By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Ahead of the Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections on November 16, 2019, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Thursday, urged the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, to actively participate in order to stop human rights violation. This was contained in a letter signed by the Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju and Convener, […]

Inaugurates implementation 7-man implementation c’ttee By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Thursday, disclosed that broadcast stations that air hate speech and inciting comments will attract N5 million fine. Mohammed stated this during the inauguration of the 7-man Implementation Reforms Committee of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, towards […]

The wife of the Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi, Wednesday, advised women to be cautious of their health by engaging in the regular medical check-ups and routine exercises. Mrs. Ugwuanyi enjoined women to join in the cancer awareness campaign, while also advising them to undertake regular breast checks to ascertain their medical status in […]

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has conferred the award of excellence and exemplary leadership on the Executive Chairman, Agege Local Government Area of Lagos State, Alh. Ganiyu Kola Egunjobi in recognition of his role in the fight against human trafficking. At the ceremony held on Wednesday in Lagos, NAPTIP […]

By Jane Echewodo Josephine Oyefeso of an  Ikeja High Court on Wednesday adjourned until November 21 for the adoption of final written addresses in the ongoing criminal trial of a former lecturer of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Afeez Baruwa. After the defence counsel, Ms. Taiwo Makinde told the court that they had just served […]

A snail farmer, Mr. Sunday Ido, on Thursday advised Nigerians to consume snail meat as a better alternative for protein following the ban on imported frozen chicken. Ido, the CEO of Real Snails in Calabar, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He said following […]

By Marvelene Ekott The fear that runs through your mind when your eighty-year-old mother walks up and down your staircase every night weeping and soliloquizing that she wants to go home to her family and you wonder if you aren’t her daughter anymore. The hyperactivity of your middle-aged neighbour that always wants to climb to […]

By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Less than 24 hours President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2020 budget proposal of N10. 33 trillion to the National Assembly on Tuesday, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, have raised grave concerns over items of the proposed budget, which include an increase of Value Added Tax, VAT, to 7.5 per cent, frivolous […]

…commends Jigawa State for attaining 2nd ODF status …as Jigawa initiates bill to ban open defecation By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Federal Government, Wednesday, disclosed readiness to kick-off campaign against open defecation on November 19, 2019. This was made known by the Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, in a statement signed by […]

…as ICERIA 2019 set to address challenges By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja An agricultural stakeholder, Jim Rex-Lawson Moses, Wednesday, clamoured for adequate agricultural research funding to boost food security and for effective economic diversification. Moses who is also publisher of AGROBUSINESS TIMES and organizer of the maiden International Conference & Expo on Research and Innovations […]

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) has solicited the collaboration of the Nigerian Police to tackle corruption in the force. The ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, made the call when he led a management team of the commission to the Inspector-General of Police (I-G) Muhammed Adamu in Abuja. The spokesperson of the […]

Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Ebun-olu Adegboruwa, on Tuesday said that absolute press freedom was highly desirable for Nigeria to achieve the desired growth. Adegboruwa said this while delivering a paper at the 2019 annual lecture of the National Association of Judicial Correspondents (NAJUC), Lagos branch. The paper was titled […]

Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun has described women as nation builders and a boost to sustainable development. Oyetola said this at the Second National Women’s Conference on Tuesday in Osogbo. The conference had as theme: “Woman, Pioneer of Change for Inclusive Participation in Development”. The governor said women across the world deserve recognition and commendation […]

…Urges FG to Develop Heritage Institutions like the Oloibiri Oil By Henry Umoru – Abuja The Senate, Monday hailed the federal government for the conceptualization, design, and award of N35billion contract for the establishment of the Oil and Gas Research Centre and Museum, OGRCM in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State, the first oil field in Nigeria to […]

By Umar Yusufm- Yola The five North-East states ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency are to benefit from the technical assistance of the State Education Programme Investment Project (SEPIP). The Project Coordinator, Adamawa State Education Programme Investment Project (ADSEPIP), Alhaji Othman Bakari announced in Yola, Tuesday during the flag off and distribution of essential educational […]