UNESCO tasks Nigeria to institutionalize, domesticate GBV manual in tertiary institutions
By Joseph Erunke ABUJA– THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO, has asked Nigeria to support institutionalization and domestication of Gender-Based Violence Protocol in higher institutions. The Director, UNESCO Regional Office, Abuja, Mr Dimitri Sanga, said this in Abuja, Monday, at the launch of the Gender Mainstreaming Training Manual for Higher Institutions in […]
Twitter Ban: Sanwo-Olu calls for restraint, dialogue
.Says action hurting Nigeria, Lagos economies .Receives 250 pages of abandoned buildings recommended for removal By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged the Federal Government, FG, to have a rethink over the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria by embarking on dialogue with the aim of resolving the issues. Recall that FG […]
Again, 27 mourners and traders killed in Agatu by armed herdsmen
“I am just coming back from Odugbeho and I can confirm that 27 persons were killed and some sustained injuries when herdsmen attacked the community at about 6pm on Sunday.
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Low magnitude earth tremor rocks Nigeria
The report reads further, “An earth-tremor of low magnitude occurred in Nigeria at 11:11:25.6 am (GMT) on 5th June, 2021. The origin time is 11:11.08.2 am (GMT) (Figures 1 to 3).
APC Primaries: Protesters block Somolu LG Secretariat, disrupt activities
By Dapo Akinrefon Scores of protesters on Monday morning stormed the office complex of Somolu Local Government Area, thereby preventing staff of the council from gaining access into the Secretariat. The protesters, numbering over 100, were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions written on them, as they also chanted different protest songs to drive home […]
2023 presidential poll: APGA youth group floats Atiku/Soludo campaign
By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–AHEAD of the 2023 presidential election, a leading All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA group operating under the aegis of APGA Movement for United Nigeria,AMUN,has launched the Atiku/Soludo Presidential campaign. The group which addressed newsmen at the venue of the event in Abuja, said the choice of the duo was conceived out of […]
Suspected herdsmen kill three in Ogun
By James Ogunnaike Gunmen suspected to the herdsmen on Sunday night killed no fewer than three persons at Amule Kanji village in the Imeko local government area of Ogun State. The three victims were identified as Tunde Taiwo; John Taiwo and Femi Bara. Vanguard gathered that the killers of the trio might be fleeing herdsmen […]
Asking TV, radio stations to deactivate Twitter accounts unlawful, SERAP tells NBC
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has condemned “the patently unlawful and unconstitutional directive by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to all broadcast stations in the country to suspend the patronage of Twitter with immediate effect.”
African arts in Scotland
New research reveals that African arts are some of the continent’s most notable modernist artists; together they provide a range of insights into the interests and concerns that pervaded the era of independence.
HURIWA tasks Nigerian Army on respect for human rights
By Dirisu Yakubu, Abuja Concerned about what it called serial abuses of the fundamental human rights of citizens, a frontline rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on new Chief of Army Staff, General Farouk Yahaya to prioritize rules of engagement by men and officers of the army. In […]
