A section of the Ogun State Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun and the House of Assembly to reverse the suspension of 20 councils and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) chairmen. The ...
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Wike seeks assembly’s approval to stop illegal markets, motor parks
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has sought approval of the state House of Assembly to stop illegal markets, motor parks and street trading in the state. He made the request in a document titled: Rivers State Street Trading, Illegal Markets ...
Read More »Women group decries insecurity, urges govt’s urgent action
A faith-based group, Mothers of the Nations Oranisation for Peace and Development, led by its President, Bishop Priscilla Otuya, has charged the Federal Government to rise up to the nation’s insecurity challenges before the situation leads to anarchy. Speaking at ...
Read More »ActionAid launches N2.6b project in Nigeria as USAID laments gender gap
ActionAid Nigeria has launched a N2.6 billion Women’s Voice and Leadership Project to advance protection of women and girls’ rights to achieve gender equality in the country. This follows a United States Aid for International Development (USAID) report indicating that ...
Read More »PFN seeks restructuring to end farmers’, herders’ crisis
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has enjoined Nigerians to advocate urgent restructuring of Nigeria to end farmers and herders clashes in country. PFN expressed concern at the 30-day ultimatum given to the Federal Government by a Northern group, whose ...
Read More »Igala indigenes reject Federal Government’s plan to revisit RUGA in Kogi State
Igala indigenes in Kogi East Senatorial District have rejected Federal Government’s suspended grazing reserves, otherwise known as Rural Grazing Areas (RUGA) settlements earlier proposed for Fulani herdsmen across the country. The Igala leaders took the decision in Kaduna during the ...
Read More »Supreme Court declines overruling self on Zamfara as PDP commends decision
The Supreme declined the request by the All Progressives Congress (APC) asking it to reverse its May 24 ruling on the February 23 and March 10,2019 elections conducted in Zamfara State. Citing that the appellant never held valid primaries prior ...
Read More »Ahmed Lawan rules out external help for future disagreements in Senate
Senate President Ahmed Lawan has ruled out help from the Forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmen in future altercations between him and colleagues in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. He challenged the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) ...
Read More »At Olakunri’s burial, S’West governors talk tough on criminality, Fani-Kayode, cleric, others urge action
South-West governors have vowed to deal ruthlessly with criminals in the region. They assured residents that security architecture would be beefed up next month for effectiveness. Chairman of South West Governors Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, read the riot act after an ...
Read More »Varsity teachers task Federal Government on implementation of population control policies
Health and population experts have called on the Federal Government to implement policies that control population and promote reproductive health in the country. Speaking during the first annual Professor Babatunde Osotimehin’s National Reproductive Health Legacy Forum in Ibadan, Oyo State, ...
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