PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Some widows in Cross River State have said that despite increased awareness, harmful and dehumanising practises against them still continue unabated in central and northern parts of the state. The women disclosed this on Tuesday in Calabar during an event to commemorate The 2022International Women’s...
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The Federal Government has so far released N10.06billion to speed up the construction of the Presidential (VIP) Wing of the State House Clinic, Aso Villa, Abuja. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijanni Umar, made this known while giving an overview on the financial status of the project, scheduled to...
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai says he is hopeful of the possibility of a woman emerging the Executive Governor of the state considering their numerical strength. Fielding questions from journalists in Kaduna on Tuesday, he said there was ‘50 per cent’ chance of a woman emerging as the next...
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahihas said that he remains the govenor of the state and will not vacate office for anyone. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday sacked the govenor and his Deputy, Dr Kelechi Igwe for defecting...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, was in Maiduguri on Monday to visit the North East Children’s Learning Centre, which is a donor-funded school initiated by her husband on the 8th of March, 2017, during his 60th birthday. The school is designed...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and his deputy, Eric Igwe, to vacate their seats as the sitting governor and deputy respectively, on grounds that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the election on March 2019 and not its candidate. Having...
Members of the House of Representatives have rescinded their decision on three bills earlier rejected in the process of the 1999 constitution amendment. The bills are on indigenship, citizenship, and 35 % affirmative action for women. The bills will be recommended for consideration and will be part of the...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was born on March 8, 1957, has clocked 65 years. Osinbajo survived a helicopter crash in Kogi on Feb. 2, 2019, and won re-election on Feb. 23, 2019, for another four-year term with President Muhammadu Buhari. Osinbajo, Nigeria’s 5th vice president, is the Chairman...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has organized a two day training workshop on SDGs for Borno State journalist.. Declaring open the two day training...
The Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine, Azuh Arinze, will be 50 on Thursday, March 24, 2022 – and to commemorate it, he will be unveiling two new books, A TASTE OF SUCCESS and CONVERSATIONS WITH SHOWBIZ STARS, on that day. The memorable and milestone event is slated for the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, will chair a public lecture to mark the 2022 International Women Day (IWD) in Kano State, in recognition of his tremendous contribution and support towards promoting the...
The Federal Government has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to advise its affiliate, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to abide by the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act and call off its ongoing strike. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2022 edition of the National...
Some Nigerian Women, under the name “Women Manifesto’’, on Monday said that they would continue to occupy the National Assembly (NASS) until women aspirations of gender equality in all elective positions are met. The Co-Convener of the group, Dr Akiyode-Afolabi Abiola, made this position known on behalf of the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has elected new leaders to stir the affairs of the chapel for the next three years. Speaking before the election which was held at their Dogin Daji office around Central Bank of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, chaired the inaugural meeting of a Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East, which was recently constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari to facilitate safe return of displaced Nigerians mostly from...
The Government of the Republic of Benin has released Yoruba Nation Activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Ighoho. Professor Banji Akintoye, a Yoruba Leader and Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide’s Umbrella Body of Yoruba Self-determination Groups, and Professor Wale Adeniran, a French Language Expert/Deputy Alana of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is investigating six accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres for alleged exploitation of candidates in its ongoing exercise. The board disclosed this in the Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar, JAMB on Monday,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined entertainers in the music and movie industry, particularly Nollywood, in celebrating with veteran actor, script writer and movie producer, Pete Edochie, on his 75th birthday. The President’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi...
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare open the 70th annual council meeting of West African Examinations Council (WAEC) next Monday in Abuja. WAEC’s Head of National Office (HNO) in Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Lagos. According to him, the annual...
The President, Women in Mining Nigeria (WIMIN), Hon. Janet Adeyemi, has said no female Artisanal, Small Scale Miners had benefited from the N5 billion mining intervention loan. Hon. Adeyemi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. She said that...