The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) South West, has called for adequate compensation for journalists and media houses affected by the attacks carried out recently by suspected hoodlums in the region. The Vice President and the Zonal Secretary of the union, Cosmas Oni and Bamigbola Gbolagunte,...
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EHIME ALEX, Lagos The newly inaugurated Judicial Panel of Investigation by the Ogun State Government has called on residents of the state who are victims of police brutality, human rights violations, and extra judicial killings from security agents to channel their complaints to the panel for proper investigation and...
The Agro Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS) says it has registered 484 business names with the Corporate Affairs Commission in Kaduna State. APPEALS is an initiative component under the Women and Youth Empowerment Programme (WYEP). Ibrahim Yakubu, a Women and Youth Livelihood Specialist, disclosed this...
The Young Parliamentarian Forum in the House of Representatives has called on the leadership of the National Assembly to reconvene and address the alleged extrajudicial killings of young protesters in Lagos state. The Chairman of the group, Rep. Kabir Tukura (APC-Kebbi), made the call while addressing newsmen at the...
A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Oghuma JohnsonEgwakhide, has been charged to court by the Independent CorruptPractices and Other Related Offences Commission for reportedlycollecting N1.6 million bribes from three contractors. ICPC, in a four-count charge, filed before Justice Adebukola Banjoko,of the High Court of the Federal Capital...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group says collaboration among development partners is ‘more vital’ to helping economies recover from the pandemic and attract private financing to rebuild infrastructure.The President of AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, said this at an extraordinary virtual meeting with multilateral development finance institutions on Wednesday.The meeting, chaired...
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, on Thursday announcedan indefinite suspension of payment of tuition by indigenes of thestate in the state-owned Cross River State University of Technology(CRUTECH). He further extended service year for indigenes of the state who havecompleted their one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)...
The Indian government on Thursday relaxed its visa restrictions to allow all categories of foreign nationals to enter India through air or sea for any purpose except for tourism. An official statement said that the Federal Government has decided to make a graded relaxation in visa and travel restrictions...
The United States has called for immediate investigation into the excessive use of force by the military in the alleged killing of unarmed protesters at Lekki toll gate in Lagos. In a statement on Thursday, the Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo specifically mentioned Tuesday’s shooting of protesters at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Director-General of the Progressive Governors’ Forum PGF, SalihuMoh. Lukman has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently takesteps to overhaul the machinery of his government in order tostrengthen its capacity to respond to governance issues. Lukman gave the charge in an advisory issued Thursday in Abuja,adding...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Concerned by the escalating security situation across the country, thePeople Democratic Party, PDP, has called on President Muhammadu Buharito immediately declare a state of emergency on the nation’s securityarchitecture. The party has also called on the federal government to set up ajudicial panel of inquiry...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Former Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) Governorship candidate inBayelsa State, Mrs Seiyefa Fetepigi Eches condemns in strong terms thekilling of peaceful protesting youths in Lagos and other parts of thecountry over Police brutality. According to her, it is offensive and wicked to murder unarmedprotesters in cold...
The Lagos State Government is to set up a panel of inquiry into the Lekki Toll Plaza incident that resulted to large-scale destruction of property and killing of many protesters. On Oct. 20, #EndSARS protesters were reportedly attacked by armed security officials at the Lekki toll gate, stoking massive...
Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has called on African leaders to listen to and engage the youth and not try to silence them. Her call comes on the back of the ongoing protests and violence in Nigeria for better governance and an end to police brutality. Commenting on...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has called on the Nigerian authorities to take urgent steps in dealing with the underlying problem of violations committed by the security forces. Bachelet made the call in on Thursday in Lagos, saying that after years of reported violations being...
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that to lasting peace with neighbours is layered with bitumen and straddled by high-voltage electricity lines. That appears to be the lesson from the Uganda government’s strategic shift in its regional policy towards the Democratic Republic of Congo, its...
Delta Government on Thursday postponed its proposed 2021 budget presentation to the House of Assembly due to the ongoing youths protests, tagged “#EndSARS’’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa had initially slated the presentation for Wednesday but moved it to Thursday due to the...
Multilateral development finance institutions on Wednesday pledged to continue to collaborate in their efforts to mitigate the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerate the recovery of economies and livelihoods. At an extraordinary virtual meeting to discuss the impact of their responses to the pandemic and the worsening...
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have dropped by three spots in the October ranking to place 32nd in the world after losing one of it’s international friendly match and drawing another within the period under review. In the ranking table on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday,...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lagos State on Thursday cautioned Nigerian youths, especially Lagos youths against destruction of lives and property accompanying #EndSARS protests. The SDP, in a statement by its Lagos State Chairman and the Publicity Secretary, Mr Femi Olaniyi and Mr Obinna Obichukwu respectively, urged aggrieved...