By Deborah Coker The Ijaw National Congress (INC) says time has come to take the “Ijaw struggle” beyond Nigeria. The INC stated this position in a communique at the end of 2024 edition of the Ijaw National Day Celebration held in Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that theContinue Reading
By Suleiman Shehu Mr Saidu Muhammad, the newly-elected President of Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN), says the association will foster peaceful coexistence among different religious and ethnic groups in Nigeria. He stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan. NANContinue Reading
By Yusuf Yunus The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) has led delegates to the 2024 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas U.S., to discuss sustainable energy solutions for Africa’s future. Mr Kevin Nwanze, Executive Secretary, PETAN, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. NwanzeContinue Reading
By Vivian Ihechu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Emeka Ahanonu and Ugo Alilionwu are from the same family. Following frequent hospital admissions in early childhood, they were later diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Their family, living in a village in the eastern part of Nigeria, did as muchContinue Reading
By Chinenye Offor The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Dr Richard Montgomery, has expressed commitment to strengthening existing relationship between the United Kingdom and Nigeria. Montgomery made the commitment in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, in commemoration of his first anniversaryContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The House of Representatives said on Friday that it would review the laws and practices restricting press freedom and the ability of the media to carry out its constitutional role in the country. Rep. Akin Rotimi, Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, said this whileContinue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi Odu’a Investment Company Ltd.(OICL) has unveiled plans to complete a 54- housing unit estate in Lagos within the next 18 months. Chief Bimbo Ashiru, Chairman of OICL, disclosed this at the groundbreaking event for the Aurora Westlink Estate on Thursday. He said that the collaborative effortContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Alhaji Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, says press freedom is not a license for practitioners to spread fake news, misinformation and disinformation. Idris stated this on Friday in Abuja while responding to questions from Journalists at the joint Ministerial Press Briefing in celebrationContinue Reading
By Maureen Okon The Anambra Disability Rights Commission has called on local airlines to protect the rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWD). Mr Chukwuka Ezewuzie , the commission’s chairman, made the plea at a press conference in Abuja on Friday. He alleged that some local airlines had been discriminating againstContinue Reading
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