By Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto The Senator representing Sokoto East Senatorial District, Ibrahim Lamido, has explained his decision not to seek re election to the National Assembly, declaring that the legislative office lacks the executive authority required to effectively confront the worsening insecurity affecting communities in his constituency. Speaking in an interview with with journalists over […]

The Kogi State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Aridaojo Monday Anyebe, has congratulated All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates who emerged from the party’s House of Representatives primary elections held across the state on Saturday, describing the conduct of the exercise as a significant affirmation of the party’s internal cohesion. In a statement issued […]

…deepens strategic engagement on counterterrorism strategy implementation By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA – AS insecurity remains a protracted challenge impeding development in Africa, the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies Nigeria Chapter has called for deeper and stronger inter-agency collaboration for Nigeria and the West African region. The leadership of the ACSS Nigeria Chapter made the call […]

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA Elder statesmen in Akwa Ibom State on Monday protested the continued non‑operational status of the University of Maritime Studies, Oron (UMSO), nearly four years after the institution was established. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the Oron Stakeholders Forum noted that the institution was lawfully established by an Act of the National Assembly, […]

By Peter Oyedele, Abuja No fewer than 1,000 women in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have benefited from an empowerment programme organized by the Women Wing of the City Boy Movement, CBM, as the group reaffirmed support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The large-scale empowerment initiative, organized by […]