The National Chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has canvassed improvement in women's participation in the governance. Speaking during the symbolic presentation of fabrics to women traders at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, he argued that women deserve to play more roles in governance given their…

Dr. Shaibu Husseini, Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), says the Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and glamourizing of vices in Nigerian films. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Husseini disclosed this at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood held in Enugu on…

A renowned jurist, Justice Steven Sado Idajili, has passed on at the age of 82. The jurist from Kogi State is notable for being the chairman of the failed bank tribunal set up by the government of late General Sani Abacha. Justice Idajili was also part of a seven-man panel set up by the then…

The police said on Wednesday that divers were battling to recover the body of a 30-year-old man who allegedly drowned at Elegushi Beach, Lagos, where he had gone for prayers. The Lagos Police Command spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He said that a report to the police…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Assistant Corps Marshal Mohammed Shehu as the Corps Marshal/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). Director, Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), Segun Imohiosen, disclosed the appointment in a statement on Wednesday in…