The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has observed that any nation that excludes more than 50 percent of a segment of its demography does not progress. This is contained in a statement by the president, Ladi Bala on Tuesday, commemorating Nigerian women on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. NAWOJ also called on all Nigerian women to rise and demand from their representatives the fulfilment of the social contract of effective representation they signed. According to the association, until the Gender bills are reconsidered and passed into law, Nigeria cannot be seen or considered to be a full…
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The Acting Chairman APC Caretaker Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC and Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello has received the report of the Zoning Committee of the Party. This official description of Sani Bello as APC Caretaker Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC Chairman was contained in a statement signed by Mary Noel-Berje, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Niger State on Monday.This puts to an end doubts over who is actually in charge at the party’s helm of affairs. According to Noel-Berje, the report received by acting APC Chairman, Sani Bello, was submitted by the Chairman of the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is investigating six accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres for alleged exploitation of candidates in its ongoing exercise. The board disclosed this in the Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar, JAMB on Monday, in Abuja. JAMB said that the action, followed reports from its monitoring team, which had been going round the country to assess the conduct of the 2022 registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE). The team, JAMB said, monitored over 800 accredited centres nationwide. “JAMB has placed six centres under watch giving…
The Correspondents Chapel of Sokoto State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Monday elected new officials. Those elected are Habibu Harisu, Chairman; Ismail Umar, Vice Chairman; Ankeli Emmanuel, Secretary; Treasurer, Maaruf Olakunle; Assistant Secretary, Adamu Suleiman; Financial Secretary, Innocent Onuminya and Auditor, Faruk Yabo. Inaugurating the new officials, the NUJ Council chairman, Dalhatu Abdullahi called on them to “In this contest, I see all the members united for same purpose. I therefore urge winners to be magnanimous in victory as Allah chooses leaders and the casting of votes is just to fulfil Allah’s wish. “Remember that, Allah…
The French army killed a senior Algerian member of the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) jihadist group at the end of February in northern Mali, where he was the “financial and logistical coordinator”, the army announced on Monday, while it is conducting a parallel withdrawal of French forces from the country. “On the night of 25-26 February, the (French anti-jihadist) Barkhane force carried out an operation targeting a senior AQIM official about 100km north of Timbuktu in Mali. This operation led to the neutralisation of the Algerian jihadist Yahia Djouadi, alias Abou Ammar al Jazairi,” a statement said.…
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has expressed satisfaction with the current high level of interest in the agricultural sector of Nigeria and the tremendous impact made across various value chains in the sector within the past six years. Emefiele, while addressing journalists during an inspection tour of the palm plantation at Odighi village in Ovia North East local government area of Edo state, over the weekend, commended President’s Buhari’s foresight to revamp the agricultural sector with the CBN playing a major role. He inferred that, with the rising cost food items across the globe, Nigeria would…
The Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineering, NIMechE, will collaborate with the Federal University of Technology Akure FUTA, to establish a standard welding academy in Ondo state. This was a part of the outcome of the working visit of its national chairman, Engr. Funmilade Akingbagbohun to the Vice Chancellor of futa, Professor Joseph Fuwape on Thursday. According to her “the welding academy is part of efforts to equip graduates with practical skills needed to compete in the industry and contribute to the national development of the country.” She said the situation that enables multinational firms to import welding experts for critical…
Ukrainian missile is reported to have shot down Russian jets over the country’s second largest city, Kharkiv. According to the regional governor of Kharkiv, Oleg Synegubov, the Russian Su-25 fighter was destroyed by Kharkiv’s Air Defence Forces. The Kyiv Independent said the planes erupted into a huge fireball as it was struck by two surface-to-air missiles (SAM) over Kharkiv’s city centre, before the twisted remains tumbled out of the sky and exploded again upon impact with the ground. The Ukrainian surface-to-air missile shoot down “Russian fighter jets” over Kharkiv making total of destroyed Russian aircraft to 88. Ukrainian soldiers could…
The Federal High Court Abuja on Monday, stopped President Muhammadu Buhari, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Senate President from tampering with the newly amended Electoral Act 2022. Justice Inyang Ekwo in a ruling on an ex parte application by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) agreed that the Electoral Act had become a valid law and could not be tampered with without following due process. Justice Inyang held that the proper place to challenge validity of any existing law was in a court of competent jurisdiction. The PDP, through counsel, James Onoja (SAN), sued the President along with the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has described as fake and imaginary, the report in some sections of the media, of a purported leadership change in the party. Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, the National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, in a reaction to the report. “Our attention has been drawn to sponsored media reports of an imaginary leadership change in the APC CECPC. The media report is fake news and should be disregarded. “The APC is a progressive political party guided by rules. Leadership changes are not announced by…