After two years of collaborative efforts, the Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and the Rivers State Ministry of Youth Development have launched a comprehensive youth development policy. The policy aims to address the needs of young people in the state, with a focus on inclusivity, accountability, and good governance. Speaking during a brief handover ceremony in…

The Lagos State government has officially launched an interstate park accreditation and passenger manifest digitization initiative, aimed at enhancing safety, efficiency, and convenience for travelers across its parks and garages. At a press briefing, Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, highlighted that this initiative will modernise the management of interstate travel by establishing a secure…

The federal government has reaffirmed its determination to continue raising awareness of the dangers of social vices that have been bedevilling society, such as drug and substance abuse, banditry, sexual and gender-based violence, trafficking in persons, ritual killings, radicalization, violent extremism, and cybercrime. The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, gave…

Eighteen governorship candidates in Akure signed a peace accord on Friday ahead of the 2024 Ondo State off-cycle governorship election scheduled for Nov. 16. Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), who oversaw the signing, said it was to support a peaceful and credible electoral process. He also said the accord would…

Police in Comoros said Friday they had arrested the alleged leader of a smuggling network involved in the capsizing of a migrant boat that claimed around two dozen lives. The boat sank on a well-known smuggling route between the Comoros island of Anjouan and the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte on November 1. "The…