Calls for protection of voters’ right during elections As INEC exonerates self By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja An election observer, YIAGA AFRICA, Tuesday, moved to solve voter suppression with stakeholders’ roundtable discussion ahead of some governorship elections in 2020 and 2023 general elections. Expressing concern over continued voter suppression and apathy in various elections, the […]

Harvey Weinstein faces up to 29 years in prison when he is sentenced by a New York judge Wednesday, two weeks after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault. The ex-Hollywood titan will be taken from the notorious Rikers Island jail to the Manhattan criminal court to learn his fate at a hearing starting […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Unknown armed men Monday night reportedly shot dead one Mzambatiav Ikyagba, a Benue state vigilante official at the Akpehe settlement area of Makurdi, the state capital. According to an eyewitness, the victim was killed at about 10pm in a provision shop located directly opposite Saint Joseph Church Akpehe. The eyewitness […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri A 27-year-old man, Chinonso Nnaemeka, from Umudim, Umutanse Village in Orlu local government area of Imo state, has been arrested by police Operatives in the state over the murder of a kidnap victim, Tobias Okeke Ugo. The State Police Public Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed this yesterday, disclosed that […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The National Industrial Court, NIC, Abuja has affirmed the Ministry of Labour and Employment’s recent approval for registration of Federal Parastatals and Private Sector Pensioners’ Association of Nigeria, FEPPPAN, and Contributory Pensioners Union of Nigeria, CPUN, as pensioners’s bodies responsible for the welfare of federal parastatals and private pensioners as well as […]

By Sola Ogundipe The United Kingdom Minister of Health, Nadine Dorries, has tested positive to coronavirus. She is the first British member of parliament to test positive for the disease. Dorries had attended a reception in 10 Downing Street including a reception with Prime Minister Boris Johnson shortly before she fell ill. She interacted with […]

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN),  has launched a nationwide mass registration programme that is designed to provide tailored and critical hand-holding services to the informal operators (medium,small and micro enterprises) in Nigeria.

By Rotimi Fasan, The trouble with the Nigerian judiciary today is not unconnected to the Nigerian politician and the politics of the Nigerian state. Either in the manner in which the bench is both deliberately or benignly denied necessary funding to enable its members function as effective members of the realm or in the routine […]

Founder and Managing Director of Sankore Investment, Mrs Titi Adeoye has warned that anybody planning to venture into business must first consider his or her strengths and capabilities before doing so.

By Chief Afe Babalola SAN, Under what circumstances can a Judge give judgement against the President, members of the National Assembly, the Police, the Army without fear or favour, bearing in mind the conditions under which they serve? It is my view that the conditions of service, including salaries, provision of vehicle, maintenance and fuel, personal […]

By Bose Adelaja, Olayinka Latona & Rose Chukwu “The decision to grant the N2.9 billion loan to the Bayelsa governor is irrational to start with, and the House of Assembly shouldn’t have approved the loan. “That amount of money can be used to settle outstanding salaries. This shows that the governor doesn’t have the interest […]

The Edo Private Property Protection (PPP) Taskforce has arrested and charged an alleged land grabber, Mr Fred Odigie, to court over alleged involvement in illegal sales of landed property. Second Vice-Chairman of the Edo PPP, Surveyor Andrew Oliha, disclosed this to journalists after a sitting of the task force, in Benin City, the Edo State […]

China will contribute $20 million to the WHO in support of its global efforts in combating the COVID-19 epidemic and helping developing countries improve their response capacities and strengthen public health systems, Ambassador Chen Xu, Permanent Representative of China to the UN Office at Geneva and other International Organisations in Switzerland said on Saturday. Ambassador […]

By Sola Ogundipe In the wake of the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China and several other countries of including Nigeria, the Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Association, JOHESU/AHPA, has raised the alarm over impending drug insecurity in the country and thus called on the Federal Government to […]

By Gabriel Olawale The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA Lagos State chapter has urged the Lagos State Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA to overturn its decision on tariff increase for health facilities operating in the state. Making the appeal at the NMA Lagos Elders Forum, the Chairman of the Association, Dr Saliu Oseni said […]