300,000 Youth Trained In Diverse Sector Over The Last Two Years – Sport Minister
Mr. Sunday Dare, the minister of youth and sports, has challenged Nigerian youth to develop the entrepreneurial skills required to make a difference in the global workplace and contribute to the country’s economic prosperity. Dare, speaking during the Presidential Communications Team’s special weekly Ministerial briefings, said the Sports Ministry has trained 300,000 youth in various […]
Collapsed Badagry Building Was Formally A Bungalow Structure – Neighbors
The one-storey building that collapsed on Wednesday at Sunny Filled, Flour Mills, Estate, Magbon, Badagry, Lagos, killing four people and wounding five others was originally a bungalow until the owner opted to convert it to a storey structure. One of the survivors described how he was eating when the building collapsed. Arriving at the collapsed […]
German Disease Control Head Warns Of ‘Terrible Christmas’
The head of Germany’s disease control agency has warned that the country faces a “really terrible Christmas” unless steps are taken to counter the sharp rise in coronavirus infections. German lawmakers are debating measures Thursday that would replace the nationwide epidemic rules, which will expire at the end of the month. The Robert Koch Institute, […]
Wife Of al-Qaida Hostage Pleads With Captors For His Release
The wife of an American held hostage by Islamist militants in Africa broke years of silence on Wednesday to criticize U.S. government efforts and to make a plea to the leader of an al-Qaida-affiliated group to release her husband. Els Woodke’s husband, Jeffery Woodke, is a Christian humanitarian aid worker who was kidnapped in October […]
Treat Corps Member As Permanent Employees, Stop Over Using Them – NYSC Warns Employers
Two men who for decades steadfastly maintained their innocence in the 1965 assassination of civil rights icon Malcolm X are set to be exonerated Thursday, after a nearly two-year-long re-investigation. Muhammad Aziz, now 83 and previously known as Norman Butler, spent 22 years in prison before he was paroled in 1985. “The events that led […]
Treat Corps Member As Permanent Employees, Stop Over Using Them – NYSC Warns Employers
Brig.-Gen. Shu’aibu Ibrahim, the Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has warned employers not to “overuse” Corps Members, instead they should treat them as permanent employees. Ibrahim made the request at a 2021 NYSC Corps employers workshop in Kaduna on Wednesday, represented by the scheme’s North West Area Office Director, Hajiya Zainab […]
4 Dead, Several Others Trapped In Another Lagos Building Collapse
Four persons were reported dead yesterday, while several others were trapped beneath the rubble of a one-story structure under construction that collapsed in Lagos State’s Badagry local government area. The building in Flour Mills Estate, Magbon axis of Badagry, collapsed while the construction workers were on-site, according to reports. It should be remembered that this […]
Bandits Attack Kills 1, Abduct 63 In Niger State
Bandits attacked the Zagzzaga community in Niger State’s Munya local government area Wednesday, killing one person and capturing 63 others. The bandits, totaling 60, arrived on 30 motorcycles positioned a few kilometers away from the village, firing at random and wounded a large number of people in the area bordering Kaduna State, according to LEADERSHIP. […]
Lagos Security Officials Yet To Use Body Cameras Seven Months After Unveiling
The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, launched the use of body-worn cameras by officers on March 31 as part of the Lagos State Government’s attempts to increase the professionalism and accountability of law enforcement officials. According to the governor, the cameras were the first of their kind in the state and were intended to put the […]
Deadly Storm Cuts Transport Links Around Vancouver
A deadly storm described by officials as a once-in-a-century weather event has severed road and rail links around Vancouver, Canada. Two motorways connecting the West Coast city were closed after being damaged by severe flooding. Thousands of people were forced to leave their homes due to the massive storm, which struck on Monday. A woman […]
