Name nationwide protests sponsors – APC diaspora tells DSS
Mr Ayoola Lawal, former Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee of Diaspora Chairmen, has urged the Department of State Services (DSS) to reveal the sponsors of the planned nationwide protests publicly. Lawal in a statement on Tuesday stressed the need for transparency to maintain public trust and for Nigerians to know the motives […]
ACF rejects planned protest
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has rejected the planned nationwide protest and warned that A ten-day shutdown of Nigeria will be much too long, counterproductive and disruptive.
IOC asks Nigeria to remove suspended Ogunsemilore from Games Village
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has directed the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) to move away from the Games Village its suspended athlete, Cynthia Ogunsemilore.
Protest will worsen our woes, Youth Democracy Group tells Nigerians
A pro-democracy group, Nigeria Youth for Democracy has said embarking on protests at this period of uncertainty and tension occasioned by economic challenges in the country will further worsen the state of affairs.
JAKANDE LECTURE: Publishers, others point way to media survival
Chairman and Publisher of Vanguard Media Limited, Mr Sam Amuka-Pemu; Chairman of THISDAY and ARISE Media Group, Mr Nduka Obaigbena; and President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, NGE, Mr Eze Anaba, Tuesday, marshalled innovative measures into which media practitioners can tap to enable print journalism survive in Nigeria.
Group gives N2m grants to ex-s3x workers for business
Shina Abubakar, Osogbo A Non-Governmental Organisation, Blossom Girls Outreach Foundation, BGOF, has given one million naira grant each to two rescued commercial sex workers for business take-off. The rescued girls went through a six-month rehabilitation programme during which they were trained in different businesses before their eventual graduation. In her keynote address at the cheque […]
