Governorship Election: Buhari, Wife Vote In Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha has cast their vote in home town of Daura in Katsina State. The President arrived his polling unit at about 8am in the company of his wife Aisha Buhari. As Governorship and State House of Assembly election begins across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Hajiya Aisha […]
Yoruba Presidency: Afenifere Leaders Push Fayemi for 2023
National leader of Pan Yoruba group, Afenifere, Senator Ayo Fasanmi and an elder statesman and historian, Prof Banji Akintoye have urged Yoruba people to brace up for the presidency in 2023. Speaking in Ado Ekiti at a colloquium marking the 110th posthumous birthday of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the Afenifere leader said Yoruba […]
APC Omitted from INEC Results Sheet in Zamfara
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed regrets over the omission of the acronym of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the results sheet for Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement signed by the commission’s National Secretary, Mrs Rose Oriaran-Anthony, and made available in GUsau […]
Wife Killer, Lekan Shonde, to Die by Hanging
A Lagos State High Court today sentenced a man to death by hanging for the 2015 killing of his wife. Justice Josephine Oyefeso sentenced the 51-year-old Lekan Shonde to death after finding him guilty of murdering his wife, Ronke. The convict was accused of beating his wife to death at their home in the Egbeda […]
Arbitration Tribunal Awards $1.69bn to Nigerian Govt Over Brass, Forcados Crude Oil Assets
An Arbitral Tribunal sitting at the Lagos Court of Arbitration has delivered a landmark Arbitral award in favour of the Nigerian government owned Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) Limited in the arbitration between the Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nig Ltd and Atlantic Energy Brass Development Ltd and the Nigerian Petroleum Devlopment Company limited. The arbitral […]
Supreme Court Affirms Interim Forfeiture Order of $8.4m Belonging to Dame Jonathan
Nigeria’s Supreme Court at the weekend asked former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan to go back to a Federal High Court, Lagos and show cause why the sum of $8.4 million found in her various bank accounts should not be forfeited to the Federal Government permanently. The apex court affirming an order of interim forfeiture […]
Int’l Women’s Day Commemoration: Women are crucial in tobacco control – ERA/FoEN
As the world commemorates the 2019 International Women’s Day, the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged women and gender rights groups across the country to support the federal government’s current tobacco control efforts and calls for speedy approval of the Regulations for full enforcement of the National Tobacco Control Act, 2015. […]
Int’l Women’s Day Commemoration: Access To Water Is Crucial To Emancipating Women – AWWASHNet
As the world commemorates the 2019 International Women’s Day, the Africa Women Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network (AWWASHNET) has urged women and gender rights groups to continue challenging water privatization plans in the country including the Public Private Partnership (PPP) plans spearheaded by the Lagos state government. The theme for this year’s International Women Day […]
International Women’s Day: Dakuku Urges Active Involvement in Blue Economy
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has praised women in the country for their contributions and achievements in the typically male-dominated maritime sector. But he also called for the involvement of more women to help grow the sector. Dakuku stated these in his message to Nigerian women […]
Women’s Day: Dana Air Supports Entrepreneurs, Women in Media initiative
In celebration of the International Women’s Day 2019, Dana Air has supported the Women in Media Development initiative 2019 and Women Entrepreneur Fair, scheduled to hold on the 29th and 30th of March at the Justice Idris Kutigi Conference Centre in Minna Niger State. The Women Entrepreneur Fair (WEF), an initiative of the Airmingle Media ltd is aimed at […]
