…Wants 35 % women representation in appointive offices at Federal, State levels. …Calls for quick passage of the VAPP bill in Ondo State Dayo Johnson Akure The Justice Development and Peace Centre (JDPC), Akure, the convener of Stop Violence Against Wen in Politics VAPP has called on the National Assembly to make provisions in the […]

    By Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Nnewi A group of human rights lawyers and other stakeholders in Anambra State have raised the alarm over the unlawful detention of no fewer than 18 persons in various Correctional Centres in the State, for offences allegedly committed by their fathers, husbands, brothers or relations. They also decried the detention […]

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Nnewi The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, yesterday accused the Federal and State Governments of deliberately killing and undermining Nigeria by willfully designing and implementing bad policies in their institutions. This was disclosed yesterday by the National President of ASUP, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, who was flanked by […]

Abia State Government has issued a stern warning to traders at the popular Ngwa Road Market Aba, threatening to shut down the market indefinitely if they continued to disrupt the ongoing renovation of the market.

By Ozioruva Aliu, Benin-City The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19, 2020, Edo state governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has called on members of‎ the party in the state to come together to reorganise and position the party to win elections again. In a statement issued yesterday while reacting […]

Following Friday squabble between some youths at the Makurdi Modern Market and selected Muslim traders in the market, Governor Samuel Ortom has asked security agencies to fish out the mastermind of the crisis and have them prosecuted.

By Festus Ahon, Asaba Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, Saturday, said the emergence of Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as Governor of the State in 2015 is a blessing to the State. Oborevwori in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Dennis Otu in a Goodwill message on the sixth […]

By Festus Ahon, Asaba Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Saturday, said adherence to fiscal discipline and superior planning accounted for the successes recorded by his administration in the last six years. Speaking to Journalists in Asaba during the celebration of his sixth anniversary as Governor of the State, Okowa said that his administration’s success […]

  Former Supreme Court Judge George W. Kanyeihamba will be among key note Speakers at the resurrection of the Black Wall Street. Mr Kanyeihamba joins another renowned pan africanist PLO Lumumba who has also confirmed his presence at the Africa Rebirth Conference slated for May 31 and June 1 at the Black Wall Street House […]

By BENJAMIN NJOKU A chick that will grow into a cock, according to an African proverb, “can be spotted the very day it hatches.” And this is not far from being the story of Olamilekan Agbeleshe popularly known as Laycon. The talented rapper became a household name in many homes in Africa and beyond, after […]