UN chief, Antonio Guterres The UN yesterday highlighted the need to defend women’s rights which were under threat, citing a reversal in hard-won progress, increasing violence against women and a growing digital gender divide. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said this at the opening of the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of...
•Ortom Benue People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Foundation Group has called on the party in the state to suspend the immediate past Governor of the state, Chief Samuel Ortom for allegedly engaging in anti-party activities. The group also urged the State Working Committee (SWC), to set up a Disciplinary Committee to investigate the former governor...
•Oyintiloye Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently intervene in the hike in prices of essential drugs in the country. Oyintiloye, who made the appeal while speaking with newsmen yesterday in Osogbo, the state capital, said that many Nigerians a...
•Fubara and Wike A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has cautioned FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to refrain from his “custom of unbridled and overbearing indulgence” targeted against efforts to resist his boundless sense of entitlement and overlordship over the public and private lives and concerns...
•CJN Olukayode Ariwoola Against the backdrop of claims by former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Musa Datijo, that the Chief Justice of Nigeria wields enormous powers capable of derailing the course of justice, the House of Representatives has reiterated its readiness to look at the allegations and come up with what is best for […...
•Speaker Obasa The Lagos State House of Assembly has made a call for the review of administrative guidelines for Local Governments (LG) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDA) in order to ensure effective governance in relation to societal advancement. The Frontier reports that the call, supported by Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, emphasises the...