NGO Advocates Implementation Of Paid Maternity Leave

Journalists for Public Health and Development Initiative, J4PD, a Bauchi-based Civil Society Organization has advocated the accelerated implementation of six months of paid maternity leave for working mothers that would enable them to concentrate on exclusive breastfeeding for their new babies. Bashir Hassan Abubakar, J4PD’s Knowledge Management and Communication Advisor in a statement on the occasion of 2024 World Breastfeeding Week says accelerated implementation of the six months of paid maternity leave for Nursing mothers...

Yobe State Gov’t Relaxes Curfew Impose On Three Towns

Following improvement in the security situation in Potiskum, Gashua, and Nguru towns, the Yobe State government has announced the relaxation of the curfew imposed on the affected towns. Brig. Gen. Dahiru Abdulsalam (Rtd), Special Adviser to Governor Mai Mala Buni on Security Matters in a statement said the curfew imposed on Potiskum, Nguru and Gashua is now from 12:00 noon to 5 p.m. Abdulsalam charged people in the affected towns to undertake their lawful activities...

Some Taraba Youths Shun Protest In Solidarity With Traditional Ruler

Amidst ongoing nationwide protest against hunger, hundreds of youths in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State have embarked on tilling the farm of Chief of Mutum Biyu chiefdom, Justice Sani Muhammed as a mark of support for his leadership qualities. The youths of Mutum Biyu chiefdom chose not to protest on the streets. Instead, they gathered at the farm of their paramount ruler to show respect and appreciation for his guidance. Abubakar Titus, the...

Address Demands Of Protesters To Get Them Suspend Demonstration, CSOs Tell Tinubu

Organised Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the umbrella of United Action Front have urged President Bola Tinubu to address the demands of the protesters if he wants them to suspend the ongoing demonstration. Olawale Okunniyi, Head, Coordinating Secretariat, United Action Front, in a press statement on Sunday, told the President to immediately address issues of the critical demands and yearnings of protesting Nigerians, especially the question of the reduction of fuel price to ₦167 per litre,...

President Tinubu’s Speech Is Devoid Of Answers To Protestors Demands – Ozekhome

Prof. Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has said that President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast is devoid of the protesters demand. A press statement by the legal luminary noted that the president’s speech appears vacuous, drudgery and full of a litany of government’s alleged interventions, but being completely devoid of any concrete answers to the many itemized demands by the traumatised youthful protesters. Ozekhome said, “Aside this, he erroneously, as always, picked on imaginary opposition or political opponents...

Your Speech Reads Like Page From Your Party’s Manifesto, Ezekwesili Tells Tinubu

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has said that President Bola Tinubu’s speech was like a page from his party manifesto. Ezekwesili, who disclosed this through her X handle, stressed that Tinubu missed an opportunity to placate citizens with his speech. She wrote, “@officialABAT, As one of millions of Nigerians who were at church when you delivered your late-in-coming Speech to Citizens on the #EndBadGovernancelnNigeria protests, let me loudly say it was terribly underwhelming to read....

Atiku Abubakar Says Tinubu’s Speech Lacks Credibility

Says Speech Fails To Offer Immediate, Tangible Solutions To Nigerians Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast to persuade Nigerians to suspend the ongoing protest lacks credibility, and has failed to offer immediate and tangible solutions Nigerians. A press statement signed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, noted that the broadcast intended to quell the fervour of public protests against...

Sam Momah Foundation Lecture Challenges Nnewi to Play at  Global Stage

The 4thlecture series of Sam Momah Foundation was held in Nnewi on Saturday, amidst confidence by guest speaker, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, that Nnewi should be on the global innovation map. This was also echoed by the panelists, Chief Ben Etiaba, Prof. Greg Obiamalu, Dr. Mrs. Eze from the Technology Incubation Centre in Nnewi, who represented the head of the Centre and Prof. Augustine Odili, the Vice Chancellor of Margaret Lawrence University. The event organized under...

Tinubu to Nigerians: “I’ve Heard You Loud and Clear” – Address Transcript

President Bola Tinubu addressed the nation on Sunday morning, urging citizens to suspend ongoing protests and demonstrations across the country. In the televised broadcast, the President acknowledged the right to peaceful protest but emphasised the need for stability and dialogue He promised to address the grievances and work towards tangible solutions, reiterating his commitment to the welfare and prosperity of all Nigerians. The call for suspension comes as protests tagged #EndBadGovernanaceInNigeria have rocked many parts...

#EndBadGoverance: Over 80 Miscreants Arraigned In Sokoto

The Sokoto State Police Command has arraigned 81 suspected miscreants arrested during the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGoverance protest. ASP Ahmad Rufa’i, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, said 81 suspected miscreants arrested on the protest’s first day were arraigned before a mobile court on Friday for various offenses and convicted the same day. ASP Rufa’i said an additional 28 suspected hoodlums were arrested on Friday at various locations within the state metropolis. The PPRO emphasized the...

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