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An NGO, Public Awareness on Child and Women Rights (PACTS), has sensitised women to the use of technology to check violence against women and girls in rural communities of Osun State. The programme took place in Ojo villages and towns in Egbedore
An association of Muslim men in business and professions, The Companion, has advised the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to consider competence and youth representation in the composition of his cabinet. The group, in its congratulatory message on Saturday by its National Amir,
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has visited families of the 30 fishermen killed on Wednesday by terrorists at Mukdolo village, Ngala Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The affected fishermen from Dikwa LGA had gone fishing in the village, but were
Li Qiang, Xi Jinping’s close confidant has been elected as China’s new Premier. Li was elected during the fourth plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Saturday. Four years before Li gained
Wakili Kabiru-Muhammad, Nasarawa West Senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections has dragged INEC to the election tribunal over omission of the party’s logo. Speaking to newsmen shortly after filing his
Former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has called on Rivers residents to go all out, vote and support Tonye Cole, the APC gubernatorial candidate of the state on March 18. A statement from Amaechi’s media office said he made the call when
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun declared in Osogbo on Friday that he was not stopping the establishment of University of Ilesa. The university was established by his predecessor, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola on March 31, 2022 when he upgraded the state’s College of
The Naira on Friday lost to the dollar as it exchanged at N461.50 at the Investors’ and Exporters’ window. The rate represented a decrease of 0.11 per cent, compared to the N461 for which it exchanged to the dollar on Thursday. The
The Governorship, National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Bauchi on Friday granted leave to Kani Faggo of the APC, to access sensitive materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Feb. 25 NASS election. Faggo
Mrs Ireti Kingibe, the Senator-elect for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has promised to ensure that more women are appointed into elective and appointive positions by the next administration. Kingibe said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja to mark the