By BABARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council has prohibited girl-child marriage and other forms of gender-based harmful practices in the state. This is according to a communique issued at the end of a multi stakeholders’ strategic conference between the council and WomenAid Collective. The conference...
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The Federal Government has allayed the fears of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) workers of any lay-offs as plans to concession four major international airports in the country get underway. Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika gave the assurance at a virtual meeting with aviation stakeholders in Lagos, on...
Social media giant Twitter has reacted to the decision by the Federal Government to lift the ban on the use of its platform in Nigeria. “We recently met with the Nigerian government to discuss why Twitter has been blocked and ways to resolve the matter,” a spokesperson for the...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – As states across the country struggle to curb the spread of COVID-19 Delta variant, the nation is now averaging more than 700 new cases tally, which is the highest in 6 months. Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC ) on Thursday announced that the...
Mohammed Fawehinmi, the son of late human rights advocate, Gani Fawehinmi, is dead. Mohammed’s death was confirmed by the minister of state for labour, Festus Keyamo, who worked as a lawyer in Mr Fawehinmi’s law chamber. “My brother, friend and son of my late boss, Mohammed Fawehinmi, is gone....
Chelsea have won the UEFA Super Cup after a 6-5 penalty victory over Villareal. The game ended with penalties after the score ended 1-1 after 120 minutes. Chelsea, winner of last season’s Champions League, started as the better side with about 70 per cent ball possession in the first...
The Bauchi State High Court, Bauchi, has convicted and sentenced Sarita Hello, Managing Director of Workman Microfinance Bank, to four years imprisonment for a fraud involving over N4.8 million. The microfinance bank is said to be based in Bauchi. The spokesperson for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered Shell Petroleum Company to pay the sum of N45.9 billion to the people of Ogoni in Rivers State. Justice Ahmed Mohammed who gave the order on Wednesday held that the money must be paid within 21 days. The sum is...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – INEC National Commissioner, May Umbo has presented a fresh Certificate of Return to the winner of Cross River North Senator-elect following the July 30, 2021 judgement of the Tribunal-Appeal sitting in Calabar which declared Jarigbe Agom ad winner and ordered the withdrawal of Odey’s Certificate...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Non Governmental Organisation, Known as Help Line Foundation for the Needy, has called on youths to embrace agriculture as a means of building a strong economic base, thereby improving their socio-economic status. The group made this call in Abuja during a press conference as...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Research and Development Foundation (NRDF) executive bill draft committee has submitted its document to the Federal Government, making way for the establishment of research foundation in Nigeria. Presenting the executive draft bill to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Wednesday in...
The former Chairman of the Board of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Olabode George, has been criticised for his “ unpatriotic comments” as it relates to his interview on Arise TV. Earlier today. Bode George, had in an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday said that the National...
By BABARA KALU, Enugu – Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, inaugurated the newly reconstituted Enugu State Judicial Service Commission, after swearing in Barr. Ben Chukwuemeka Ezeugwu, Mr. Ifeanyi Emma Jonathan-Ogbu and Mr. Emmanuel James Chiezue Ugwu, as members. Inaugurating the State Judicial Service Commission, at the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In his drive to boost the agricultural activities of the state, The Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has directed the state’s Rural and Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA) to immediately drill additional three deep aquifer boreholes in order to...
The Federal Government has began the biometric data capturing for 196, 873 pupils in public schools in Nasarawa state for the ongoing scaling up of the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). The NHGSFP was designed as a multi-faceted intervention by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to drive school...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ogun – The Police Command in Ogun on Wednesday said it arrested a suspected herdsman, identified simply as Mohammed, allegedly with AK 47 riffle. The Command’s Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed in a statement in Ota, Ogun, that the suspect was arrested around...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Oyo State Government has reinstated its commitment to the timely completion of the ‘World Bank-Assisted” Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUFMP). The state Governor, Seyi Makinde said thisIn a statement issued on Wednesday in Ibadan by governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa,...
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State Chapter, has called for the establishment of the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on food security. AFAN Chairman, Dr Femi Oke, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, said...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has received 80 rescued victims of human trafficking in Kano State. The NAPTIP North-West Zonal Commander, Mr Abdullahi Babale, who stated this while briefing newsmen in Kano on Wednesday, said that the rescued victims were between...
A firewood cutter, Samaila Bala, has been remanded by a Shari’a Court at Rigasa in Kaduna, for allegedly luring and impregnating a deaf and dumb, Bilkisu Usman. The defendant pleaded guilty to the offence. The Judge, Malam Salisu Abubakar-Tureta said the court would pass judgment on Aug. 30 and...