Atiku Hails Obasanjo Over Swift Assent To WOTCLEF Bill

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hailed former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the swift assent to the bill creating Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). He also commended the National Assembly for passing the bill even as he urged that no child should be denied education and no woman should suffer from trafficking. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections stated this on Monday at the...

Atiku Abubakar Mourns Prof. Humphrey Nwosu

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed his condolences to the family of Professor Humphrey Nwosu, who passed away in the United States on Friday. In a statement on Sunday, Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate for the 2023 election, conveyed his sorrow at the loss of Nwosu, who served as Chairman of the now-defunct National Electoral Commission and oversaw the historic June 12, 1993 election won by the late Chief MKO Abiola, which...

Kogi: Health Ministry To Conduct Free Medical Tests Across All LGAs, Wards 

The Kogi State Ministry of Health is set to conduct free medical tests across the 21 Local Government Areas (LGA) and 239 Wards of the state. It will be recalled that the Healthcare Initiative launched by the Health Commissioners’ Forum and supported by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and the Federal Ministry of Health, is aimed at early diagnosis and counselling as well as management of ailments that lead to sudden death. According to a press...

Blackouts: Efficient Supply Of Energy Vital To Economic Growth – Yagabi

Engr. Sani Yabagi, the National Chairman of Action Democratic Party (ADP) and immediate past National Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has condemned the blackouts in three regions of the country, saying that  efficient supply of energy is vital to economic growth. It will be recalled that three regions across the country, South-East, North-West and North-East regions have experienced blackouts in as a result of national grid collapse in the past three weeks. Yabagi in...

Flood: Kogi Govt Drills Boreholes At IDP Camps

To ensure that families displaced by flood are not exposed to water-borne diseases, the Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has begun the drilling of boreholes at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. According to the state government, this will also help to ameliorate the hardship the displaced persons go through while in search of water. The Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo, who stated this on Thursday, noted that the...

Jonathan To Lead AU Election Mission To Botswana, Departs Gaborone Friday

Former President Goodluck Jonathan will be leading the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to observe Botswana’s general elections scheduled to hold on October 30, 2024, and is billed to leave for Gaborone on Friday. Ikechukwu Eze, SA to the former President, in a press statement on Thursday noted that Jonathan will lead other distinguished leaders including members of the African Union Permanent Representative Committee, Pan African Parliament (PAP), African Governance Platform, Election Management Bodies,...

Enugu: NSCDC Detains Four For Vandalism, Stealing 

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday in Enugu State detained four suspects for vandalism and stealing railway infrastructure worth multi-million naira within the Eha-Amufu community. Mr. Cyprian  Otoibhi, the Commandant of NSCDC Enugu State Command, told newsmen in a briefing that hundreds of sliced railway lines and slippers worth multi-million naira were carefully concealed under several bags of sawdust. According to Otoibhi, the four suspects were involved in the illegal excavation...

Eight Feared Dead In Rivers Helicopter Crash 

The Rivers State Police Command has said that eight persons on board the helicopter which crashed at 11am in the state are feared. The Ill-fated helicopter departed from Nigerian Air Force Base in Port Harcourt, traveling to Nuim Antan OML123 fields with two crew members and six passengers when it reportedly ditched into the ocean near Antan Producing Limited’s Mimbo platform and Floating Production and Offloading (FPSO). SP Grace Iringe-Koko, Public Relations Officer for the...

Damagum’s Abysmal Performance Necessitates Calls For His Removal – Ex-Gov Suswam

Former Governor of Benue State and lawmaker representing Benue North-East at the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Gabriel Suswam has said that the calls for the acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum to step aside are necessitated by his abysmal performance. The PDP chieftain disclosed this on Thursday  on Arise TV, stressing that Damagum’s leadership style has caused the crisis in the party to deepen. He said, “Damagum’s...

Steer Clear Our Huge Agric Investment, Ekiti Govt Warns Herders

The Ekiti State government has warned herders operating in the state to steer clear its huge agriculture investment in the state. The govrenmnet urged the herders not to make a mess of the government’s huge investment in agriculture by allowing their flocks to invade and destroy farms in the state. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Brig. General Ebenezer Ogundana (rtd) gave the warning in Ado Ekiti yesterday during a stakeholders’ meeting of...

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