By Naomi Sharang The 10th Senate has assured that it will reconsider the Diaspora Voting Bill this week. The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), made this known during a virtual dialogue organised by Engage Diaspora Foundation in collaboration with the Directorate of Diaspora and International Affairs of his office. TheContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed deep sadness over the passing of Alhaji Usman Baba-Patigi, a Nollywood actor, fondly known as Samanja. Shettima stated this via his verified Facebook page, on Sunday. The vice president said, ” I am deeply saddened by the passing of Alhaji UsmanContinue Reading
By Bashir Rabe Mani The 12th National Council on Housing will be held from Nov. 13 to Nov. 17 in Kaduna. This is contained in a statement issued in Kaduna on Sunday, by the Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Badamasi Haiba. Haiba said that theContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Twenty-year-old, Morenikeji Adebanjo, from Ogun State has emerged the overall best student at the 10th Convocation Ceremony of Baze University. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebanjo, a graduate of Law, came overall best with the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.81 on aContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice President Kashim Shettima, has commended Access Bank for offering N30 billion discounted loan to 700,000 Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice-President, in statement on Saturday, saidContinue Reading
By Ali Baba-Inuwa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said two million registered voters are expected to vote in the Saturday off-cycle governorship election in Kogi. The election will hold in 3,508 poling units, spread across the 21 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The LGAs included Adavi, Ajaokuta,Continue Reading
A News Analysis by Nathan Nwakamma, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa, stakeholders have been emphasising the imperative for all actors in the political space of the state, including voters and contestants to work for a peaceful and credible election on Nov. 11. TheContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy, and Development (SCDDD), and stakeholders have called on Nigerians to work for the peace, unity, and prosperity of the nation irrespective of their religious, tribal and political differences. The stakeholders at a Roundtable Engagement on National Cohesion organised by SCDDD and supportedContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Al-Habibiyya Islamic Society have agreed to to mobilise N500 million annually, to improve the living conditions of three million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. The National Chief Imam of Al-Habibiyyah, Fuad Adeyemi, made this known while addressingContinue Reading
By Justina Auta Stakeholders have called for strengthening of legal framework and policies to protect young people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) access employment opportunities in the country. They made the call at the youth pre-conference session, organised by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and Youth Network on HIV/AIDS inContinue Reading
