People Living With Disabilities, PWLDs, both women and girls are at the risk of discrimination, extensive rights violations, neglect, and stigmatization, and they suffer physical, sexual and economic abuse compared to women and girls living without disabilities.

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By Udeme Akpan THE Federal government, yesterday, said it was looking up to the Dangote refinery and state-owned refineries to end massive petrol importation in Nigeria. The Dangote plant and the government have the capacity to refine 650,000 and 445,000 barrels per day, respectively. Speaking in Abuja, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company […]

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The Police Command in Osun, said Isaac Fayose, younger brother to ex-Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was not attacked by suspected kidnappers at Gbongan Area of the state on Tuesday. The command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, on Tuesday, said the report being circulated on social media was untrue as […]

By Femi Bolaji, Jalingo Following the inauguration of the End Malaria Council by the Federal Government, the Catholic Relief Service, CRS, Monday commenced a campaign to reduce the prevalence of Malaria in Taraba state. The humanitarian body at a media parley in Jalingo, the state capital said about two million insecticide treated nets would be […]

By Udeme Akpan, Kingsley Omonobi & Olayinka Ajayi The Nigerian Navy has said it was impossible to have up to 200,000 barrels of crude oil stolen and ferried through Nigeria’s waters. This is contrary to the position of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and other agencies under it which gave the figure at between 200,000 – […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta A political support group, ‘Grassroots Movement for Asiwaju Tinubu and Shettima’ (G-MATS) has assured that the combination of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Sen Kashim Shettima will redefine governance and place the country on a higher pedestal come 2023. The group stated that the 2023 All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, […]

Priority lane returns, attracts N20,000 per truck By Godwin Oritse DESPITE the outcry against the incessant extortion by state and non-state actors along the Lagos port corridors, the menace has taken a new dimension as the Creek Road, Apapa, has now been designated a priority lane, thus attracting N20,000 per truck. Confirming the development, President of […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Ogun State chapter of Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and the Human Rights and Grassroots Development Society (HRGDS), have described the ongoing investigation of a former Special Adviser/DG on Lands, Mr. Biyi Ismail by the Ogun House of Assembly as “selective and “personal vendetta”. It would be […]

By Chioma Onuegbu  Uyo —SIXTEEN years old Master Valour Mbre-Inyang of Topfaith International Secondary School, Mkpatak in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has received a cash prize of $1,000 from the school management for his brilliant performance in West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. Mbre-Inyang had nine A1s in the 2022 […]

By Dapo Akinrefon Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, issued a certificate of return to the lawmaker representing Edo North Senator Francis Alimikhena. The certificate was issued by the PDP State Chairman, Mr. Tony Azegbemhe The State Party Chairman urged  politicians to render selfless service to humanity like […]

Uneasy calm seems to be pervading the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  following what party leaders described as mixed signals emanating from  Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, over the crisis in the party.

By Chinonso Alozie  Owerri—Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Afenifere, Arewa Consultative Forum, as well as a former president, Goodluck Jonathan, will, on Saturday, storm Imo State to deliberate on the ‘Igbo quest for Nigeria’s unity’, ahead of the 2023 general elections. A statement made available to newsmen yesterday, in Owerri, by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union […]

Storm ‘Buhari House’; want state party chair sacked  By Omeiza Ajayi Abuja — Leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, yesterday, stormed the ‘Buhari House’ national  secretariat of the party and demanded the immediate sack of Mr. Ugochukwu Agballah-led State Working Committee. The leaders were led by former Senate President and […]