The Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative also known as Partners West Africa Nigeria, in collaboration with Ford Foundation, has kick-started a campaign for survivors-centred policing of gender-based violence cases in Nigeria. The Executive Director, Partners West Africa Nigeria, Kemi Okentedo, noted that the group worked in the areas of …
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Three months after it banned all priests and Catholic faithful from attending the Adoration Ministry, Enugu led by priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Enugu Catholic Diocese lifted the ban on Thursday. Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka announced the reopening of the ministry on Sunday, October 2, 2022. Rev Fr. Ejike …
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THE Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has threatened to stop Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services because banks have failed to pay for services rendered. According to the ALTON President, Gbenga Adebayo, who spoke at an ICT conference in Lagos on Thursday, the debt has now risen …
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The Commandant-general of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Abubakar Ahmed Audi, has lost his first outrider in an accident in Asokoro District of Abuja. LEADERSHIP gathered that the fatal accident, which claimed the life of the officer, ASC I, Dickson Dike, occurred at about 8pm on …
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Telecommunications giant, Globacom, on Thursday in Lagos, unveiled the multiple athletic records-holder, Tobi Amusan, as Global Brand Ambassador. Amusan, who is the first female athlete signed by the telecommunication company, is the first Nigerian ever to win Gold at the World Athletics Championships after racing to a stunning world record …
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The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has reacted to the Wednesday ruling of a Federal High Court in Yobe State, which affirmed the candidature of Bashir Sheriff Machina as the duly elected candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Yobe North senatorial election in 2023, saying that …
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disowned a letter purportedly written by its national chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, to the party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, protesting the composition of the party’s presidential campaign council. In the said letter which went viral on social media, Adamu was quoted to have said …
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A Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Thursday, vacated the order of interim injunction that barred the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) from going ahead with its elective congress fixed for September 30 in Benin City the capital of Edo State. The interim order followed a suNFF it that was lodged …
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2022 June/July Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE). Announcing the results in Minna, Niger State, on Thursday, the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, said the results were released just after 45 days the last paper was written …
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Sterling Bank Plc, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Africa EDUCare, a disruptive innovation educational and healthcare solutions company, to transform higher education in Nigeria with ‘Unify’; Sterling’s innovative education management solution. The signed MoU is conceived to deploy Unify to transform education and administrative management, and to …
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