The Yar’Adua Foundation, with support from the Ford Foundation, will host a public policy forum on violence against women today. The dialogue titled, ‘Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!’, is with a view to galvanizing Nigerians to take action on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. According to a…
A team of policemen patrolling Maiduguri-Damaturu road, on Monday prevented the abduction of a soldier and 15 travellers by insurgents. The soldier, a Lance Corporal, is attached 4 Battalion, Marte. Borno Police Command spokesman, ASP Sani Kamilu said the incident occurred around Yanakiri and Kondori villages when insurgents in about 20 gun trucks ambushed the…
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has commenced the 2021 medical outreach and the vaccinations of livestock in Yobe State. According to him, the medical outreach targeted the less privileged in north senatorial district for various ailments. Flagging off the outreach yesterday (Sunday) at the Specialist Hospital, Gashua and the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, in north…
Vice-Chancellor, Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo, Prof. Timothy Adebayo, has called for amendment of the law establishing Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) to accommodate private universities in the country. He made the appeal at a news conference held on Monday in Oyo, ahead of the convocation ceremony of the institution. The News Agency of Nigeria…
THE new red flag raised in the House of Representatives over the scourge of narcotic drugs, especially among the youth of the country, is a call for the intensification of efforts to tackle the drug menace in our society. In recent times, cheaper forms of narcotics were “discovered” by desperate addicts. These included codeine, tramadol,…
The Federal Government, on Monday, urged leaders of Ogoni community and other relevant stakeholders to expedite action on the ongoing clean-up exercise in the area. Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, said this at a stakeholders’ meeting and inspection tour of Ogoniland in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers. Ikeazor, while responding to…
The Federal Government says it is imperative to train investigators and prosecutors who handle Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN), stated this at the `First Moot Court Trial’ in Abuja. The event was organised by the Ministry, FCT High Court in collaboration with…
MAN is not only a political animal, he is indeed distinguished from and claims superiority over other animals by his ability to create society as a platform to organise his kind for the domestication of other beings for his own welfare and social perpetuation. Every human epoch has its own associated political structure and sentiments….
As questions continue to trail the request of the Osun State Government for the Odunolu ruling house to produce the next occupier of the Olufon stool, the Oluyeyin ruling house has provided strong arguments on why the decision was improper and needed to be stepdown. The Osun State Government in a letter dated November 19,…
