NLC Adamawa State Chapter Gets New Leadership

Following the expiration of the tenure of Executive members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC Adamawa State Chapter, new leaders have emerged to pilot the affairs of the union for the next four years. The new officials were elected during the 13th Quadrennial state delegates’ conference held at Nyako conference centre state Secretariat Yola, the Adamawa State capital. In his acceptance speech, State NLC Chairman who was returned, Comrade Emmanuel Fashe, while appreciating the delegates...

Italian police nab most wanted Nigerian prostitution ringleader after 13 years

A most-wanted Nigerian human trafficker in Italy has been extradited from Abuja to Rome to serve 13 years imprisonment. According to reports, the 48-year-old woman, identified as Joy Jeff, has been wanted in Italy since 2010 for crimes including human trafficking and running a prostitution ring. She had been sentenced to 13 years in prison in absentia by the Italian authorities. Jeff played a leading role in trafficking women to Italy, Spain and the Netherlands,...

IWD23 REPORT: Women still largely under-represented in Nigerian politics

As the world celebrates the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD), it is important to take a look at women’s participation in politics in Nigeria. First observed in 1911, the IWD is marked yearly on March 8 to draw attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights and violence, and abuse against women. Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to democratic governance following years of military rule, no woman has been elected as president, vice president...

‘Peter Obi’ asks BBNaija’s Tochi for N2k to file lawsuit over election results

A former BBNaija housemate, Tochukwu Okechukwu, popularly known as Tochi, has shared a message he received from a fraudster who posed as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. According to the screenshot of the chat shared by Tochi via his Instastory, the fraudster solicited N2,000 from the reality TV star. ‘Obi’ explained that the money was to be used to file a lawsuit to challenge the outcome of the February 25...

INEC announce winners of National Assembly polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a compiled list of the winners of the National Assembly polls. The National Assembly election was held alongside the presidential election on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The chairman of the INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the presidential election on Wednesday, March 1. On Tuesday, the electoral commission released a list of the senators-elect and the...

2023 Gubernatorial/HoA Elections : Police ban use of pets, dogs, others at polling units

Ahead of the Saturday’s gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections across the country, the Nigeria Police has banned the use of dogs and other pets at polling units. According to report from police source, the law enforcement agency described the act as criminal and condemnable, stressing that  it  deemed it necessary to educate and caution Nigerians on the use of pets, especially, dogs, at the polling units on election day, as such act runs...

Presidential/NASS Elections: Northern group berates INEC over poor performance

A northern group, the Conference of Northern States Civil Society Networks has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for performing below  expectation in the February 25th presidential and National Assembly elections. Ambassador Ibrahim Waiya, the chairman of the Conference, while briefing journalists in Kano, charged the electoral umpire to brace up to the challenges and perform better during next Saturday’s governorship and state Assembly elections in Nigeria. The chairman of the conference noted that...

Governorship/HoA Elections: Elect credible candidates, CSO group charges Edo People

The Edo State chapter of the Organised Civil Society Organisations (OCSO) has charged Edo State residents  to vote only credible candidates in the forthcoming governorship and House of Assembly elections. The group noted that it is another opportunity to elect credible candidates that would represent their interest in the state House of Assembly in the next four years. While addressing a world press conference in Benin, Marxist Kola Edokpayi who spoke on behalf of the...

Revisiting the Pathway to Nigeria’s President of Igbo Extraction

Probably by the end of the coming week, many people would have gotten used to the fact that the 2023 Presidential Election has been won and lost. Again, with the Southeast not able to produce a President after an intense run by Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Moving on from here, what is next in the bid for actualizing the vision for a Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction? No doubt the 2023 Presidential Election...

Ekiti State Government To Assist Rainstorm Victims

Ekiti State government is the victim of a rainstorm that destroyed about 105 buildings mostly residential in the Oke-Ako community in the Ikole local government area in the state. Governor Biodun Oyebanji stated this while assessing the level of damage caused by the rainstorm in the community and condoled with them over the disaster. Represented by his deputy, Mrs. Monisade Afuye, was conducted around the affected areas by the Regent of the town, Her Royal...

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