The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the killing and beheading of a former member of Anambra State House of Assembly, Mr Nelson Achukwu, by gunmen.Achukwu represented Nnewi South II between 2003 and 2007 during the reign of Dr Chris Ngige as governor of Anambra. The incident occurred barely a month after one Okechukwu Okoye… Continue reading Insecurity: Again Gunmen Behead Another Lawmaker In Anambra
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Senate Passes Bill To Establish NYSC Trust Fund, 3 Others For Concurrence
The Senate, Tuesday, passed for concurrence, the National Youth Service Corps Trust Fund Bill 2022. Also passed were three other bills to establish the Institute of Credit Administration; Federal University of Agriculture and Entrepreneurship Saki; and Repeal and Re-enact the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria Act. The bills were sponsored by the Deputy Senate Leader, Ajayi… Continue reading Senate Passes Bill To Establish NYSC Trust Fund, 3 Others For Concurrence
Senate Alerts Military On Terrorists’ Enclaves In Kwara, Niger States
The Senate has identified terrorists’ enclaves in communities within three local government areas of Kwara and Niger States, respectively. Accordingly, the chamber, on Tuesday, urged the Military to carry out a comprehensive onslaught of bandits and criminal elements within Kainji Lake National Park and the identified communities. The names of communities given by the chamber… Continue reading Senate Alerts Military On Terrorists’ Enclaves In Kwara, Niger States
Rotary Club Donates N15m Health Centre to Jikwoyi Community
The Rotary Club of Abuja Karu Housing Estate has built a multi-million naira Health Centre for its adopted community, Jikwoyi a suburb within Abuja Municipal Area Council.The Health Centre which is to be commissioned on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 by the Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Hajiya Ramatu Aliyu was built and equipped… Continue reading Rotary Club Donates N15m Health Centre to Jikwoyi Community
Fathers Day Special: Dilemma of a Passive Father by Francisca Ogar
Much as every one that fathers a child expects to be celebrated today, it is only expedient that we analyze how to earn encomiums today. Some kids spend the greater part of their childhood in awe of their more fortunate peers; the ones with fathers who pick and or drop them in school,attend parent teachers… Continue reading Fathers Day Special: Dilemma of a Passive Father by Francisca Ogar
DECONSTRUCTING THE CHARACTER OF APC POLITICS IN BENUE
By Nathaniel Ikyur These are the times. The time when everyone who seeks election into an office, goes about with some form of an over bloatead ego of expertise in governance. They theorise governance to high heaven but can’t be linked to what they have done to buttress their sermons. They would prefer to cast… Continue reading DECONSTRUCTING THE CHARACTER OF APC POLITICS IN BENUE
Finally, IPOB Exposes Ex-members Behind killings In South East, Declares Them Wanted
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has unveiled former members of the group behind the insecurity situations in the South East even as it declared them wanted. Spokesperson of the group, Emma Powerful who listed the names in a statement he released to newsmen disclosed that most of them were sacked from the group after… Continue reading Finally, IPOB Exposes Ex-members Behind killings In South East, Declares Them Wanted
NHRC Condemns Alleged Extra Judicial Killings, Rights Violations Of Innocent Citizens In Counter Insurgency Operations
Abuja – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed worries about the brutal revenge attacks allegedly unleashed by the security operatives on insurgents, which at the same time affect innocent citizens, particularly in the North East. The Chairperson Governing Council of the Commission, Dr Salamatu Suleiman who stated this in Abuja at a Colloquium… Continue reading NHRC Condemns Alleged Extra Judicial Killings, Rights Violations Of Innocent Citizens In Counter Insurgency Operations
Senate Moves To Establish Financial Aid Scheme For Students
Abuja – A bill seeking to provide for the establishment of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme scaled second reading in the Senate, on Wednesday. The bill sponsored by Senator Umar Sulieman (APC, Kwara North), seeks to provide a realistic framework for the success of education financing. Suleiman, in his lead debate on the… Continue reading Senate Moves To Establish Financial Aid Scheme For Students
Senate Seeks Prosecution Of Officials Behind Unlawful Incarceration Of Minors
…urges State Assemblies to domesticate Child Rights Act Abuja – The Senate has directed the Federal Ministry of Justice to ensure the prosecution of any official of the Correctional Service found complicit in the unjustified incarceration of minors. It also directed its Committees on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters; and Interior to investigate the… Continue reading Senate Seeks Prosecution Of Officials Behind Unlawful Incarceration Of Minors