.. NUJ accuses Isiguzo of trying hard to sell it’s multi-million naira secretariat By Ibe Pascal The Nigerian Union Of Journalists, Imo State Chapter has alleged that thugs loyal to Declan Emelumba, the state’s commissioner for information invaded it’s secretariat. This was contained in a statement by Precious Nwadike, the union’s chairman in Imo […]
The Federal Government has blamed the high poverty rate in the country on the failure of the State Governments to contribute their quota of development responsibilities to the grassroots where the major production activities take place. Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba,stated this to State House Correspondents after the week’s […]
A Kano Magistrate court presided over by Faroukh Ibrahim Umar has sentenced the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yautar ward, Aminu Ali, to two years imprisonment for unlawful possession of 367 permanent voters cards (PVCs) bearing different names, according to Daily Trust report. Ali was in October arrested for collecting PVCs from […]
A former Governor of Kaduna State and chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, says there is so much frustration in the land Speaking when he accompanied the Kaduna State PDP Governorship candidate, Isa Ashiru, to a meeting with the Christians clergy under the Christian Association of Nigeria'(CAN), the Muslim […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how he helped to resolve the conflict between Ethiopia and Tigray. On November 2, the Ethiopian government agreed to end the two-year conflict with rebel forces in the country’s northern Tigray region. The agreement on the “permanent cessation of hostilities” was reached at a meeting in South Africa, […]
Flags at major Chinese Communist Party and government buildings in China and worldwide will be flown half-mast after former president Jiang Zemin died Wednesday, state media reported. The order, from Jiang’s funeral arrangement committee, applies from Wednesday until the date of his funeral, yet to be announced, according to state broadcaster CCTV
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians it will recover from the recent attacks on its facilities. Speaking at the induction retreat for resident electoral commissioners held in Lagos on Wednesday, INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said, “Our responsibility is to conduct elections. I want to […]
An Indonesian military court has sentenced two soldiers to a seven-month jail term for having gay sex, which has been banned in the country. The two soldiers joined the army last year and were based on the Indonesian island of Java, but their “inappropriate behaviour” has also cost them their jobs, according to AFP. […]
Abia Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has granted assent to the Bill, which guarantees the right of females to inherit and own property in their father’s family in the State. Abia Assembly some weeks ago passed the Bill to bring Abia State in conformity with international best practices of eliminating all forms of discrimination against women. […]
A protest against the Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, was yesterday dispersed by a detachment of anti-riot policemen of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, command of the Nigeria Police. Recall that the CJN had run into troubled waters, following a political statement he made at a dinner organised in his honour […]
