•BringBackOurGirls Advocacy Movement Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, had said that the federal government’s persecution and troop deployment to disband the BringBackOurGirls Advocacy Movement during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure are factors contributing to the continued captivity of about 100 Chibok girls. Falana also disclosed...
A former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services (DSS), Adams Abuh, has called on 20 governors yet to support the creation of state police to expedite action. Abuh, who was a guest on Channels Television this morning, said the escalating security challenges of banditry and kidnapping in the country demand urgent response from ...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the federal government to remove impediments on healthcare workers’ paths to migrating to greener pastures. Mr Joe Ajaero, NLC President, made this submission at the 11th Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) tod...
•Tinubu The Anglican Bishop of Ikwerre Diocese, in River State, Dr Blessing Enyindah, has called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency address the increasing hardship facing Nigerians. Many Nigerians have been begging the government to find solutions to the continued increase in the prices of food in the country, reports The [&hel...
•Speaker Obasa The Lagos State House of Assembly has urged the government to support Amina Alege, a 12-year-old student of the Adam Yakubu Memorial High School in Lagos State, who suffered an eye injury after she was allegedly tear-gassed by the police. The incident occurred on Friday, February 9, 2024, in front of a mosque […]
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), Nigeria, an NGO, has advocated for safe sex among young people for prevention diseases and unwanted pregnancies. AHF Advocacy and Marketing Manager, Steve Aborishade, who spoke yesterday in Makurdi, at the end of a road walk and distribution of condoms and flyers, an event being part of activities marking the ...
•Tinubu and Shettima with Super Eagles President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been commended for hosting the silver-winning Super Eagles and best male football team of the concluded 34th African Cup of nations (AFCON), with the Human rights Writers Association of Nigeria declaring the presidential reception as wise and worthy. The Super Eagles played...
President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to expeditiously confirm the sack of the chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera. This is contained in a letter by President Bola Tinubu read out by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary today. Tinubu also sought the...
•Ali Ndume Senator representing Borno South and Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume, has commended the position of the federal government, mandating the nation oil giant, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), to remit its earnings from crude oil sales to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Senator...
•Philip Aivoji The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called upon security agencies and government authorities at all levels to urgently intervene and secure the release of its chairman, Mr Philip Aivoji, who was kidnapped in the Ogere area along the Lagos/Ibadan Motorway yesterday around 6 p.m. The incident happened...