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Men Not Asking For Our Hands In Marriage, Women Living With Disabilities Cry Out
Chairperson of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD) in Edo State, Ms Ann Ujugo, has lamented that marital discrimination is what women living with disabilities in Nigeria suffer most. She said Nigerian men do not ask for their hands in marriage, leaving them single all through their lives. Ojugo made the assertion in Benin City, Edo State yesterday...
After Kaduna Train Attack, Buhari Meets Security Chiefs, Talks Tough
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed door with security chiefs few hours after Monday night’s terrorist attacks on Abuja-Kaduna bound train by bandits with a vow to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice. Recall that the train was conveying about 970 passengers from Abuja to Kaduna at about 7.45 p.m. on the fateful day. The Chief of Army...
Gov. El-Rufai Visits Zamfara Former Governor, Wakkala Who Was Shot In Kaduna Train Attack
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has visited former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala, who is receiving treatment at a hospital after he was shot in the train attack that took place in Kaduna Monday evening. The train conveying hundreds of passengers from Abuja to Kaduna was attacked by gunmen suspected to be bandits between Katari and Rijana...
Insecurity: No More Flight To Kaduna — Air Peace
Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest flight carrier, has suspended operations to Kaduna International Airport. A source attributed the development to the gun attack around the airport at the weekend. Bandits gunned down a local guard attached to the Nigerian Airspace Management Authority on Saturday. The military had engaged the bandits in heavy shootout, which led to a delay of a Lagos-bound Azman flight. On...
Obasanjo, Osinbajo Say Democracy Under Threat In West Africa
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, declared that the West African sub-region and indeed Africa were currently going through perilous storms as a result of political instability in some parts of the continent. Obasanjo and Osinbajo, who stated this at the opening session of a high-level dialogue organised by the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa, bemoaned...
Justice Inyang Ekwo Issues FG Last Warning, Threatens To Strike Out N2.9bn Corruption Case Against Okorocha
A federal high court in Abuja has threatened to strike out charges of misappropriation of N2.9 billion against a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha. Justice Inyang Ekwo issued the threat after the federal government for the second time failed to serve the 17-count criminal charge against Okorocha and six others over the offences. The prosecuting counsel, Cosmos Ugwu, had...
Nigerian Citizens Unfortunate With Leadership, Says Jega
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega Sunday said Nigerians belong to the category of the “unfortunate citizens of the world.” He said that this is due to the fact that the country’s leadership, “though in the context of a civil democratic dispensation, leaves much to be desired.” Jega stated this during the pre-Ramadan lecture organised...
Nigeria’s Daily Fuel Consumption Unknown, Says Sylva
As a country, we still cannot tell the exact volume of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, which we consume on a daily basis, the Federal Government has said. It stated this just as oil marketers explained that Nigeria’s inability to give a definite figure on the amount of petrol it consumes daily was due to the continued smuggling of...
After NYSC Certificate Scandal, I Wept For Three Months, Doing Nothing, Adeosun Breaks Silence
Former Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has opened up on the inner battle she experienced after she was made to step down in 2018, over a certificate scandal. Adeosun, whose National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was forged, resigned months after an investigative online platform broke the story. Speaking at the 10th anniversary of the “Uncommon Woman Conference” organised by the...
Conflicting Judgements On Umahi’s Sack Confusing Us, Says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it cannot yet take a stance on the controversy surrounding the court order which sacked Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Chief Kelechi Igwe. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education in Abuja on Thursday. An Abuja...
