A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Femi Falana, has tasked Amnesty International to lead the human rights community to demand justice in the war between Israel and Hamas. Falana, also a Human Rights Activist, gave this charge at a media parley organised by Amnesty International in...
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By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The October 2023 Cadre Harmonisé analysis on food insecurity has projected that in 2024, Nigeria is expected to see about 26.5 million people grappling with high levels of food insecurity. This was disclosed by the Government of Nigeria and its partners during the unveiling...
By JOHN ONAH, Imo – As all arrangements are in top gear towards a successful conduct of off cycle governorship election in Imo state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Friday that it was far ahead of the challenges faced during the presidential election in...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has assured the workers in Imo that it would not relent in its struggle for their welfare including the 20 months salary arrears owed by the state government. NLC President, Mr. Joe Ajaero, said this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja....
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Alhaji Usman Ododo, has expressed shock over the death of the Executive Chairman of Lokoja Local Government , Mr Muhammed Dan’Asabe. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Dan Asabe died early Friday in Lokoja...
The Plateau State House of Assembly, presided over by the Speaker, Moses Sule has approved the sum of N27 billion as supplementary budget for the state government for the 2023 Fiscal Year. Sule, who read Gov. Caleb Mutfwang’s communication during plenary on Friday, said that the approval became...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no candidate in Saturday’s Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo governorship election, because it is not a political party. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a news conference held at the Kogi Headquarters of the commission in Lokoja...
The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to make all the Federal Government tertiary institutions tuition-free to mitigate hardship caused by fuel subsidy removal in the country. The ECWA president, Rev. Stephen Panya, made the appeal at a news conference to announce the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has sought collaboration with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government in a bid to address food security, Water And Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) in the state. Otu made the call, while playing host...
A Professor of Law at Redeemer’s University, Ede, Ifeolu Koni, said the failure of many developed countries to honour their obligations under international instruments was responsible for persistent corruption in Africa. Koni said this at the 11th inaugural lecture of the university, on Thursday at the university campus...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has deployed its operatives to monitor the Saturday governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi. The spokesperson of the Commission, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement on Thursday in...
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a former President of Nigeria and Chairman of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) Advisory Council, has said the untapped potential of African continent will be unlocked through cooperation and collaboration. Obasanjo made the assertion at the IATF2023, a hybrid event, holding in Cairo, Egypt monitored...
The Kano State Government has filed an appeal against the N30 billion punitive and compensation judgment handed by Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Kano. The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Haruna Dederi, confirmed this to newsmen in Kano on Thursday. The...
ABUBAKAR, Lafia – Nasarawa Emirate Council in Nasarawa Local government area of Nasarawa state has announced the death of a Prince of Nasarawa, Alhaji Umaru Sarki Abubakar. The Secretary of the council, Hon. Dr Idris Mohammed Loko, announced this in a statement issued to newsmen...
A total of 36,712 cases are pending in various courts in Rivers, the Chief judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, said on Thursday in Port Harcourt. Amadi said at a special court session to mark the beginning of the 2023/2024 Legal Year in the state that most of the cases...
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to direct heads of government Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) to attend the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) stakeholders meeting. Rep. James Faleke, the Chairman, House Committee on Finance said in Abuja on...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged Imo residents to ignore sit-at-home order on election day but to come out en-mass to cast their votes for any candidate of their choice. President General Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, made the call in...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday distributed sensitive election materials to all the eight local government areas in Bayelsa ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Head of Voter Education and Publicity at INEC’s State Headquarters, Mr Wilfred Ifogah, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. He...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday began the deployment Ad hoc staff and distribution of sensitive materials to the various local government areas for Saturday’s off-circle governorship election in Kogi. The INEC Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Gabriel Longpet, disclosed this to the News Agency...
The Abakaliki Rice Mill Owners Association says there will be surplus supply of products in the market during Christmas period due to the bumper harvest experienced from 2023 planting. Mr Linus Nkwuda, Chairman of the Association, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abakaliki, Ebonyi,...