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CSO tasks presidential candidates against use of youths for violence

On: February 1, 2023

By Angela Atabo Ready to Lead Africa, a civil society organisation said it would lead Presidential Candidates to commit against exploiting youths for violence ahead of the General Elections. Mr Godbless Otubure, Founder, Ready to Lead Africa, made this known at a news conference, themed: “Youth-led Presidential Peace Accord andContinue Reading

FG unveils Road Map on Ageing

By: Rabi'u Sani Ali

On: February 1, 2023

In: General News

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The National Senior Citizens Centre (NSCC) has launched its Strategic Roadmap on Ageing 2022 to 2032 and the National Plan Action on Ageing in Nigeria and Project Activities 2021 to 2025 respectively. The Director-General of NSCC, Dr Emem Omokaro said the occasion was a milestone for theContinue Reading

Polls: Ex-VC urges Nigerians not to elect bad leaders

By: isaac aregbesola

On: January 31, 2023

In: General News

The executives at the monthly “Mbari Series”, organised by the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). By Bridget Ikyado A former Vice Chancellor of two universities, Prof. Nuhu Yaqub, says the choice of leaders Nigerians make in the forthcoming general elections will have a great impact on the future ofContinue Reading

Emir of Dutse, Sunusi is dead

By: Rabi'u Sani Ali

On: January 31, 2023

In: General News

By Muhammad Nasir Bashir The Emir of Dutse in Jigawa, Dr Nuhu Muhammad Sunusi II died at the age of 79. Sunusi died on Tuesday after protracted illness at a hospital in Abuja. The state Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwalu Daladi Sankara confirmed the death in a statement in Dutse.Continue Reading

Infrastructure: NNPC invests 1.9 trn in road construction via tax credit scheme

By: isaac aregbesola

On: January 31, 2023

In: General News

Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, (1st R); Mr Muhammed Nami, Executive Chairman, FIRS, and Representative of NNPC GMD, Mr Mele Kyari at the meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. By Perpetua Onuegbu The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it is investing N1.96 trillion into road infrastructureContinue Reading

Church cautions politicians on utterances during campaigns

By: isaac aregbesola

On: January 31, 2023

In: General News

Some members of Secretary General of CSN, on Tuesday in Abuja By Bridget Ikyado The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) has asked politicians and their agents to be civil and respectful in their utterances, while canvassing for votes ahead of the general elections. The Secretary General of CSN, the VeryContinue Reading

Stakeholders brainstorm on improving Nigeria’s energy transition plan

By: Julius Toba-Jegede

On: January 31, 2023

In: General News

By Constance Athekame Stakeholders in the nation’s energy sector gathered in Abuja on Tuesday to brainstorm on ways of improving the energy transition plan, using green hydrogen to boost power supply. It was organised by German Government, African Network for Solar Energy and Renewable Energy and Energy Sufficiency AssociationContinue Reading

MACBAN, other pastoralists want FG to take responsibility for airstrikes

By: isaac aregbesola

On: January 31, 2023

In: General News

MACBAN and other stakeholders at a news conference in Abuja By Kadiri Abdulrahman Following the recent airstrike and killing of some herdsmen by the Nigeria Air Force, a coalition of pastoralists associations wants the Federal Government to take responsibility for the killings and compensate the victims. The group, CoalitionContinue Reading

Experts provide policy analysis on key sectors of the country

By: Afonne Emmanuel

On: January 31, 2023

In: General News

By Fabian Ekeruche The ‘Which Way Nigeria Citizens’ Scenarios team has organised a national dialogue to provide expert policy analysis on key sectors of the country. The team, comprising of over 40 Nigerian Civil Society Organisations and international experts, said that the aim of the dialogue was to bolster citizens’Continue Reading

Opposition deploying fake news to destabilise polls– FG

By: Ismail Abdulaziz

On: January 31, 2023

In: General News

By Rotimi Ijikanmi The Federal Government has again raised the alarm over increase in the use of fake news and disinformation to destabilise the electoral process and plunge the nation into crisis. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the worrisome trend was being perpetrated by destabilisingContinue Reading

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