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INSECURITY: Going to 2023 polls in fears

  Five days to Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections, fears of insecurity in some parts of the country and the credibility of the electoral process may affect the turnout of voters, Daily Trust reports. Despite a steady rise in the number of registered voters in Nigeria’s seven election cycles, since 1999, the country has […]

PDP crisis getting messier

By Ibe Pascal Arogorn The crisis currently rocking the People’s Democratic Party, PDP is getting messier, Ibe Pascal Arogorn writes from Owerri. On Monday, the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Delta North senatorial candidate, Prince Ned Nwoko, described Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, as a nuisance who has done the party a lot of damage. Nwoko, who spoke […]

Tribunal dismisses suit challenging DStv, GOtv subscription price hike

  A Competition and Consumer Protection (CCP) tribunal sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging the price increase by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited. Multichoice owns satellite television services, DStv and GOtv — popular subscription-based platforms in Nigeria. Delivering judgment on Tuesday, a three-member panel of the tribunal, dismissed the suit for lacking merit. Festus Onifade, […]

CRARN dedicates int’l freedom award to gov Udom 

~~ Describes Akwa Ibom as the most peaceful state in Africa — Describes Nigeria Police as most child friendly institution in the world A charity group in Nigeria, the Child’s Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) has dedicated the 2022 international Freedom Prize award to the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Udom Emmanuel. The dedication […]

EARTH DAY: Be The Change We All Want, PFFN Writes Nigerian Parents

  Group, Parents for Future Nigeria (PFFN) has written to Nigerian parents on Friday in support of the International Mother Earth Day. This is coming soon after the Global Strike which had the theme #PeopleNotProfit (People Not Profit). INVEST IN OUR PLANET is the theme of this year’s Earthday commemoration. The Group, Parents For Future […]

Trial Of Mompha For Money Laundering Adjourned

  The trial of Ismaila Mustapha, also known as Mompha, and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos continued on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, with both the prosecution and defence giving the court the “report” on the plea bargain being worked on. Mompha […]

No Valentine celebration for Imo communities

  A bleak Valentine celebration awaits Imo state as more than 18 council areas of the state may be on lockdown, as residents are forced to sit-at-home every Monday in some areas of the state. This is occasioned by the Monday sit-at-home directive initiated by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which the separatist group […]

Rights activist, Dede Uzor pays over N300,000 for indigent patients in Ebonyi State

…..calls for special FG, State Governments health policy for the poor The Executive Director of Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’ Foundation (HURIDE), Dede Uzor A Uzor, has called on both Federal and State Governments to upscale health delivery services to allow hospitals treat indigent individuals with life threatening sicknesses Dede Uzor spoke shortly […]