By Oluwatope Lawanson Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), a non-profit civil rights organisation, has urged the National Assembly to consider passing the five gender bills into law as part of the ongoing constitution amendment. WARDC, in collaboration with USAID and SCALE/PALLADIUM, made the call at a knowledge-building roundtableContinue Reading

By Naomi Sharang A South-West group, the Yoruba Youth Council (YYC) has endorsed the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia) for the position of the 10th Speaker. The group’s National President, Mr Ayodele Gbologe who made the endorsement during a news conference in Abuja on FridayContinue Reading

By EricJames Ochigbo The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to clean up the voter’s register by removing names of dead people. This followed the adoption of a motion by Mr Leke Abejide (ADC-Kogi) during plenary. Moving the motion, Abejide alleged that the registerContinue Reading