2023: Chief Sobomabo Jackrich Tasks Degema NRM Leaders On Commitment, Results
Ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Rivers State, governorship hopeful and candidate of the National Rescue Movement-NRM, High Chief Hon. Amb Sobomabo Jackrich has charged the leadership of the NRM in Degema Local Government Area to be more proactive,…
Maulid Nabbiy: ASHRAAF Islamic Foundation Task Muslims To Come Out Massively and Vote
By Bilkisu Adejoh Ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, ASHRAAF Islamic Foundation has hosted it’s (1444AH) 5th Annual Maulid Nabbiy Lecture Series on Saturday 19th of November, 2022 in Abuja with the theme; Islamic Perspectives on Elections and…
How NDLEA Arrested Saudi-bound Widow, Tricycle Parts Seller, Others Over Illicit Drug
A 56-year-old widow and mother of four, Mrs. Ajisegiri Kehinde Sidika has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos over her attempt to traffic 400grams of cocaine…
Republic of the wretched/Zombies
By Emmanuel Onwubiko “There’s not a drug on earth that can make life meaningful”,- Sarah Kane. I must confess from the onset that in high school, I was not really a fan of mathematics, may be because I didn’t like…
Obidient Wike Insists On “Logistics Support” For Peter Obi
Governor of Rivers State, Barr. Nyesom Wike has pledged “logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi in the state. Wike said this known on Friday night at a banquet organised by the Peoples…
FIFA President Tackles Western Critics of World Cup Host Qatar Over ‘Hypocrisy’
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has blasted the “hypocrisy” of Western critics of Qatar over human rights record, making a passionate defence of the World Cup in the Gulf state on the eve of the kick-off. The build-up to the tournament…
Npower News: Government Releases Fresh Update On ’Employment’ of N-Power Beneficiaries
Nigeria’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has labelled as “fake news” trending stories (N-power news on permanency) being shared on social media about the employment of N-Power beneficiaries into the Federal Civil Service (FCS) by President…
Provincialism, Parochialism And Underdevelopment In Nigeria
By Abiodun Komolafe By nature, development ‘belongs to those who know it, not those who have it or can buy it.’ It is like a picture, which one keeps working on. Parochialism, on the other hand, is a cultural entrapment….
Rights Group Laments Soludo’s Unbearable Taxation Regime In Anambra
…Says ‘Utopian’ Mindset And Policies Can’t Work for Anambra People Prominent civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Sunday, condemned as burdensome and unbearable the taxation regime of Governor Chukwuma Soludo in Anambra State. HURIWA’s…
EU4DEMOCRACYNG: IPC Trains 140 Female Journalists On Election Reporting
The International Press Centre (IPC), the lead partner of component 4 (Support to media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria-Phase II (EUSDGN II) project has launched a four-series specialised skill-enhancing sessions to equip and enable female…
Nigeria Poverty Index: PROMAD Blames Governments’ Budgets Without Needs Assessment For Nigeria’s Poverty
PROMAD Foundation, an Abuja-based civic-tech non-profit organisation, has said that the practice of making the government annual budget without quality needs assessment to harness citizens’ voices is responsible for the high poverty rate in the country. This was made known…
