The Labour Party, LP, has continued the defence of its petition against Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State at the Election Tribunal with the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, as its first witness to prove the allegation of certificate forgery against the governor. At the resumed hearing of the petition …
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Kogi State Government Behind Attack On Our Lokoja Campaign Office – Says SDP
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has accused the Kogi State Government of masterminding the attack on their campaign office in Lokoja, where billboards and windows were destroyed. The State Secretary of SDP, Dr Arome Okeme, made the accusation in a press statement on Monday. Okeme alleged that on the …
Read More »APC Set To Holds NEC Meeting Tomorrow
Amidst subsisting cold war among members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), a meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) will hold tomorrow in Abuja. Venue of the meeting is the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton. According to sources, a gathering of another statutory …
Read More »Dangote Offers Scholarship To 60 Students In Ogun State
Dangote Granite Mines, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, has awarded scholarships to no fewer than 60 students in five host communities in Ogun State. The management of the company said the scholarship was in furtherance of its efforts at ensuring that its host communities are not left behind in terms …
Read More »BREAKING: Tinubu Emerges New ECOWAS Chairman
President Bola Tinubu has emerged as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The decision was reached during the organisation’s 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community in Bissau, capital of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on …
Read More »NAFDAC, Stakeholders Collaborate To Tackle Rejection Of Nigerian Products
To find lasting solutions to the problem of Nigeria non-oil export rejects abroad, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has extended hands of collaboration to critical stakeholders in the nation’s ports with a view to working together to revamp the export trade in the non-oil …
Read More »Sheikh Gumi Promise To Join Any Bandit’s Negotiation Team
A renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, on Saturday, volunteered to join any team raised to negotiate with bandits, to bring a lasting solution to incessant bandit’s attack in the country. Sheikh Gumi spoke in an interview with Trust TV, on Saturday and expressed his readiness to join in the …
Read More »Delta State Governor Seeks Restorative Justice To Decongest Prisons
Distured by the rising numbers of awaiting trial inmates across the country, Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has advocated the introduction of restorative justice and non-custodial sentences in the Nigerian judicial system to help decongest correctional centres in Nigeria. Speaking while inaugurating members of the State Advisory Council on …
Read More »Female Genital Mutilation, Grave Violation Of Girls’ Human Rights — Says UN
The Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Nigeria, Ulla Mueller, has called for an end to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), saying the practice is a violation of the human rights of girl children. Mueller told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that the …
Read More »Ex- Zamfara State Governor Allegedly Detained In DSS Custody
A former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari was on Thursday, allegedly arrested by the Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS. The Nation quoted a source as saying that Yari was being detained for being the arrowhead of a fresh plot to destabilise the 10th Senate after his …
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