A group of persons with disabilities (PWDs) under the aegis of the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has charged other states to emulate the 10 states that have adopted domesticated the Disability Act in the country. Executive Director of ...
Read More »FG includes France, Germany, Spain in list of high-risk countries
The Federal Government has included France, Germany and Spain among high-risk countries with widespread community transmission of coronavirus on its watch list. Earlier, the Federal Government had list China, Japan, Iran, Italy and the Republic of Korea on its priority ...
Read More »ERA/FoEN urges FG to conduct forensic investigation of Lagos explosion, says incident ‘suspiciously different’ By Edu Abade
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Federal Government to conduct forensic investigation of the immediate and remote causes of the Abule-Ado explosion of Sunday, March 15, 2020, which killed scores and led to devastation ...
Read More »LAGOS LEGISLATORS FORUM WADES INTO CRISIS ROCKING NINTH ASSEMBLY
The Lagos Legislators Forum, which is the official body of all former lawmakers of the State House of Assembly has expressed concern over the crisis rocking the legislative house. According to a statement by the Spokesman of the Forum, Hon. ...
Read More »LAGOS LEGISLATORS FORUM WADES INTO CRISIS ROCKING NINTH ASSEMBLY
The Lagos Legislators Forum, which is the official body of all former lawmakers of the State House of Assembly has expressed concern over the crisis rocking the legislative house. According to a statement by the Spokesman of the Forum, Hon. ...
Read More »The Nigerian Customs Kwara state,Educate Stakeholders market associations on border closure in Nigeria: Seized goods worth N703,746,780.00 and 166 Illigal Migrants
The Nigeria Customs Service Kwara state on Friday sensitize stakeholders including textiles, shoes, veils and market women associations on the importance of continuous border closure in the Country Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba the Coordinator Joint Border Operations Drill sector ...
Read More »Niger Delta states deserve more than 13% derivation, Okowa insists
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has declared that oil-producing states deserved more than 13 per cent derivation from the Federation Account. Speaking when members of Post-Mortem Sub-Committee of the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC), led by Mr. Kabir Mashi, visited ...
Read More »How FG encourages violent agitations, by MOSOP factional leader
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has said the refusal by the Federal Government to address grievances of ethnic nationalities was encouraging violent agitation. The group’s factional leader, Fegalo Nsuke, stated that unresolved issues, such as ...
Read More »Itsekiri leader sues for peace as Edo communal clash claims four
The Iyatsere of Warri, Chief Johnson Atseleghe, has sued for peace between the warring Bini and Itsekiri youths of Ologbo community in Ikpoba Okha Local Council of Edo State. The combatants had been engaged in a fierce battle over a ...
Read More »APC chief alerts to coronavirus surge, seeks closure of schools, NYSC
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Director of Planning during the 2015 presidential campaign, Dr. Theodore Ekechi, has alerted that a surge in the cases of coronavirus is imminent in the country. He, therefore, urged the ...
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