The alleged plan by the Federal Government to legalize abortion in the country has been opposed by the Catholic Church in Nigeria. It was reported that the Health Promotion Department of the Federal Ministry of Health is reviewing sections of the Criminal Code to decriminalize abortion, aimed at expanding access to safe termination of pregnancies and reducing maternal deaths. The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Very Rev....

The House of Representatives on Thursday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to commence the gradual withdrawal of old naira notes and ensure the availability of the redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes. The Green Chamber also directed the apex bank to instruct commercial banks to conduct transactions with customers using the new notes to facilitate the phasing out of the old ones. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion of urgent...

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...

Nigeria has been classified among eleven African countries that have experienced worsening governance levels over the last decade, as highlighted in the “2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance,” published by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. The report reveals that Nigeria has dropped three places from 30th to 33rd on the continent. According to the findings, 33 countries in Africa have improved their overall governance during the past ten years, while 21 countries, including Nigeria, have seen...

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...

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...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has blamed smugglers and grain hoarders for being responsible for persistent hikes in food prices in Nigeria. Tunji Bello, Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC made the blame at a town hall meeting with industry leaders, micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, market heads, farmers, transporters, and service providers on Wednesday in Kano. Bello said: “In addition to grain hoarding, also identified price fixing and artificial barriers imposed by market...