To boost patronage of made-in-Nigeria goods, the House of Representatives has passed a bill for second reading seeking to make it mandatory for Ministries, Departments to procure goods and services from local manufacturers and indigenous companies. The bill titled “Local Industry Patronage Bill, 2024,” seeks to allow for local goods and services to be mandatorily given priority. The bill aims to give priority to local manufacturers and indigenous companies, and to prohibit the exclusion of...

The Lagos State Police Command on Sunday arrested and later released protesters who gathered at the Lekki Tollgate to mark the fourth anniversary of the #EndSARS protests and the 20 October 2020 shooting incident. The protesters had converged at the tollgate early Sunday morning to honour victims of the 2020 military crackdown. Waving placards and chanting songs, they commemorated the day soldiers reportedly opened fire on unarmed protesters at the tollgate. Although witnesses claimed several...

The National Orientation Agency has emphasized the need for individual and collective attitudinal change for a better nation. Speaking at a town hall meeting organized by the Agency for sensitization of stakeholders in Enugu on the re-adopted national anthem and unveiling of the National Values Charter, (NVC), the Director General of NOA, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu represented by Mrs. Helen Babalola said the way to make Nigeria great again is through collective efforts but it starts...

The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), a non-Governmental organization has launched a new project, “Promotion of Democratic Participation in Nigeria: Social Accountability in the Implementation of Free Maternal and Child Healthcare Law in Kano State. The creativity aims to reduce the rates of maternal and child mortality in the region. Executive Director Dr. Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi of the organization during the inaugural press briefing held at City Centre Hotels in Kano...

The National Chairman of Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Alhaji Yusuf Dantalle has called for scrapping State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs), saying, “the sham called elections they conduct are deliberate assault on the nation’s democracy. Dantalle spoke Thursday at the quarterly consultative meeting organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. “Council will not fold its hand and allow this glaring perversion  of the democratic process to continue. It is not just a coronation...