Former President Muhammadu Buhari joins the nation in mourning the demise of Sheikh Abdul Rasheed Hadiyatullah, This is contained in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Tuesday in Abuja. The late Hadiyatullah was the President of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN). Continue Reading
By Justina Auta The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMoWA) has partnered with Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF), an NGO, to enhance Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) healthcare services for survivors nationwide. The partnership was formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Tuesday in Abuja. The MinisterContinue Reading
By Chimezie Anaso The people of Ekwulummiri Town in Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra have raised the alarm over the magnitude of devastation caused by gully erosion in the community. They said that this has jeopardised the lives and livelihood of the people of the agrarian communityContinue Reading
By Mufutau Ojo An NGO, IA-Foundation, has raised N30 million at its recent Annual Charity Gala in London to support the education of out-of-school children in Nigeria. IA-Foundation’s founder, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the fundContinue Reading
By Aisha Gambo A widow, Wunmi Ishola, on Monday dragged Mai Unguwa Lawal, a village head in Mando, Kaduna State before a Shari’a court for alleged land fraud. She also filed a suit against an agent,”Oga Yellow”, and the man who claimed to be the owner of the land, AlhajiContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Federal Government is to pay the outstanding five months N35,000 wage award arrears to workers. The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) made this known in a statement issued by Mr Bawa Mokwa, the Director of Press and Public Relations. Mokwa said thatContinue Reading
Democracy strong, alive in Nigeria By Bayo Onanuga We have read the alarming claims of disgruntled opposition figures, some partisan human rights crusaders and emergency defenders of democracy over recent defections of key members of opposition parties into the governing All Progressives Congress. The seismic shift caused by AkwaContinue Reading
By Mufutau Ojo The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has condemned another brutal attack on seven Nigerians and the kidnapping of one Ani Silas on Thursday in Springs, Gauteng Province. Akindele Olunloyo, the National Publicity Secretary of NUSA, said in a statement on Sunday that Silas was beaten unconsciousContinue Reading
By Deborah Coker Philip Shaibu, the former deputy governor of Edo, has stressed the need for political parties to be driven by ideology and effective leadership. Shaibu, who disclosed this on Sunday to newsmen in Abuja, said the dividends of democracy would be better felt by Nigerians through politicalContinue Reading
By Daniel Obaje Dr Jibrin Abubakar, a media and public relations expert, has urged the Federal Government to implement stronger measures to tackle the growing menace of school kidnappings across the country. Abubakar made the call after defending his 174-page PhD thesis on school kidnappings at the National OpenContinue Reading
