Traditional rulers across Nigeria have urged the National Assembly to reinstate their constitutional roles that were stripped away in the 1999 Constitution. According to the royal fathers, the exclusion has created a governance gap, particularly in areas of grassroots mobilization and security. They made the appeal during the North Central Zonal Public Hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution (Zone A), covering Niger, Kogi, and Kwara States, held in Minna, Niger State, on Saturday....

Amidst rumour of defection to All Progressives Congress (APC) by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has collapsed its structure into the ruling party. At a leadership caucus meeting held at the Oke Fia Government House in Osogbo, Osun State capital on Saturday, the party leadership promised to move with the Governor to wherever he would be going, even as it passed a vote of confidence...

…Fines Her N5m For Cyber Bullying The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has on Friday ordered the Senate to reinstate a suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, even as it slams her N5 million fine over cyber bullying. Recall that Natasha was on the 6th of March suspended for six months by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions over gross misconduct. Her suspension was borne out of her challenge...

A campaign against gender-based violence, child abuse, and related concerns has been taken to markets across the Ogun State capital. The Ogun State chapter of the Child Protection Network, CPN, led by the Community Child Protection Committee, visited several marketplaces, including Lafenwa, Iberekodo, Ijebu Itele, and Ijebu Imushin, among others. A committee member, Afolashade Odewale, addressing market women during the campaign, decried the alarming upsurge in cases of child abuse, condemned the attitude of some...