ILO, UNICEF hold capacity building training for policy makers
THE International Labour Organization, ILO, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, in Abuja on Thursday, organized a transformative social protection capacity workshop funded by the European Union for policy makers.
Shettima to journalists: Tinubu remains your ally
…Pledges to table NUJ’s demands of protection, review of libel laws, others before president By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has assured the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, that the administration of President Bola Tinubu remained an ally of the media, and was committed to protecting and advancing the journalism […]
Edo’s re-enactment of Obaseki’s education reforms
By CRUSOE OSAGIE One year after taking office, the Edo State Government under Governor Monday Okpebholo appears to be rediscovering itself. The government has quietly begun retracing its steps and restoring the very initiatives it once dismantled. In what now seems like a reluctant awakening, it has started to re-enact key reforms initiated under the Godwin […]
Defections: In a true democracy, people’s power trumps governors’ hubris, by Olu Fasan
President Bola Tinubu is taking no prisoners. He and his party, All Progressives Congress, APC, are going all out to coopt governors of the opposition parties into their fold ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Recently, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC, donning Tinubu’s trademark cap, […]
FG to invest $220m in creating job opportunities for young Nigerians
The Federal Government said yesterday it has concluded plans to invest $220 million in creating employment opportunities for young Nigerians.
Prof Amupitan and Nigerian democracy
By AMINU JAHUN Since the approval of his appointment by the National Council of State as INEC Chairman, and subsequent endorsement by the Senate, Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan has been a recipient of torrential congratulatory messages, prayers and unsolicited advice, some in good faith and others outrightly opportunistic. But many pundits would rather join the prayerful […]
