By Folasade Akpan The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Yush’au Ahmed, has urged state governments and all other stakeholders to play their role in securing corps members in their domains. Ahmed made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at the opening of a two-day meeting ofContinue Reading
By Uchenna Ugwu The Police Command in Ebonyi has said that it does not have information about a missing child in the state. SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, Spokesperson of the command told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Wednesday that the incident could only beContinue Reading
Opeyemi Gbemiro The Ekiti House of Assembly has called for a thorough investigation into the death of Oladimeji Aloba, a hip-hop musician popularly known as Mohbad. The assembly made the call on Wednesday while deliberating on a motion by Mr Babatunde Oke, the lawmaker representing Ikere ConstituencyContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Minister of State for Education, Dr Tanko Sununu, has appealed to students, parents and lecturers in public tertiary institutions to shun acts capable of disrupting the academic session as schools get set for resumption. Sununu made the appeal in Abuja on Wednesday when the leadershipContinue Reading
By Busayo Onijala The UN Women on Tuesday called for an increase in the private sector’s involvement in the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment in Nigeria. The call was made in Lagos, on the sideline of a Private Sector CEOs Meeting with Mr Maxime Houinato,Continue Reading
By Cecilia Ologunagba President Bola Tinubu and some Nigerian political leaders were among world leaders that attended the opening of the General Debate of the 78th session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters on Tuesday in New York. The UN correspondent of the News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Aderogba George The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has secured the sentencing of a pharmacist, Abubakar Danraka, to life imprisonment for rape. NAPTIP’s Press Officer, Mr Vincent Adekoye, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adekoye said an FCTContinue Reading
By Jessica Dogo The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, says the 10th National Assembly will not review the social media regulation bill since there are laws already guiding the use of the media. Akpabio was represented by the Senate Committee Chairman on ICT,Continue Reading
By Isaac Aregbesola Mr Lateef Fagbemi, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, has described corruption as a major challenge which depletes national wealth and erodes trust in the system. Fagbemi said this in Abuja at the senstitisation workshop on the revised guidelines on negotiation and draftingContinue Reading
By Christian Ogbonna The Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS), a non-governmental organisation, has inaugurated a digital Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) situation room in Ebonyi as part of its support toward curbing the disease in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the situationContinue Reading
