…Curtailing Senators’ Voices, Introducing Autocracy in the Senate Undermines Democracy The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has strongly criticized the recent removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the Senate’s Chief Whip, accusing the Senate under Senator Godswill Akpabio’s leadership of stifling dissent and undermining democratic representation. CISLAC in a statement signed by its…
Four persons have been feared to be swept away by flood in the Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State during a downpour that occurred in the community late on Thursday. The downpour, which continued till Friday and Saturday, generated heavy floods that reportedly swept away four persons, including a mother and child in…
The President of the Dangote Group has called on the House of Representatives to investigate the quality of diesel and petrol at filling stations. Dangote made the call on Saturday when he received the leadership of the House led by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and his deputy Benjamin Kalu. To carry out the investigation, he urged…
Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have killed two commuters and kidnapped five others along the Ifon-Owo Highway in Ondo State. Channels Television gathered that the driver of the commercial vehicle and a female passenger were shot dead at the scene of the incident on Friday evening. Five other passengers, including a Corps member, were…
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, July 19, 2024 arraigned one Rufus John Isip, a self-acclaimed forex broker before Justice C. S. Onah of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Isip was arraigned alongside his company, ITM-IT Resources Limited on an eight-count charge…
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said that 43 percent of Nigerian children were not captured in birth registration, making them legally invisible, and called for the urgent adoption of digital birth registration in Nigeria to uphold every child’s right to an identity. Chief of UNICEF’s Field Office for South-West Nigeria, Celine Lafoucriere, who…
The Independent National National Electoral Commission has announced that it would invite new registrants in the Continuous Voter Registration in Edo and Ondo States for validation. The CVR exercise was held in the two states between May 27 and June 9, 2024, after which INEC displayed the register for one week across the 395 wards…
Nigerian troops deployed in the south-south region of the country to combating crude oil theft have in the last week arrested 20 perpetrators of oil theft and denied oil thieves an estimated sum of N744,153,900. According to Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, the troops have been proactive in their operations. “During…
Justice O. J. Enobie of the FCT High Court, sitting in Jabi, Abuja has convicted and sentenced the director of Asher Trust Investment Limited and Fifteen Network Limited, Daniel Ungbo Silas to five years imprisonment for fraud. Silas and his companies were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on two-count charges, bordering…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new toolkit to ensure the inclusion of pregnant and breastfeeding women in clinical trials and research studies. Traditionally excluded from drug trials, this initiative aims to provide safety data and timely access to medications for these populations. Dr. Meg Doherty, WHO Director for Global HIV, Hepatitis, and…
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