Women; Ekwe Norms Distrupter
In the heart of a small, rural village nestled between lush hills and winding rivers lived a girl named Ekwe. From a young age, she was taught that the path laid out for women...
In the heart of a small, rural village nestled between lush hills and winding rivers lived a girl named Ekwe. From a young age, she was taught that the path laid out for women...
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has announced that Nigeria is set to add 150 megawatts (MW) of electricity to its national grid before the end of the year, after the grid collapsed...
Fifteen governors, predominantly from the All Progressives Congress (APC), gathered at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday night for a crucial meeting. The meeting also saw the attendance...
Politicians already setting up rigging machinery for 2027 elections The nation’s political elite has already begun the process of rigging the 2027 general elections, according to Professor Adele Jinadu, a popular political scientist. Speaking...
The leader of the United Kingdom, UK, Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has replied to Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, saying she stands by her remarks about Nigeria despite criticism that she is denigrating the...
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle has urged those criticising President Bola Tinubu and his administration to stop their actions. Matawalle, in a statement on Thursday by the Director, of Information and...
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has challenged the constitutionality of proposals made by President Bola Tinubu in his proposed tax reform bills. The RMAFC n challenging the tax reform proposals, arguing...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has called out the newly elected leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, for her critical remarks about Nigeria. Speaking on Monday during the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue held...
A classified US diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks has revealed allegations of a bribery scandal involving a prominent senior advocate of Nigeria. Chief Afe Babalola. Revelations extracted from a leaked U.S. government cable showed...
The assailants, dressed in military camouflage, had set up a checkpoint with a wooden plank near Tse Pevkyaa, close to Gban Udei in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The Nigerian police...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has identified some ministries and agencies in Nigeria that engage in job racketeering and promises to take necessary actions against them...
Ghanaian actor-turned-politician John Dumelo has secured a seat in parliament, representing the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency. Dumelo, running on the platform of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), won the 2024 Ghana general elections, held...
The Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has granted a lawyer and human rights activist, Dele Farotimi a N50 million bail. The court’s decision was disclosed by the presidential candidate of the African...
One Gideon Simon has been sentenced to 24 months imprisonment in Jos, Plateau State, for stealing one standing fan, one 12 spring mattress and a gas cylinder all valued at N300,000. Simon was sentenced...
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax and Fiscal Reform, Taiwo Oyedele, has said the Tax Reform Bill has no provision for consultants to collect tax on behalf of the government. The controversies...
The Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has declared that President Bola Tinubu’s ‘poorly-implemented reforms’ were pushing millions of Nigerians deeper into poverty The PDP BoT also expressed dismay over the...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the allocation of funds to address pension arrears, salary increments, and other benefits owed to retired military personnel. The President’s directive comes two days after peaceful demonstrations by military...
Gunmen believed to be bandits, allegedly assaulted Jumai Kefas, the mother of Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas along with her daughter, Atsi Kefas. The incident happened today, Thursday, December 5, on Kente...
With the assumption of a democratical system of government being practised in Nigeria, yet, what every Nigerian can see is an autocratic system in the way voices are been silenced is becoming too worrisome....
The federal government has fired some civil servants with degrees from private tertiary institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. This was confirmed by the Director of Information and Public Relations in the Office of...
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected Namibia’s president and will be the country’s first female leader, results released by the country’s electoral commission show. The 72-year-old won with 57 percent of the vote, according...
Some retired military personnel grounded activities at the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja on Thursday over their unpaid entitlements. The retirees accused the Federal Government of not paying them a 20% to 28%...
The National Chairman of the Action Democratic Party, Yabagi Yusuf Sani, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is being used as a shield in the corruption going on in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has stated neither Air Peace nor its chairman, Allen Onyema is under any investigation. The Commission explained that its invitation to the airline is simply for an...
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, says the proposed Tax Reforms by President Bola Tinubu are urgent because they are targeted at bringing relief to Nigerians...
A bill seeking to create a ‘Coastal State’ out of the present Ondo State has scaled through the first reading at the Senate. The bill sponsored by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim representing Ondo South Senatorial...
Former presidential aide and ex-Director General of the Peter Obi 2023 Presidential Campaign Organisation, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has declared that the presidency will remain in the South come 2027, dismissing any potential shift of...
A Magistrate court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital has remanded human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over an alleged case of defamation against the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare...
Popular Nigerian Pastor, Tobi Adegboyega, is set to be deported to Nigeria after losing his case to the UK government at the Immigration Tribunal. Adeboyega’s church, SPAC Nation, had been shut down after investigations...
The Indigenous People of Biafra have dissociated themselves from the purported declaration of the Biafra Republic by some members of the Finland-based group, describing it as a scam. https://x.com/i/status/1862798268201095678 The pro-Biafran group urged the...
The planned December 1 strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is at risk of collapsing as several state chapters have announced they will not participate in the proposed industrial action. The strike was...
The President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, is set to travel to South Africa to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission alongside President Cyril Ramaphosa. The President’s journey comes on the...
A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party. In his resignation letter to the party dated November 29, 2024, Chidoka said he had written to his ward in Anambra...