The Federal Government has disbursed a one-off grant of N20,000 to 2,900 poor and vulnerable persons in the Federal Capital Territory. Addressing journalists after the flag-off ceremony in Abuja, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, said the Vulnerable Group Programme is an expansion of the National Social […]
About 16 suspected bandits and two vigilantes were reportedly killed during a clash between the two groups in Bangalala town of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. Bangalala is over 100 kilometres from Wase town, the headquarters of the local government area. Wase villages have been experiencing activities of bandits, kidnappers and cattle […]
Twenty-one Civil Society Organisations have demanded the immediate release of a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, who was placed in prison for a month by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot. Recall that she committed the lawyer to prison for contempt of court during a sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom […]
Top personalities and thousands of people from all works of life, yesterday stormed the palace of the Shehu of Borno as the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, married out daughter, Fatima Kashim Shettima, to Sadiq Ibrahim Bunu. The event, which witnessed heavy security presence, was attended by […]
On Wednesday, opposition senators walked out of the plenary session of the Nigerian Senate in defiance of the Senate President’s underhanded attempts to muscle the senators into silence, and ensure that discussions on the senate floor on the security situation in Nigeria was not scheduled. Oddly, Mr. Lawan, President of the 9th Senate of […]
Within 16 months, the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) in Nigeria lost the capacity to pay N484.993 billion of the N1.084 trillion invoices they received for the electricity they received from the power Generation Companies (GenCos) between January 2021 and April 2022. This development further confirms the concerns of experts about the ailing state of […]
The National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Betta Edu, has boasted that Bola Ahmed Tinubu has the capacity to make Nigeria the economic capital of the world. She made the comment at a conference with the Young Progressives Women Forum in Abuja, where she asked all women in the party to […]
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says his party’s presidential ticket with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as principal is a big threat to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2023 election. Okowa, who spoke in a reaction to a statement credited to the APC […]
The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, has said that the guild cannot set aside funds to pay the ransom of their kidnapped members. Recall that two members of the AGN, Clemson Cornell and Cynthia Okereke, were kidnapped in Enugu, and their kidnappers have demanded a ransom of $100,000. In an […]
The killing of 14 youths at Otulu in Awo Omama, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State by suspected operatives of Ebubeagu has been greeted with condemnations and a call for review of the operations of the security outfit established by the Imo State Government to fight crimes. The youth were said to […]
