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Viewpoint: 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND CHALLENGES AHEAD
By Goni Abdullahi
In preparation towardstheNation’s general elections, the year 2022 is expected to witness a surge in array of political activities. Political permutation and scheming by political gladiators, parties and regional…
NHRC Boss Seeks Safe Environment For Women, Children
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu has said all hands must be on deck to provide a safe environment for women and children to live in.
Speaking on Monday in Abuja against the…
UNICEF Reminds Buhari of Pledge To Increase Funding of Education
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reminded the President Muhammadu Buhari of his commitment to increase Nigeria’s annual domestic education expenditure by 50 per cent over the next two years, and by 100 per cent by 2025.…
Marwa Asks Communities To Take Charge Of Drug War
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that a special task force is currently working across the country to track and dismantle drug cartels behind the…
Police Arrest Miscreants Over Brutalization of Woman For Alleged Criticism of Lawmaker
Borno State Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar has confirmed the arrest of four miscreants who attacked and brutalised a female restaurant owner in Maiduguri, Ms. Fadila Abdulrahman.
Abdulrahman was rumoured to have been…
FG suspends planned removal of petrol subsidy
The Federal Government has suspended the planned petrol subsidy removal.
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed made the disclosure during a meeting held at the National Assembly in Abuja on Monday.…
2023: S’East will have the Presidency in 2027 after Atiku says Dokpesi
The leader of the technical committee for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has urged the people of the South East zone to support the former Vice President in the 2023 Presidential election.…
Pope Francis gifts Lionel Messi signed jersey
Catholic Pontiff and the Vicar of Rome, Pope Francis, has given fellow Argentine and Paris Saint-Germain talisman Lionel Messi a signed football jersey.
This is according to the Vatican’s sports association, which broke the news…
Kano revokes operational licence of all private schools following Hanifa’s murder
Following the outrage that trailed the the killing of a 5-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubakar, by her teacher and the proprietor of a private school, Noble Kids Academy, the Kano State Government, on Monday, revoked the Certificates of…
Ranieri sacked as Watford manager after 14 games
Watford manager Claudio Ranieri was sacked on Monday after only 14 games in charge of the Premier League strugglers.
Ranieri was hired in October to replace Xisco Munoz after the Spaniard’s dismissal.
But the 70-year-old Italian…