International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women’s achievements or rally for women’s equality. This article ex...
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Women Day, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it is time to try women as male folks have failed this generation. This is even as the party National Woman Leader, Hon. Amina Divine Arong, noted that despite the outcry, women have […]
•Godswill Akpabio and Nigerian women The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has congratulated women on the occasion of the 2024 International Day of Women, saying they deserve all the respect. Akpabio, in a statement to celebrate the women signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh today, singled ou...
•Late Alexei Navalny More than 40 countries today demanded an independent international investigation into the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny — and said President Vladimir Putin bore ultimate responsibility. “We are outraged by the death of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny… Russia must allow an independent an...
•Selina Robinson British Columbia, a province in Canada, has banned new colleges from enrolling international students, including students from Nigeria for two years. The province said its decision to place the ban was to address exploitative practices within the education system, reports AFP. British Columbia is a western province in Canada, ...
The International Press Center IPC’s Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ) said it is extremely dismayed and frowns at the reported police invasion of ABN TV and forced arrest of a guest during a live programme in Umuahia on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. In a press statement signed by the Press Officer, Melody […]
•International Worship Centre, Uyo Segun Ayobolu, respected journalist, author and perfect gentleman is my contemporary in what used to be called the Lagos-Ibadan press axis. Festus Adedayo, another journalist and media consultant, belongs to the same axis but is little known to my generation of editors. There is however a fine thread that con...
•Israeli army tanks near Gaza Strip Israel declared its determination yesterday to press on with its Gaza war “with or without international support” after it came under mounting pressure even from its key backer the United States. Now in its third month, the war was launched after the unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel by […]...
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has knocked the Nigerian military the accidental bombing that killed over 85 villagers and injured several others at Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday. The rights group described as “unacceptable”, the “persistent unlawful killings of civilians” by milita...
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) yesterday failed to reopen the runway 18R/36L of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, which it promised to achieve by the end of the month. This is despite the huge inconveniences the foreign airlines are going through since March 11th 2023 when the runway was shut [&helli...