By Justina Auta The Nigerian Children’s Parliament, an Initiative of the Ministry of Women Affairs, will elect principle officers into the seventh National Children’s Parliament to promote the rights and participation of children in the scheme of affairs for national development. Mr Shehu Shinkafi, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs, who made this known at the opening ceremony and election of the 7th National Children’s Parliament in Abuja on Monday, emphasised that children had the rights to be heard in matters that concern them Represented by Mr Idris Mohammed, the Director, Planning and Research in the ministry, Shinkafi emphasised…
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…Zero-sum approach to politics overheating the polity – Police …Stable and peaceful Nigeria critical to Africa – UNOWAS The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commission has engaged the leaderships of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and other stakeholders in n identifying ways to a peaceful atmosphere before, during, and after the 2023 general elections. The leaders drawn from the Northwest and Northeastern states of Nigeria were taken on training and interactive engagements on dialogue and mediation for national peace held on Tuesday in Kano. The 4-Day program is geared towards violent-free 2023 general elections in Nigeria with the…
The Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (OSPRE), a center for the coordination of early warning and response mechanisms in Nigeria has charged stakeholders to collaborate as well as put in place measures that ensure rapid response to issues that constitute a threat to human security. Director General OSPRE, Chris Ngwodo who gave the charge at the end of the two-day inaugural summit and technical workshop of the concord initiative in Abuja noted that, to mitigate the continuous outcry of inefficiency government needs to work in collaboration with the civil organization as they cannot carry out the duty of safeguarding…
The Oyo State High Court has sentenced 26 cybercriminals operating in Oyo and Ogun states to various terms ranging from one to 18 months community service, one year imprisonment and fine. The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecuted the convicts before Justices Bayo Taiwo, Omolara Adeyemi, Ladiran Akintola and Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan and Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu of the Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta. The convicts are Abdullahi Ayomide Obigbesan, Olaoye Segun Fashola, Olasantan Precious Ayomide, Adeleke Ayomide Olamilekan, Sidiku Ismail Olubudun, Wasiu Adewale Onabanjo, Akande Adeniran Babatunde, Bello…
By Ishaq Dan-Imam, Lokoja Kogi state government has denied Peter Obi permit to use Lokoja Confluence stadium, just as the Labour Party chairman, Mr Suleiman Abdul Ahmed said no frustration will stop the presidential campaign rally on Tuesday. The presidential candidate and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed, the National Party Chairman Julius Abure and the General Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim and other officials, party bigwigs will be in the state on Tuesday for the campaign rally in Lokoja, the state capital. Addressing a news conference in Lokoja on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s campaign visit, Ahmed said the state…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed the 2023 appropriation bill to the tune of ₦1,768,014,155,285. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu presented N1.69 trillion ‘budget of continuity’ to the House in October. ASHENEWS reports that N748,096,508,571 of the budget is for recurrent expenditure and N1,019,917,646,713 as Capital expenditure.According to the breakdown of the sectoral allocations, N3,228,396,960 was passed overhead cost for the Office of Civic Engagement for drug abuse advocacy; N802,987,206 as Capital Expenditure for the Ministry of Economic Planning & Budget and N1,200,000,000 as Overhead Cost (Social Intervention and Humanitarian Programme) for the Ministry of Economic Planning…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have bombed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri, Imo state capital; killing a policeman and four other persons. Confirming the attack, the spokesperson for the Imo Police Command, Mike Abattam said the terrorists numbered 10 and attacked the INEC headquarters with petrol bombs and dynamite at about 3am, razing parts of the building and destroying some vehicles. ASHENEWS recalls that attacks by the terrorists have been intense in Imo state as the 2023 general elections draw near.
Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej, the Deputy Law and Human Rights Minister on Monday, said that Indonesia’s newly revised criminal code that prohibits sex outside marriage would not apply to visitors. The minister said that visitors holidaying in Indonesia would not need to worry about possible criminal complaints concerning sex outside marriage or cohabitation between unmarried couples as stipulated in the new law. Indonesian parliament last week unanimously passed a new criminal code that includes provisions stipulating that sex outside of marriage is punishable by one year in prison and couples who live together out of wedlock would face six months…
Anambra state governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has constituted a 16-member Oil and Gas Development Committee. ASHENEWS gathered that the committee, under the chairmanship of the CEO of Britania-U Nigeria Limited, Barrister (Mrs.) Uju Ifejika, will be inaugurated on Tuesday, December 13. A statement by the Commissioner of Information, Paul Nwosu said the committee will be inaugurated at 12pm in the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Conference Room. List of members Members of the Committee are Barrister Uju Ifejika, Chairperson; Permanent Secretary of Anambra State Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Secretary; Engr. Ikechukwu G. Okafor (Vice-Chairman); Barr. (Mrs.)…
The family of 34-year old Mohammed Danjuma has demanded justice over the alleged murder of their son. Father of the graduate of Nigerian Maritime Academy, Oron, Danjuma Sidi said Danjuma was murdered on July 7, 2022, within the neighbourhood of Clapperton Road in Sokoto metropolis. Sidi told journalists that there were alleged plans to scuttle the investigation and prosecution of the suspects that are linked to his son’s murder. Expressing the family’s worries, the 62-year old Sidi told journalists that the suspected murderers of his son were roaming the streets five months after they allegedly killed him. “There is the…