Panic grips Anambra as security forces engage ESN, IPOB members

There was pandemonium in the Issieke community and environs in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday arising from heavy shootings between security operatives and men suspected to…

Utilise increase in FAAC allocation to better your states, LGs – Group to Govs, Chairmen

The Independent Media and Policy Initiative has called on State Governors to utilise the financial opportunity presented by the increase in their various allocations to support the efforts of the…

19 million girls face intimate partner violence before 20 – WHO

The World Health Organisation said that close to 19 million teenage girls will have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20 years old. This…

Hunger protest: Deji Adeyanju warns army chief against deploying soldiers

Activist and human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju has urged the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, to withdraw soldiers deployed across the Federal Capital Territory and other cities…

Education minister mourns NERDC boss, Ismail

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has mourned the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council, Prof. Junaidu Ismail. In a terse statement posted on the…

NARD gives FG two-week ultimatum to rescue kidnapped doctor

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors has issued a two-week ultimatum to the government for the unconditional release of its member, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped seven months ago…

Pro-Obi Group Says Nigerians Must Decide Own Fate

Pro-Obi Group Says Nigerians Must Decide Own Fate The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has re f lected on the departure of top supporters on their principal and former presi dential candidate of La bour Party (LP) Peter Obi, and noted that citizens who desire a new and bet ter Nigeria should remain steadfast and deepen their engagements with others ti realise the

NAPTIP arrests 115 for human trafficking in A’Ibom, others

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has apprehended no fewer than 115 suspected human traffickers and rescued 75 victims in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and Rivers…

ASUU faults student loan scheme, seeks improved varsity funding 

The Ebonyi State University Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has chided the Student’s Loan scheme, saying its realisation and viability are not sustainable.   The Union, however,…

Protest: Hoodlums maim journalists, vandalise NUJ bus, confiscate palliatives

Ahead of commencement of public protests on Thursday 1st August, 2024, hoodlums in Calabar, capital of Cross River State, have descended on journalists, critically maiming one of them, a Nigerian…

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