United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has trained 720 out- of -school adolescent boys and girls in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna state in various skills to empower them. Speaking during their graduation on Wednesday at the palace of the emir of Zazzau, Amb. Ahmed Bamalli, UNICEF’s representative and child rights specialist, Dr. Wilfred Mamah,…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the South Africa’s anti-apartheid fighter has died at the age of 90. The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced Tutu’s death on Sunday. Ramaphosa said, “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, has said that Nigerians are tired of the country’s worsening insecurity. Speaking on Thursday while briefing state house correspondents on the outcome of the National Security Council Meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja, Nigerians are gravitating towards self-help. The NSA who was…
Members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) will on Tuesday embarked on indefinite strike to protest the non-implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. The federal government has approved financial autonomy of the third arm of government, however, state governments were to yet allow financial independence to judiciary at the state level. A…
Away from the gloom and doom happening here in Nigeria, Europe and the South America continents have been treating the world to scintillating soccer this past month. By the time you read this, one of Brazil or Argentina must have lifted the 2021 South American football championship trophy, otherwise known as Copa America. The final…
My appointments are based on merit, President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed accusations of lopsided appointments insisting that his appointments were based on merit. The President stated this when he featured on Arise Television programme,”Morning Show” on Thursday. Buhari had come under attack by many sections of the country who accused him for skewed appointments in…
