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The Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CHRAN) has warned members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) saddled with the responsibility of managing the Host Community Development Trust Funds (HCDTF) against fraud and corruption. In Akwa Ibom State, LEADERSHIP learnt that some local government areas – Eket Mbo, Onna, Ikot Abasi, Mkpat Enin, Eastern […]
After over a year of protracted delays, the pro-chancellor and chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Engr. Kayode Olubunmi Ojo, has described the appointment of Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya as the 16th substantive vice-chancellor of the university as complying with due process. He stated that the appointment marked a […]
Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Nigeria’s national women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, for winning the African championship at the 2025 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women’s AfroBasket. He commended the Coach Rena Makama-led female national team for defeating the Malian side, 78-64, in a thrilling Afrobasket finals match on Sunday night at the Palais […]
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria has lamented the low rate of exclusive breastfeeding of infants in Nigeria despite global and national campaigns on the benefits of breastfeeding. Available statistics showed that only 29 per cent of Nigerian infants are exclusively breastfed in the country. This statistic comes as the world […]
Ahead of the 2026 governorship election in Osun State, an aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, has said that he is well equipped to make the state a successful entrepreneurial state if voted as its next governor. Ogunbiyi, who expressed this capability to newsmen in Osogbo […]
The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL), a sociopolitical youth movement in Nigeria’s South-East region, has declared full support for the re-election bid of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu ahead of the 2027 general election, describing him as the “people’s choice” in Abia North Senatorial District of Abia State. In a press conference held Tuesday, […]
A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said the ongoing campaign ahead of the 2027 general election is illegal and diversionary. Speaking on Channels Television Programme, Politics Today Monday, the learned silk called on the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) to draw the attention of politicians, including the government, including those who constitute the government, […]
The crisis rocking the Kogi State chapter of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) took a new twist on Monday as a faction in the party’s State Working Committee (SWC) reaffirmed the earlier expulsion of their former state chairman, Kingsley Ogga, describing his purported return as a ‘figment of his own imagination.’ The party made this […]
Momentum is building ahead of one of Nigeria’s most anticipated youth development gatherings: the National Youth Leaders and Stakeholders’ Summit, which will take centre stage on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at Nicon Luxury Hotels, Abuja. The summit, with the theme: “The Youths in 2027 and Beyond: Positioning for Leadership, Governance, and Policy Inclusion”, is expected […]
The Niger Delta Ethnic Nationalities Youth Leaders Forum (NDEYLF) has applauded Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), for his efforts at strengthening Nigeria’s security landscape and catalysing improvements in oil production. Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday, NDEYLF’s spokesman, Engr. Legborsi Yamaabana also commended the proactive steps taken by the Office of the […]