IPC’s Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists(I-CSPJ) is very concerned by the recent closure of Africa Independent Television, AIT, and Raypower FM operations in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government and deems the action unacceptable and a violation of the rule of law. The media organisation on its official page on Sunday, 3rd…
The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO), National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu said he would ensure that President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda is achieved through the deployment of Science, Technology and innovation (STI) in the economy. It was contained in a statement signed by his director…
The Federal Government has declared that it has yet to find a replacement for what the late Taiwo Akinkunmi did for the country. Akinkunmi was the designer of the Nigerian flag. He designed the flag while studying abroad prior to the country’s independence in 1960. Akinkunmi, a native of Ogun State, died a few days…
The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewalen Egbedun, today applauded the role Osun teachers are playing in the society towards building an enlightened nation. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Olamide Tiamiyu, which was made available to newsmen on Monday….
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has described the late former Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kate Abiri, as an incorruptible, courageous and fearless jurist, who championed the cause for uniform retirement age for judges in the country. Governor Diri said her advocacy resulted in the law that unified the retirement age of…
The government announced last month it was banning the abaya in schools, saying it broke the rules on secularism in education that have already seen Muslim headscarves banned. French authorities are watching over 500 schools for signs pupils could be violating a newly announced ban on the abaya Muslim dress for women, as children across…
In an earlier statement, they said the victims included two children, and warned that more fatalities went unrecorded, as “their bodies could not be moved to the hospital because they were severely burned or torn to pieces in the bombing”. Five civilians were killed by bombs that “fell on their homes” in Khartoum, a Sudanese…
The governor took the ride from the Marina station to Mile 2 around 9:00 a.m. Before he boarded the train, Sanwo-Olu explained to his co-passengers the requirements to board the train. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos on Monday took the first ride as the Lagos Blue Line rail began operations. The governor took the ride…
The one-time APC national chairmanship aspirant criticised Zamfara governor Dauda Lawal’s refusal to engage in a “peace dialogue” with repentant bandits. A former Chairman of the Committee on Prosecution of Bandits Related Offences, Sani Shinkafi, says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) should stop posting corps members to some states bedevilled by bandit attacks. Shinkafi’s…
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a prominent anti-corruption organization, has formally petitioned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to launch an immediate investigation into allegations of mismanagement and corruption within the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). In a petition dated August 21, 2023, addressed to the NSA, HEDA voiced…
