means of survival — selling cannabis to people in her community.…