Encouraging women inclusion in governance; lessons from Kwara A news analysis by Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) For Rukayat Shittu, a 27-year-old woman and a member of the 10th Kwara State House of Assemblyrepresenting Owode/Onire constituency in the Asa Local Government Area of the state, it is aContinue Reading
By Kayode Adebiyi Coalition for the Survival of Nigeria (CSN), a civil society organisation, has said hardship occasioned by the removal of subsidy on petroleum was not lost of the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Speaking at a news conference on the state of the nation on Monday inContinue Reading
By Nathan Nwakamma The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and its joint venture partners have renovated the Edagberi Cottage Hospital in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers. This is contained in a statement by Mrs Abimbola Essien-Nelson, SPDC’s Media Relations Manager, in Yenagoa. It may be recalledContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nasir Bashir The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project has concluded plans to drill solar powered boreholes and establish tree nurseries in five local government areas of Jigawa. The State Project Coordinator, Yahaya Muhammad, told newsmen on Monday in Dutse that the boreholes would be drilled inContinue Reading
By Victor Nwachukwu The Ikukuoma Sports Development Foundation and the management of the Nationwide League One (NLO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the ponsorship of the Super 16 Cup championship. The MoU was signed in Owerri for sponsorship the tournament slated to hold in Owerri in SeptemberContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume has described as an abuse of court process, the appeal filed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), seeking to upturn the judgment of a Federal High Court, which ordered his reinstatement as non-executive chairman of the Board of the newly-created NNPCL. AraraumeContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Federal Government has urged the country’s women’s national basketball team D’Tigress to shun drug addiction and other forms of social vices for them to enjoy the benefits of winning the 2023 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket Tournament. Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Sports and YouthContinue Reading
By Mohammed Tijjani No fewer than 294 Army Officers on Sunday commenced a week long Senior Staff Course Qualifying Examination, holding at Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the examination is being conducted by the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).Continue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has ordered the immediate suspension of Mrs Adenike Adekanbi, General Manager, Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA). Mr Olumide Sogunle, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. The governorContinue Reading
Coup d’états: Dangers of democratic disruption and African solutions A news analysis by Emmanuel Oloniruha, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Recent happenings in West Africa points the fact of the danger democracy and good governance are facing in the region. The military takeover in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, Sudan andContinue Reading
