The Director General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs. Omolola Oloworaran, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the Lagos House in Alausa, Ikeja. The meeting was part of ongoing engagements between the Federal Government and sub-national entities to strengthen the implementation of
The Lagos State Government has issued a traffic advisory ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) local government primaries scheduled to hold on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the APC State Secretariat located on ACME Road, Ogba, Ikeja. In a statement issued by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, motorists were informed of planned
In a determined effort to curb the menace of gender-based violence (GBV) in Lagos communities, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has taken its grassroots sensitization campaign to Agege and Oko-Oba areas, engaging residents through a door-to-door awareness initiative. The outreach, which held over the weekend, saw DSVA officials, volunteers, and community
As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen primary healthcare delivery across underserved areas, Lagos State Health District V has embarked on a supervision visit to the Ijegun Riverine Community in Alimosho Local Government Area. The visit, carried out by a team of health officials, aimed to assess the state of healthcare infrastructure, service delivery, and
The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, received His Excellency Vyacheslav Bril, the outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Nigeria, in a farewell audience at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja. The meeting served as an opportunity for both diplomats to reflect on the
Nigeria is currently facing a severe shortage of medical professionals, with only approximately 30,000 practicing doctors serving a population of over 240 million people. This equates to a doctor-to-patient ratio of about 1:8,000, far above the World Health Organization’s recommended ratio of 1:600. The shortage is largely driven by the increasing emigration of Nigerian doctors
The high failure rate in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has been attributed to the success of strict anti-cheating measures put in place by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). According to JAMB’s results, out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the exam, only about 420,000 achieved scores above 200, with the
The 2025 Hajj season officially kicked off with the arrival of the first group of Chinese pilgrims in the holy city of Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The pilgrims landed at Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz International Airport to a warm reception from Saudi officials who ensured a seamless entry process. This milestone marks the beginning of a
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has issued a public advisory refuting claims made in a viral video by a prominent religious leader who discouraged Nigerians from heeding medical advice on salt consumption. In a press statement signed by Alaba Balogun, Deputy Director of Information and Public Relations, the Ministry emphasized that while
By Kafayat Oyewo-Oyelere Islam holds women in high esteem, valuing them as essential members of society, caring, intelligent, soft-hearted, loving, and worthy of respect. The importance of women is so great that an entire chapter of the Qur’an is named after them: Surah An-Nisa (The Women). Women’s Liberation in Islam Before Islam, the condition of
