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The Federal Government has said it will develop policies to promote effective Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management in the country.  Deputy Director, Child Development Department of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, ALI MADUGU, said this at a one-day meeting to develop Information, Education, and Communication materials on MHHM in Abuja.  According to him, the dev...

Justice INYANG EKWO of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Nigerian Immigration Service to immediately release the international passport of a former governor of Rivers State PETER ODILI. The judge while delivering his judgement declared the seizure by the service as illegal, unconstitutional and an infringement of his fundamental rights. He further ordered the Immigr...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed displeasure over what it describes as a slow pace in the implementation of the Memorandum of Agreement it reached with the Federal Government last year. ASUU President, Professor EMMANUEL OSODEKE expressed the union’s displeasure during a meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, CHRIS NGIGE, in Abuja where he also raised concern over poor funding of the e...

Governor DAPO ABIODUN has disclosed plans by his administration to facilitate the establishment of the Nigeria Air force base and a training school in the State, to complement its first Agro-Cargo Airport project. Governor DAPO ABIODUN made this known at his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, when he received the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral JASON GBASSA. ...

The Supreme Court has affirmed Professor CHARLES SOLUDO as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Anambra election slated to hold on November 6, 2021. The five-man panel led by Justice MARY ODILI also affirmed VICTOR OYE as the  chairman of the party. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-man panel of upheld the judgement o...

The Senate has amended the Electoral Act to give the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the sole power to determine the mode of transmission of electoral results. The senators during plenary amended the Clause 52 of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, and resolved that voting at an election and transmission of results shall be in accordance with the procedure determined by the Commission. ...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the sum of 13.3 billion naira for the take-off of the Community Policing initiative as part of efforts to boost security nationwide. President BUHARI disclosed this in Abuja at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat to assess progress made towards the achievement of the nine key priorities of his administration. ...

Germany continued their spotless record under new coach HANSI FLICK and secured qualification for the 2022 World Cup as striker TIMO WERNER scored twice in a 4-0 rout of North Macedonia. Just months after they slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat to the same opponent on home soil, Germany cruised to a dominant win in Skopje to increase their lead at the top of Group J to eight points and secure their berth at next year’s tournament i...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a nine-member National Reconciliation Committee. This, according to the party, is part of efforts to reposition it ahead of its national convention and the 2023 general elections. The committee will be chaired by former Governor of Nasarawa State, Senator ABDULLAHI ADAMU with MOSES ADEYEMO as secretary.&nb...

Six women and nine children kidnapped in the North-East have escaped their captors, walking for six days through the bush to freedom. The 15 hostages were seized separately from the farming villages of Takulashi in Borno state’s Chibok district and Cofure in neighbouring Adamawa’s Hong district several months ago. Chibok was the scene of the 2014 abduction of more than...