By Tosin Kolade Oluwafunke Adeoye, Nigerian human rights lawyer and two Kenyan citizens have won the 2023 Waislitz Global Citizen Awards. The award is aimed at inspiring people working within their communities to overcome challenges like air and water pollution, period poverty, unstable infrastructure and gender disparities in education. ItContinue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise and Centre for Change, has described the passing of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, Founding Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, as a rude shock. Okei-Odumakin made this known in a condolence message titled: ‘Pastor Taiwo Odukoya: So long’ on TuesdayContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Ibrahim Haruna has called on parents to enroll their children for the Children Golf Development Clinic of the club. Ibrahim made the called at the prize giving ceremony of the 2023 ChildrenContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Retired Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu, the interim Administrator of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), says the programme has nothing to hide, faulting calls for a probe by anti-graft agencies. Ndiomu said this in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Mr Freston Akpor and made available to News AgencyContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang The Senate has confirmed 45 ministerial nominees out of the 48 nominees forwarded to it by President Bola Tinubu. The confirmation followed the consideration and approval of the nominees during Monday’s plenary. The nominees include Sen. Abubakar Kyari (Borno ); Abubakar Momoh (Edo), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Prof.Continue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) says it will begin indexing of students in schools to ensure that institutions don’t exceed admission quotas for engineering programmes. President of COREN, Prof. Sadiq Abubakar, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
By Esther Mamudu/ Veronica Dariya Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called on the Federal Government to intervene in the rising cost of goods and services in the country. The residents who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in AbujaContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu Mr Sonny Ogbuehi, Country Programme Director, West Africa Solidarity Centre, has said that about 57 per cent of women have experienced Gender Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) in Nigeria. Ogbuehi said this on Monday at an Integrated Coalition workshop organised by the Centre and the Nigeria LabourContinue Reading
By Stephen Adeleye Two Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Helpline Foundation for the Needy and Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu (RTA) Foundation, on Monday disbursed N20,000 each as non-profit revolving loan to some market women in two communities in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme was inaugurated and coordinatedContinue Reading
Gov. Seyi Makinde By David Adeoye Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has set up a palliative committee for the Sustainable Action for Economic Recovery (SAfER). This is according to a statement issued on Monday in Ibadan by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Sulaimon Olanrewaju.Continue Reading
