The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) said that no fewer than six persons died, while three others were injured in an accident involving a truck at the Ilo-Awela axis of the Toll Gate area along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Salau Hammed, Ota Divisional Commander of TRACE, confirmed the accident to the News Agency…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has congratulated Moldova and Moldovan President Maia Sandu on the vote in favour of joining the EU in spite of accusations of election interference by Russia. “In the face of Russia’s hybrid tactics, Moldova shows that it is independent, it is strong and it wants a European future’’…
No fewer than 313 students from 44 private and public schools gathered for the 2025 World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) National Competition in Lagos on Tuesday. The event, organised by Arc Lights Foundation (ALF), was held at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, under the theme ‘The Future of Robots.’ Present were Lagos State Commissioners Mobolaji Ogunlende…
Nigeria’s top drug regulator has warned that the misuse of antimicrobials in hospitals, agriculture and food production threatens global health security, urging immediate action to prevent a future where common infections become untreatable. Marking the 2025 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), NAFDAC Director-General Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye said the misuse of antibiotics and related drugs is…
Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) in Awka has appointed Prof. Ugochukwu Anyaehie as its new Vice-Chancellor, following approval by the institution’s Governing Council. His tenure will commence on 19 November and will run for five years. The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Mr Olugbenga Kukoyi, confirmed the appointment on Sunday in Abuja, noting that…
President Bola Tinubu has expressed excitement over the engagement of indigenous contractors in the delivery of roads and other projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Tinubu gave the nod in Abuja on Wednesday, while inaugurating the dualised and upgraded Ushafa to War College/Army Checkpoint roads and other ancillary roads in the Bwari Area Council….
Whitesands School, Lekki, Lagos, on Tuesday unveiled Nigeria’s first electromagnetic goal-line technology at the 2025 World Robotic Olympiad (WRO). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that students, Chinonso Chimereucheya, Okwu Chiyem, Emukpieruo Reginald, Oshioke Williams and Okpala Michael, developed the cost-effective innovation. The 2025 WRO National Competition was sponsored by Arc Lights Foundation (ALF),…
The new Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, is expected to assume office on Thursday. According to an invitation by the Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Victoria Eta-Messi, Amupitan would be meeting with the Directors of the commission at the INEC Headquarters on the same day. Amupitan is expected to be sworn…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Ogun Command, says it has sensitised 21, 792 pupils on human trafficking and its menace in the state within two months. The Commander, NAPTIP Ogun , Mrs Abosede Jimoh, who was the leader of the campaign in the schools, made the disclosure while reacting…
The Cross River South Senatorial District caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected moves by the faction loyal to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to influence the party’s state leadership. Rising from a meeting in Calabar on Wednesday, the caucus dismissed the Abuja resolution seeking to extend the tenure of state chairman Venatius Ikem,…
