Gender equality has been a point of debate in the recent past. This is based on the ability to accord equal rights and opportunity for both genders where discrimination and prejudice are prevented. In Nigeria, gender equality and related issues are prevalent in different cases.

 The Chairman, Military Pensions Board (MPB), AVM Paul Irumheson, has confirmed the receipt of the 50 per cent balance of the pension arrears of the military retirees from the Federal Government. Irumheson made this known while addressing protesting military veterans at the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday in Abuja. He urged the protesters to shelve […]

President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday faced accusations from France’s remaining allies in West Africa of showing contempt towards Africans and from the left at home of neo-colonialism after lamenting that African countries “forgot to say thank you” for France’s decade-long military deployment to fight an Islamist insurgency.

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja A total of 43 professors at the University of Abuja have written to President Bola Tinubu declaring their opposition to the emergence of Prof. Aisha Maikudi as the institution’s vice-chancellor. They accused the school’s governing council of breaching the relevant university’s law to foist Maikudi, whom they said, was unqualified to […]

Following his release from prison having completed his jail term for blasphemy, Mubarak Bala, a self-proclaimed atheist said his life is still in danger.  Bala, who was the president of the Humanist Association was arrested on April 28, 2020, at his home in Kaduna and taken to Kano after complaints of blasphemy against Islam and […]

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Tuesday confirmed the death of one male with three others seriously injured in a multiple accident around Otedola Bridge in Lagos. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this in a statement, said that two of the injured victims were immediately rushed to the hospital. […]

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo  Kaduna – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission(ICPC) has dragged Malam Nasir El Rufai’s former Chief of Staff(CoS), Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Saidu,  to the Federal High Court in Kaduna, for alleged money laundering.  Alhaji Bashir Saidu who was also a one-time Commissioner of Finance in Kaduna State during the […]

. says promotion comes with responsibility By Evelyn Umman Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, AIG Adegoke Fayoade, has charged newly promoted officers to the ranks of Assistant Commissioner of Police, Chief Superintendent of Police, and Superintendents of Police, not to use their new status to collect money […]

The Lagos State Government (LASG) has urged the management of technical colleges to develop workshops/centres in the schools to a level of quality and as sources of revenue for the state. Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, said on the sideline of his school resumption inspection tour to Government […]

The Nigerian Navy says its personnel deployed around Agbura community in Bayelsa, have rescued nine passengers comprising eight policemen and one civilian. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Adams-Aliu said its personnel also recovered three rifles belonging to the policemen during the search […]

By Henry Oduah Controversial singer Portable has publicly praised Burna Boy, referring to him as the biggest among peers and applauding his authenticity. In a post on his Instagram Story, Portable shared a photo of Burna Boy alongside a glowing tribute. “1 man na 7 man you big pass them @burnaboygram. Zazuu no fake life […]

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, has denied claims by Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi…

…I was kept for 6hours without treatment By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT: At least three deaths have been recorded in the weekend, gas explosion fire in Rivers State. On Saturday a gas cylinder exploded when a vendor was reportedly refilling a gas can, leaving over 20 people with various degrees of burns. The incident happened […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta  The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspects for hacking into the WhatsApp account of the state’s Criminal Investigation Department head, Deputy Commissioner of Police Bode Ojajuni, and defrauding his family and friends of over N1.1 million. The Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, disclosed this while parading the suspects and […]

By Henry Oduah Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has assured corps members that they would soon start receiving an increased monthly allowance of N77,000. Speaking in Abuja during the commissioning of a staff bus donated by Capital Express Insurance Company, Ahmed stated that arrangements for the increased […]