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The push for the creation of Ogoja State took centre stage yesterday as the National Assembly concluded its public hearing on the review of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution. A member of the House of Representatives for Ogoja/Yala federal constituency and sponsor of the bill, Hon. Godwin Offiono, led the Ogoja State Creation Team in making a […]
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has called for more investment in a health system supporting military and national development. He made the call at the 20th anniversary of the Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme (MODHIP) and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Africa, with the theme “Forging the Future: 20 […]
A major initiative to integrate restorative justice into Nigeria’s legal system is underway, with magistrates in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) being trained as key drivers to decongest court dockets and overcrowded correctional centres. The executive director of Prison Fellowship Nigeria (PFN), Dr. Jacob Tsado, announced this during the opening ceremony of a two-day Restorative […]
National Island Waterways Authority, (NIWA) said it will continue to enforce the use of life jackets and other safety measures on the waterways to minimise casualties in boat accidents. A staff of the agency told LEADERSHIP yesterday at the Pata water side in confidence that there is now substantial compliance in the usage of life […]
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) yesterday resumed legislative duties after a six-month suspension, declaring that she has no apology to tender to anyone. In a chat with journalists in her office, Natasha stated that if the unsealing of her office by the management of the National Assembly—particularly the Senate—was meant to compel her to apologise, […]
In a bid to give more attention to the plight of the victims of road traffic crashes (RTCs) and their families, Nigeria will host the maiden International Road Crash Victims Africa Conference (IRCVAC). This is even as LEADERSHIP learnt that the Kwapda’as Road Safety Demand (KRSD) Foundation, in collaboration with the Federal Road Safety Corps […]
The NOBUL Africa Foundation, Institutional Accountability & Transparency (i-ACT) Project and Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF) have collaborated to revolutionise youth-driven governance in Benue State. The director of NOBUL Africa Foundation, Soohemba Agatha Aker, presented her keynote address at the launch yesterday in Makurdi and emphasised the urgent need for the project to thrive for […]
Professor Dung Pam Sha of the Department of Political Science, University of Jos has advocated for decentralising resources and authority to state governments while keeping federal coordination to address violent extremism in Central Nigeria. According to him, political will is urgently required to deal with foreign mercenaries, insurgents and bandits recruited to perpetrate violence and […]
As the National Assembly prepares to resume from recess, Yiaga Africa and the International Press Centre (IPC) have pressed for the immediate passage of provisions for early voting in the ongoing electoral reform process. They argued that journalists, security agencies, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and Nigerians in the diaspora are often disenfranchised due […]
A group, Movement for National Reformation (MNR), has mourned the late former chairman, Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo. It described the deceased as a patriot, statesman and tireless advocate for democracy and justice in Nigeria. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by the secretary of MNR, Dr Philip Idaewor, said Adebayo, who passed on June […]