Nigeria

ActionAid Nigeria has raised concern that 30 million women and girls are experiencing gender based violence in the country.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has cleared the air on the number of delegates the Federal Government sponsored to the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), otherwise called COP-28.

The Women for Justice group in Nasarawa State said that they have lost six of their members while participating in the ongoing protest against the Appeal Court verdict that quashed the victory of David Ombugadu.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are very critical to creating wealth, employment and economic prosperity and would play key role in the efforts s to fully restore the country’s economy.

Three persons have been arrested in Delta State over the killing of a barber following a fight in the deceased shop.

*As NICO Boss Seeks End To African Time Mentality Among Nigerians The need for personal and collective self-disciplined among Nigerians with regards to effective time management formed thrust of this year’s Annual Roundtable on Cultural Orientation (ARTCO), organized by the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO). The two-day event, which held in Makurdi, Benue State…

Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has ordered an immediate investigation into the killing of many villagers following miss target airstrike by the Nigerian Army on Sunday, December 3, 2023.

  The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has alerted the public to antics of some expelled members of the party trying to discredit its national leader and presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf. In a statement on Monday by Ladipo Johnson, on behalf of the NNPP National Working…

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr Abubakar Bichi, has disabused the minds of Nigerians over the controversy surrounding the notion of padding the budget.

As part of the efforts to decongest the Correctional Centres, the Federal Government has settled N52m fines and compensation for 399 inmates at various centres across Kaduna State. Dr Ado Saleh, Comptroller of Correctional Service, Kaduna State, disclosed this during the Inauguration of the initiative at Zaria on Monday. Saleh said, “We are here to…

Academic activities were on Monday grounded at the University of Calabar, following the students’ protest against the 100 per cent hike in the institution’s tuition fees.

Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State presented a 2024 budget of N207.8 billion to the House of Assembly on Monday. The budget is made up of N87.25 billion or 42 per cent for recurrent expenditure, and N120.5 billion or 58 per cent for capital expenditure. The first budget in his second tenure, Yahaya tagged the…