Stakeholders at a one-day start-up meeting and capacity building for stakeholders on improving capacity of policy makers on stigma and discrimination issues in HIV and Aide have said that there is the urgent need for the passage and accent to law of a legislation to promote and protect the Rights of Persons Living with HIV…
The Africa Peace and Security Watch Initiative (APSWI) has slammed the National Assembly over its alleged plans to involve non-state actors in the policing of the country’s blue waters and deep sea. In a statement signed by its Country Director, Professor Opeyemi Ola, the group in strong terms condemned the move which could potentially see ex-militants secure…
The Concerned Citizens Of Arogbo- Ibe Kingdom in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Friday accused Chief Bibopere Ajube, (alias General Shoot-At- Sight) of alleged kidnapping, illegal oil bunkering, possession of fire arms, explosive dynamites and other crimes. The group who were reacting to a publication in a national daily, (not this medium)…
A former Aide to Governor Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Hon. Aiyelabiwo Adebanji Austin has commended Hon. Abejide Leke Joseph over his developmental strides across okunland since he became the house of representatives member of Yagba Federal constituency. In a congratulatory message on his emergence as the caucus leader of Kogi…
A Human Rights activist in Kogi State, Idris Miliki Abdul, Executive Director, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, (CHRCR), has called for a review of the sanitation laws in the state. In a statement in Lokoja on Thursday, Miliki noted that Kogi state witness not less than ten thousand vehicles crossing the State on…
By Sunday Attah. In a bid to tackle menace of crude oil theft, the Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has warned critical infrastructure vandals in the country to desist as the corps will not relent in meeting their actions with the full wrath of the law. Audi…
The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has raised an alarm over a purported plan to tinker with the local government and chieftaincy affairs law in Kano State to favour the deposed Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. The Centre, at a press conference on Wednesday, also alleged that some elements are taking illegal means…
By Emmanuel Akinbile At a time when the various sectors of the economy are taking the hit from the economic challenges and the cost-of-living crisis besetting Nigeria, the telecommunications sector has remained a beacon of hope in the ability of the country to get it right. In addition to the good foundation that was laid…
