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Funke Akindele’s mother died when needed most – PDP mourns

NewsDeskNgFeb 9, 2023February 9, 20230

The Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, women leader, Alhaja Idowu Akinsanya has commiserated with the party’s deputy governorship candidate, Ms Funke Akindele, on the demise of her mother, Dr R. B. Adebanjo-Akindele. Akinsanya, in a statement, said the death of the mother of the veteran Nollywood actress came as...

Court adjourns Ekiti impeachment case to Feb 20

NewsDeskNgFeb 8, 2023February 8, 20230

Ekiti State High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the suit filed by the former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Gboyega Aribisogan due to resh issues raised by the claimant in his reply to the counter-affidavit of the defendants. The court subsequently adjourned the case till...

More hardships as Ogun banks shut down after violent protest

NewsDeskNgFeb 8, 2023February 8, 20230

Commercial banks in Abeokuta, Ogun State have refused to open for business to avoid being attacked in the wake of violent protests by some youths over the scarcity of the new naira notes and fuel. Protesters on Tuesday went on a rampage across the city attacking banks and their Automated...

Naira, fuel scarcity: FG reveals those restricting Buhari from ending cash crunch

NewsDeskNgFeb 7, 2023February 7, 20230

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Tuesday accused some opposition parties of legally restricting President Muhammadu Buhari from giving relief to Nigerians suffering agonies of cash crunch resulting from the naira redesign. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, made the remark at the 23rd edition of President Muhammadu...

DSS vs Emefiele: CBN Gov doesn’t have money to fund us – IPOB

NewsDeskNgFeb 7, 2023February 7, 20230

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele does not have the money to fund its activities. IPOB accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of plotting to humiliate Emefiele out of office by making such claims. IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful,...

International Day of Education: Sightsavers calls for inclusion of children with disabilities in learning

NewsDeskNgFeb 7, 2023February 7, 20230

By Palma Ileye Sightsavers Nigeria, has called on governments, organisations, and communities to take action to ensure that inclusive education becomes a reality for all children with disabilities. In a press release issued by Sightsavers Communications Associate, Joy Tarbo, to commemorate the 2023 International Day of Education on January 24th,...

Putting a fight to curb the menance of FGM/ FGC

NewsDeskNgFeb 7, 2023February 7, 20230

The practice of Female Genital Mutilation or Cutting, FGM/C is a practice that should be for long abolished, punishable and should not in any form be encouraged in the country because of its negative effects on the development of women and the girl child PALMA ILEYE writes. According to credible...

President Buhari mourns Bewaji Kuku

NewsDeskNgFeb 6, 2023February 6, 20230

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday commiserated with the family of a prominent businesswoman and committed All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart, Mrs Bewaji Kuku, who passed on recently. In a condolence message he issued through spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari condoled with the APC family in Lagos State on losing a...

Pump Price: Oil marketers refute threat to stop selling fuel

NewsDeskNgFeb 6, 2023February 6, 20230

The lndependent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has denied planning to cease operations once the government enforces N195 per litre pump price. A statement on Monday by National Operations Controller Mike Osatuyi advised the public to ignore the information. Mojeed Adesope, Publicity Officer of Ibadan Depot, on February 3,...

MRA charges National Assembly to investigate Minister, NBC for ‘suppressing’ media

NewsDeskNgFeb 6, 2023February 6, 20230

The Media Rights Agenda, MRA, has urged the National Assembly to launch an investigation into the regulatory activities of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC. MRA accused the agency of succumbing to a “partisan” Minister of Information to cow broadcasting stations in Nigeria to prevent them from criticizing government officials and...