The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has declared that Nigerian journalists deserve a better deal in the discharge of their constitutional duties. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu, said this in a statement commemorating this the 2022 World Press Freedom Day, which is marked globally on May 3 every year. Ojokwu said journalists…
The National Coordinator of Igede Progressives Forum (NAIPF), Elder Sunday Oibe, has asked Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state to sack political leaders in Oju and Konshisha Local Government Areas of state, if the bloody communal clashes in the areas persists. Speaking with journalists on Saturday in Kaduna, Oibe condemned the bloody clashes between Bonita…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that the preliminary number of registered voters in Nigeria is 93.5 million. Yakubu made the disclosure on Wednesday at the third quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja. Yakubu, said after cleaning up the voter data using the automated biometric identification…
The Northern Christian Youth Professionals (NCYP) have condemned alleged campaigns of calumny against the National SecurityAdviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. In a statement on Monday in Kaduna, the group warned those behind the dastardly act to deceased from distracting the NSA from the critical work of securing the nation. The statement signed by Isaac Abrak,…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar, has announced the sighting of the crescent moon for the commencement of Ramadan fasting. In a broadcast on Friday, the Sultan, who is also the president of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), said Saturday marks the beginning of Ramadan fasting for Muslims in the country. “Today, Friday,…
The abducted registrar in the department of ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola has been released after ten months in captivity. Spokesperson of the Nigerian Association Of Resident Doctors (NARD), Omoha Amobi, announced her release in a statement on Thursday. “The president, Nigerian Association Of Resident Doctors (NARD ) Dr. Osundara Tope…
