50% of Nigerian children engaged in child labour – Anambra govt

No fewer than 50 percent of Nigerian children are engaged in child labour, the Anambra State Government has said. The state disclosed this in a public lecture titled: “The Danger of Child Labour”,organised by the state’s Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare in collaboration with Beecharity Outlook Foundation ( NGO) to mark the 2023 World Day Against Child Labour. The lecture was organised for Women leaders of various communities in the state and the...

Bayegun Oluwatoyin, the comedian and actor better known as Woli Arole, has joined the ongoing trend of breaking a Guinness World Record motivated by Chef Hilda Baci’s record-breaking cooking marathon last month. On Monday, the comedian-turned-clergyman announced on his social media pages that he plans to break the Guinness World Record for the longest prayer session. “Pray-a-thon, 5,000 hours. It is doable. Anticipate”, Arole captioned a flier of the proposed pray-a-thon, tagging the Guinness World...

Boat Capsize Kills 110 Persons In Kwara

A boat carrying about 217 people wedding guests including a father and his four children have been drowned when a boat capsized at Egbu village, in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State. The victims were said to be returning from the ceremony at Egboti village in Niger State when the boat conveying them crashed on Monday. The traditional ruler of Patigi, Ibrahim Bologi II, who confirmed the development, said 110 have died, adding...

Wesley Emerges As New Speaker ADHA

The 8th Assembly of Adamawa State has elected Hon. Bathiya Wesley from the Hong constituency as the Speaker. In the same vein, Hon. Buba Mohammed Jijiwa representing Jada/Mbulo constituency was also elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. Both the Speaker and his Deputy emerged unopposed. Immediately after the election, the speaker was sworn in by the Clerk to the Assembly Umar Usman Hamid, and later the speaker was sworn Deputy Speaker and other...

Hoba Elders Forum Donates Vehicles, and Motorcycles To Security Agencies

To strengthen the capacity of security personnel in the Hong local government area of Adamawa State, the Hoba Elders Forum has donated two Hilux vehicles to the Police and twelve motorcycles to Vigilantes in Hong local government to complement the fight against crime and criminality in the area. The donation by the forum is to complement security efforts in the maintenance of peace and tranquillity across the local government. Presenting the keys of the vehicles...

General Irabor Visits Enugu Govt, Vows Commitment To Internal Security

The Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Onyenuchea Irabor, has assured residents and government of Enugu State of the military’s readiness and commitment to ensure security of lives and property in the state. General Irabor stated this at a meeting with critical stakeholders and the Enugu State Governor Dr. Peter Mbah at the Government House, Enugu on Tuesday. Commending the strides taken by the Governor in ensuring an end to the infamous every Monday...

10th Senate: Godswill Akpabio’s inaugural speech 

“On behalf of my Deputy Senator Jibrin Barau we appreciate you Distinguished colleagues. We are very happy for his great opportunity. We thank God for the opportunity to serve and congratulate all of you for being sworn as Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We thank God for being able to wade through the very difficult election that we passed through. “I will say that this is the first cashless election that we have...

10th Senate: PANDEF congratulates Akpabio over emergence as president of senate   

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has congratulated Senator Godswill Akpabio over his emergence as the President of the 10th Senate. Dr. Ken Robinson, National Publicity Secretary, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), in a press statement on Tuesday lauded the outcome of the election at the red chamber of the National Assembly, stressing that it has provided some degree of balance in the national government. The Niger Delta Socio-cultural organisation described the attempt by some groups...

NASS Leadership: Gov. Bello congratulates Akpabio, Abbas as senate president, speaker HoR

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has sent his congratulations to Senator Godswill Akpabio on his victory and election as the President of the Senate of the 10th Senate. The governor in a congratulatory message, commended the flawless and peaceful conduct of the election, which according to him stand as a testament to the commendable workings of internal democracy within the National Assembly. Governor Bello firmly believes that Senator Akpabio’s extensive experience as a former...

Uche Ugwu Elected As Speaker 8th Enugu State House Of Assembly

Mr. Uche Calistus Ugwu, member representing Udi North Constituency has been elected Speaker and of the 8th Enugu State House of Assembly. Ugwu was nominated for the post by Iloabuchi Aniagu, member representing Nkanu West State Constituency. The motion was seconded by Chukwudi Nwankwo, member representing Awgu South constituency; Ugwu’s nomination was unopposed. Uche Calistus Ugwu was declared the Speaker Of the 8th Enugu State House of Assembly by the Clerk of the House, Barrister...

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