By Justina Auta As Nigeria gets set for Presidential and National Assembly elections, an NGO, Seyi and Grace Compassionate Foundation, has urged widows to come out en masse and vote credible, competent and compassionate leaders. The Founder of the group, Mrs Grace Garbson, made the call in Abuja on FridayContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue About 100 Nigerian girls aged between 12 and 25 are participating in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), coding camp in Niamey. A statement issued on the UNECA’s website said the training was part of its “Young African Women Connected Coding Camp” initiative. UNECA saidContinue Reading
By Sylvester Thompson Prof. Olalekan Akinbo, Expert Supervisor at Centre of Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), said STI can facilitate Nigeria’s economic growth if the right policies were put in place. Akinbo spoke in a telephone interview with the News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Albino Foundation (TAF) Africa and the European Union (EU) have sustained the call for the conduct of an all inclusive election prioritising Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). Mr Jake Epelle, Founder, Chief Executive Officer, TAF, made the call at its Africa’s Election Activities and Intervention briefing in AbujaContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Transition Monitoring Group(TMG) has alerted anti-graft agencies on possibilities of vote trading in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Election. Mr Auwal Rafsanjani, the Chairman, TMG said this in statement on Friday in Abuja. Rafsanjani commended Nigerians, especially the young people that have shown great enthusiasm forContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the United Global Resolve for Peace (UGRFP) urged security agents to go all out against vote buyers as Nigerians exercise their franchise in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. Chairman of the organisation, Mr Shalom Olaseni who made the call in a statementContinue Reading
By Naomi Sharang An election observer group, Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has called on security agencies deployed for the the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections to be neutral during the polls. A member of the Team of Experts for CTA, Prof. Anthony Olusanya, made the call in Abuja,Continue Reading
By Bolanle Lawal The Balm In Gilead Foundation for Sustainable Development (BIGIF) has urged citizens to refrain from committing any form of violence against women in politics during the general elections. BIGIF, through its brainchild, Case Tracking and Response Centre (CTRC) stated this in its pre-election statement ahead the SaturdayContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne Habu Gumel, President of Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), has urged sports federations in the country to step up preparations for the three major games Nigeria would be attending this year. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three major Games include the African Games toContinue Reading
By Ruth Oketunde The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has said that it would be carrying out a special monitoring of public officers’ participation in the conduct of the 2023 general elections. Prof. Isah Mohammed, Chairman, CCB, made known while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. He said that theContinue Reading
