THE Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has asked the Federal and State Governments to exempt Nigerian women from paying taxes. She stated this on Tuesday at the 4th Annual Forum of the Women, Peace, and Security Sector Reference Group 2023 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The minister emphasised the …

AN elder statesman, Robert Clarke (SAN), has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not have any constitutional right to have waded into the political crisis which has engulfed Rivers State for some weeks. The renowned lawyer said President Tinubu does not have any constitutional role to play in the power …

GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, presented the Instrument of Office and Staff of Office to the new Soun of Ogbomosholand, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, at the Ogbomoso Township Stadium. Recall that Makinde had approved the selection of Oba Olaoye from Olaoye Ruling House, on September 2, 2023. The …

Counsels Them to Prepare for Fresh Election THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asserts that there is no remedy for the 25 former members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who by virtue of Section 109 (1)(g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) vacated …

Kano Based NGO Petition US, UK And France Leaders BY OUR CORRESPONDENT A Non-Governmental Organization, NGO, Nigerian Democratic Vanguard in Yankaba quarters, Kano State has written a petition against the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The petition which complained about the “unwholesome anti-democratic activities’ of the APC was addressed to …

ELEVEN illegal miners and two alleged vandals of railroad infrastructure have been taken into custody by the Federal Capital Territory Command (FCTC) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC). Newsextra24 reports that the Command Spokesperson, Comfort Okomanyi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The statement claims that the …

DESPITE a barrage of criticism for President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to end the Rivers State political impasse, former Bayelsa lawmaker Ben Murray Bruce has praised the president for his efforts. Bruce, who is a member of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a tweet via his official X …

NOTTINGHAM FOREST had to allow Steve Cooper to go after failing to help the club win any of their last six games, losing five and drawing one of the games. The last time Forest won a Premier League game was on November 5 against Aston Villa. Nigeria’s Ola Aina scored a …

A Court of Appeal, Abuja Division on Tuesday, upheld the election of two former governors of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal and Aliyu Wamakko as Senators representing Sokoto South and Sokoto North. The election of Tambuwal, the immediate past governor of the state and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party …

GUNMEN on Monday kidnapped a high court judge, Justice Joy Uwanna, and her driver, in Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that the judge’s orderly was killed in the attack which occurred along Uyo-Okobo road. The Chairman of the Oron branch of the Nigeria Bar …