The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Ogun State, Adijat Adeleye, has revealed that 502 cases of Gender-Based Violence, GBV, was recorded in the year 2025. Adeleye stated that the cases cover sexual assault, domestic abuse, child molestation, digital harassment, and intimate partner violence, which underscored the urgent need for far stronger legal safeguards and coordinated institutional action from all stakeholders to protect survivors and hold perpetrators accountable. The commissioner, who spoke in...

Former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to withdraw the ambassadorial nomination list currently before the Senate, alleging that its composition violates the Federal Character principle prescribed by the 1999 Constitution. Recall that the Senate received the lists of career and non-career ambassadorial nominees from President Tinubu on Thursday, which were referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs for screening. However, Ndume, in a statement on...

The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria announced a planned mass demonstration to press for the settlement of outstanding pension increment arrears and approved palliative allowances. According to the coalition’s National Chairman, Mukaila Ogunbote, the protest has become inevitable due to the persistent delay in meeting the pensioners’ statutory financial obligations. meanwhile, pensioners of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, have declared their readiness to join a nationwide naked protest slated for December 8...

The Rivers State House of Assembly Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, and 15 other lawmakers have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). The speaker announced the decision on Friday in the state’s House of Assembly during a plenary session.  While justifying their decision, the Speaker said the defection is due to a clear division in the PDP. Also during plenary on Thursday, the House unanimously endorsed President Bola Tinubu for...