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 Legalizing prost!tut!on could be the secret weapon to save marriages - Former Minister A former Zimbabwean minister, Nyasha Chikwinya has called for the legalization of s3x work in the country.  The former Zanu PF cabinet minister who spoke at a meeting organized by the Economic Justice Women Project (EJWP), urged policymakers to prioritize the concerns of sex workers. She stated that sex workers play a significant role in preventing marriages from falling apart. Chikwinya said;  “Our country has come a long way with this matter and what I believe is that if we fail to solve a problem the way we wish there should come a time when we accept what is on the ground. Sex work is a reality. It is time a push for its legalization commenced. That way we will be able to protect workers in this category from the rampant abuses they are facing. Many here would also admit that these sex workers are playing a very pivotal role in our society by saving several marriages from collapse....

LAWMA REVIEWS SANITATION SERVICES ON IDENTIFIED HIGHWAYS … reiterates commitment to clean environment The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has mapped out plans to reassess and restrategise its sanitation (sweeping) activities on some highways across the city, to enable a thorough review of the operational modalities. The Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, who made the announcement on Friday, said the decision was aimed at facilitating a comprehensive reassessment, planning, and potential redistribution of existing routes, to ensure the well-being of the dedicated personnel involved in street and road sanitation.  Some of the affected routes, which were 160 in number, included: Gbagada Expressway, Iyana Oworo to Charley Boy, Charley Boy to Anthony Oke, Anthony Oke to Oshodi Oke, Oshodi Oke to Anthony Oke, Charity to Iyana Isolo, Iyana Isolo to Balex, Odo Olowo to Cele-Under Bridge, Iyana Itire to Cowbell Bus Stop, Cowbell Bus Stop to Five Star, Five Star ...

Aftermath of CDS allegation: FG orders prison warders’ probe over Boko Haram inmate   •Promises new welfare package for paramilitary Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has called for the immediate investigation of intelligence report on misconduct by some men of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Alao Babatunde, in Abuja, he ordered the investigation while reacting to comments by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa. On Tuesday when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee of the Whole to discuss Nigeria’s security challenges, the CDS had alleged that some personnel of the correctional service connived with inmates to finance the operations of proscribed terrorist groups. He added that some prison warders help the suspects move funds through their bank accounts. “In the North East, when we were debriefing some of the arrested Boko Haram, they were able to tell us how, from the...

Imo guber: LP storms INEC headquarters, demands CTC of results   Members and supporters of the Labour Party (LP), yesterday, protested at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abuja as they requested the Certified True Copy (CTC) of Imo State governorship election results. Kennedy Ahanotu, LP national youth leader, and Athan Achonu, the gubernatorial candidate, led the demonstration. Speaking at the scene of the protest, Achonu said he won by a wide margin and accused the commission of tampering with the results of the Imo poll. He questioned why it took three days to declare the results of the Bayelsa State election whereas Imo results were announced hastily. The LP candidate in Imo, Achonu reiterated his intention that he collected the CTC for legal action. He said the LP had written to the commission since Monday, requesting the CTC of the election results, but they had not received any response. “We won that election by a landslide. INEC to our gre...

 Wike directs reconstruction of FCT school where pupils sit on bare floor The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed the Education Secretariat of the FCT Administration to reconstruct the classrooms of Local Education Authority Primary School, Bagusa, in Abuja. The school under Abuja Municipal Area Council, with a population of about 200 pupils, had only six classes and a creche built by the community, but without walls, except a zinc roof supported by pillars of wood. The class has only 16 desks, and of the six classes, only the crèche section had a cement floor, forcing the pupils to sit on the bare floor to learn. The Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, FCTA, Dr Danlami Hayyo, made this known shortly after inspecting the school in Abuja on Thursday. He told journalists that Wike was concerned about the condition of the school and the challenge it poses to the learning outcomes of the pupils. He said that for the short and long-term so...

FG set to evacuate refugees from Cameroon, Niger, Chad The Federal Government said it has commenced the process of evacuating Nigerians refugees in neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic. Thousands of Nigerians displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency fled to neighbouring countries to seek refuge when they were no longer safe in their homeland. The plan to return Nigerians taking refuge in the three countries to their ancestral homes was let out Federal Commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Alhaji Ahmed Tijjani yesterday following a meeting with Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum at the Government House in Maiduguri. Tijjani disclosed that the government had also agreed to close the remaining Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri and return the displaced persons to their ancestral homes within the shortest possible time. He said “We discussed the evacuation of refugees from Cameroon, Niger...

Riots in Dublin tonight  Three young children are among five people injured after a stabbing attack outside a school in Dublin city centre. Police said the three children, a man and a woman were taken to hospitals around Dublin shortly after 1.30pm. One of the children, a five-year-old girl, and a woman in her 30s are being treated for serious injuries. Parnell Square is now seeing rioting, buses & trams being set alight and shops being looted. Watch video and More photos below.