2027: Abejide Backs Tinubu Re-election Bid

A two-term serving federal lawmaker, representing Yagba Federal Constituency of Kogi State Hon Leke Joseph Abejide, has declared his support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu re-election ahead of 2027. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, by his special adviser on Public Communication, Bashiru Abdul Mohammed, describing the just concluded by-elections in 16 constituencies across […]

MWAN Decries Rise In Harmful Traditional Practices In Rivers

Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has decried the rise in harmful traditional practices and gender-based violence against women in parts of Rivers State, especially in Abua/Odual local government area of the state. It declared that such harmful practices were crippling the progress of women in the council. MWAN national president, Prof. Roseline Ogu, disclosed […]

Electoral Reform: CSOs Want President Lose Power To Appoint INEC Chair

Ahead of Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu’s exit as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), some civil society organisations (CSOs) have called for a constitutional amendment that would strip the president of the power to appoint the commission’s chairman. The call was made at the weekend during a sensitisation workshop organised for civil society groups […]

Communal Crises: NEMA Distributes Relief Materials To Ebonyi Communities

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief materials worth millions of naira to four communities in Abakaliki local government area of Ebonyi State, which were affected by the protracted communal crises between them and their neighbours in Cross River State. The communities included Enyigba, Amachi, Edda, and Ndiegu Okpuitumo. They received the items at […]