Data by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) suggest that globally 81,000 women and girls were killed in 2020. The UNODC report further notes that around 47,000 (58 percent) died at the hands of an intimate partner or a family member, which equals to a woman...
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The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) has said the current effect of climate change has made agricultural insurance imperative for all farmers in the country. Mr Andrew Uzomah, Branch Manager of NAIC in Enugu State, said this on Thursday in Enugu during the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a new Water Strategy for 2021-2025. In a statement on Thursday, the bank titled the five-year water strategy as: “Towards a Water-Secure Africa’’ and said it was approved on Nov. 17. It...
Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has flagged off the construction of Kofar Kaura and Kofar Kwaya interchange bridges in the state at an estimated total cost of N5,714,353,312.5. The governor, while flagging off the project on Thursday, said it was a historic moment to witness the commencement of such...
President Muhammadu Buhari has again directed security agencies to urgently address the resurgence of kidnapping and other crimes on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway and on other roads across the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the president gave the directive while presiding over the meeting of the National...
An economist, Dr Abayomi Awujola, has said that cooperative societies contributed over N500 billion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2020. Awujola, Head of Department, Economics, Bingham University, Abuja, stated this during a paper presentation at the North East regional meeting of Presidents of the Cooperative Societies of...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, on Thursday said the Federal Government would establish a special court that will try Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases, aimed at ending the menace. Tallen said this while addressing a news conference in Abuja to commemorate the 2021 International Day...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commissioned a 4.2 kilometer road constructed by the Bauchi State Government and named after him. Abubakar who commissioned the Gombe-Maiduguri road by-pass on Thursday in Bauchi, applauded Governor Bala Mohammed, for constructing the road and for embarking on...
Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mine, Steel Development and Metallurgy, has called for special funding towards reactivating the Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi. He stated this on Thursday while presenting the 2022 budget report of his committee to the Senate Appropriation Committee. Sen. Al-Makura (APC-Nasarawa)...
Some residents of Ikare-Akoko in Akoko Northeast Local Government Area of Ondo State defied Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s 24-hour curfew on Thursday and razed a bank building. The building belongs to the traditional ruler of the town, the Owa-Ale of Ikare. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov....
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said its personnel would require specialised training on firearms handling ahead of its commencement of night highway patrols. Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Project Implementation Office, Kingsley Agomoh said this In Abuja on Thursday while answering questions at a seminar organized by the Bureau...
Veteran comic actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has been buried today. The actor died in the Ikorodu area of Lagos on Monday. The news of his death drew reactions from prominent Nigerians including the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo who said, “Baba Suwe’s death had...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected a planned petrol price hike in the country and the Federal Government’s proposal to pay the sum of N5000 monthly to Nigerians as palliative. NLC President, Ayuba Wabba in a statement on Wednesday described the plan of the Federal Government as a...
By BABARA KALU, Akwa – Anambra State Government has reacted to the placement of the state Governor Willie Obiano on the watchlist by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC had issued letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) requesting the immigration to...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gasau – Zamfara State Government has called on the Federal Government to resolve the alleged irregularities in the Conditional Cash Transfer programme in the state. The Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Fa’ika Ahmad made the call on Thursday during a news...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said it has earmarked the sum of N1 billion each for the establishment of twelve additional Centres of Excellence (COEs) in tertiary institutions. It would be recalled that under the 2020 intervention, 12 TETFund Centers of Excellence were...
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said that conducting elections in Nigeria was a tough task, urging media support against fake news that could cause confusion. Yakubu spoke at a Strategic Interactive Meeting with Online Publishers organised by INEC in collaboration with the Institute...
The Zamfara State Taskforce Committee on Compliance to Gov. Bello Matawalle’s Executive Order on insecurity has ordered the closure of a filling station and bakery in Gusau and Tsafe LGSs of the state. Chairmen of Committee, Abubakar Dauran, gave the order shortly after security forces arrested four suspects for...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command said that two persons lost their lives as a vehicle plunged into the Ososa River along the Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed the incumbent Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on a watchlist, ahead of the handover of government in the state. This was contained in a letter to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) dated November 15, 2021....