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Buhari’s Aide: Gender Equality, Women’s Rights crucial to Africa’s progress
Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on African First Ladies Peace Mission, Dr. Mairo Al-Makura has said Africa’s progress is hinged on gender equality and women’s rights.
Speaking at a press conference to mark the…
Incorporate “Care” at the centre of economic, societal reorganization, ActionAid Nigeria advises
ActionAid Nigeria has called on Nigerian government and all government agencies to prioritize the incorporation of “Care” at the center of re-organizing the economy and society.
ActionAid Nigeria, is a social justice…
Aisha Buhari breaks silence, decries continued abduction of women, girls by bandits
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari on Monday lamented the continued abduction of women and girls in Nigeria by bandits and terrorists.
Mrs. Buhari therefore urged stakeholders to continue to exert their different levels of…
EFCC arraigns Jonathan’s minister, Wakil, for N148m bribe
A former minister of state for power under President Goodluck Jonathan, Muhammed Wakil was on Monday arraigned by the Economic and financial Crimes Commission for alleged corruption and abuse of office.
Wakil was arraigned…
Five countries lift all COVID-19 restrictions for foreigners
Only five countries out of 217 destinations worldwide are fully open to foreigners, as they lifted all coronavirus-related travel restrictions, the latest report by the World Tourism Organisation said on Monday.
The countries are…
Zulum unearths 650 ghost households at IDP camp
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has unearthed 650 ghost households during a surprised midnight visit to an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri.
The governor, had around midnight on Sunday showed up…
Wakili’s arrest: Afenifere commends OPC, slams police
Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, on Sunday, commended the Oodua Peoples Congress under the leadership of Aare Gani Adams for the arrest of Iskilu Wakili, a notorious Fulani bandit, in Oyo State.
The National…
Daddy Freeze vows to appeal court judgment on adultery
Controversial broadcaster, Ifedayo Olarinde, better known as Daddy Freeze says he will appeal a Rivers State High Court ruling that demands he pays the sum of N5 million for adultery.
The court gave the ruling against him for…
Presidency dismisses reports of fire outbreak in Aso Rock
The presidency on Sunday said there was no fire within the perimeter walls of the State House.
The reaction followed media reports that the nation’s seat of power, the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, went up in flames Saturday…
Supreme court justice, Sylvester Ngwuta, is dead
Supreme Court Justice, Sylvester Ngwuta is dead.
Sources at the apex court confirmed that Ngwuta died in the early morning of Sunday in his sleep at his official residence in Abuja at almost the age of seventy.
Ngwuta was said…