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Centre for Legal Rights Advancement seeks abolition of corporal punishment

On: May 1, 2023

By Ebere Agozie The Centre for Legal Rights Advancement (CLRA), a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called for the abolition of the practice of all forms of corporal punishment in the country. The founder of CLRA, Prof Ben Angwe, made the call in a statement in Abuja to commemorate theContinue Reading

Alleged unlawful demolition: Traders ask I-G to investigate police officers

By: isaac aregbesola

On: May 1, 2023

In: General News

Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba By Taiye Agbaje Abuja Traders’ Association has asked the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Usman Baba, to order the arrest and prosecution of 30 police officers used by Urban Shelter Limited to supervise alleged illegally demolition of structures at Abuja shopping complex. The association alsoContinue Reading

World Veterinary Day: Veterinarians want vet desks in NDLEA, NEMA others

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: May 1, 2023

In: General News

By Felicia Imohimi The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), has called for the establishment of veterinary desks in emergency management institutions and other relevant agencies. Dr Ifeanyi Ogbu. Chairman, FCT Chapter NVMA, who made the call during the commemoration of the World Veterinary Day (WVD), on Sunday in Abuja, listedContinue Reading

Sudan: FG says $1.2m negotiated on condition of war

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: April 30, 2023

In: General News

By Ahmed Ubandoma The Federal Government has explained that the sum of 1.2 million dollars allegedly spent in hiring buses for the evacuation of Nigerian students in Sudan was due to the dire need of the war situation. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of theContinue Reading

IOM trains 19 women, 43 others on carpentry in Edo

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: April 30, 2023

In: General News

By Nefishetu Yakubu The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Saturday graduated 62 youths, including 19 women on wood vocation under its community based reintegration programme in Edo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training was carried out under IOM’s Nigeria: Promoting Resilience and Sustainable Livelihood forContinue Reading

NGO urges media to promote girl-child education in Ekiti

By: isaac aregbesola

On: April 29, 2023

In: General News

Cross section of media professionals at one day Media Roundtable on Girl-Child Education in Ado-Ekiti.[NAN-PHOTO] By Bolanle Lawal An NGO, Balm In Gilead Foundation for Sustainable Development (BIGIF), has urged media professionals to promote girl-child education in Ekiti. Its Executive Director, Ms Oluwatumininu Adedeji, made the plea on Saturday atContinue Reading

PSC solicits partnership with NUJ to promote harmonious relationship

By: isaac aregbesola

On: April 29, 2023

In: General News

The Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Solomon Arase, NUJ National president, Comrade Chris Isiguzo and some members of the commission and the union. By Dorcas Jonah The Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Solomon Arase, has solicited the support of the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) to promoteContinue Reading

AirPeace, NAF begin evacuation of stranded Nigerians in Sudan

By: Rabi'u Sani Ali

On: April 29, 2023

In: General News

By Ahmed Ubandoma The Federal Government on Friday said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF C-130H) plane and Airpeace plane have been cleared to fly Egyptian airspace for the evacuation of Nigerians stranded in Sudan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this followed the outbreak of war between theContinue Reading

Buhari meets Tinubu at Presidential Villa

By: Rabi'u Sani Ali

On: April 29, 2023

In: General News

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, and later offered Friday prayers at the State House Mosque, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. A statement by Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja confirmed that the two leaders had a closed-door meetingContinue Reading

IOM inaugurates new office, migration health assessment clinic in Benin

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: April 29, 2023

In: General News

By Nefishetu Yakubu The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Friday inaugurated a new office and a migration health assessment clinic (MHAC) in Benin, Edo, to respond to returnees with medical conditions. Inaugurating the office, the Deputy Director General, IOM, Mrs Ugochi Daniels, said the clinic was the third inContinue Reading

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