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Gender Rights Advocates have called for a review of the laws criminalizing rape and the defilement of minors in Nigeria, while also demanding the involvement of critical members of society to reduce the menace.This was made known at a Public Lecture organized to launch “Broken Wings”, a book authored by IFEANYI HENRY EMI.A guest lecturer who spoke at the event, Barrister OLUBUNMI EKUNDAYO of the Justice Development & Peace Commission argued ...

The Federal Government have threatened to take legal action against airlines and other operators who fail to comply with the laws concerning persons living with disabilities in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, JAMES LALU disclosed this at an investigative hearing organized by the House of Representatives.The commission condemned the situation where it becomes difficult for persons living with di...

The federal government has presented a letter of credence to the former Chief of Defence Staff, General ABAYOMI OLONISAKIN as ambassador-designate of Nigeria to Cameroon.The Minister of Foreign Affairs GEOFFREY ONYEAMA handed over the letter to the former defence chief in Abuja.The former Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant-General TUKUR BURATAI was also appointed as Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to the Benin Republic.Their appointments ...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to pay over 3 billion dollars to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states, as part of their revenue shares from crude oil sales.The amount formed part of the 62 billion dollars said to have been recovered from some oil companies by the Federal Government.Justice TAIWO TAIWO while delivering his judgement, rejected the claim of the Federal Government that it cannot pay the money it received from crude oil s...

The Confederation of African Football CAF, has released the 2021/22 interclub season schedule for the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederation Cup.The season will kick-off on September 10 2021 with the first round of the Preliminaries, while the group stages will start in February 2022.CAF also extended the deadline for the registration of players to August 15, 2021.The 12 highest ranked national associations, will be allowed to enga...

The Ogun State Government says that the upcoming 2021 Investment Summit will focus on Infrastructure, Power, Transportation, Agriculture, Education among others, to maximize the vast economic potentials and broaden the state capital base.The Commissioner for Budget and Planning and the Chairman of the Technical Working Committee of the Summit, OLAOLUWA OLABIMTAN made this known at the second Pre-Investment Roadshow.  OLABIMTAN said the current administ...

The state Government has extended condolence to the families of those who lost their lives after a fuel tanker fire explosion at Ogere, along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway, yesterday.The Deputy Governor, Engr. NOIMOT SALAKO-OYEDELE who led a government delegation to the scene of the incident, commended officials of the fire service and road management agencies for responding promptly to the emergency, which helped in limiting the tragic loss of lives.The Depu...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has inaugurated the National Steering Committee of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) to be chaired by the Vice President, Professor YEMI OSINBAJO.The President at the event restated his commitment to lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years, with a well-researched framework for implementation and funding.President BUHARI said he was confident that the NPRGS would address the und...

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the composition of the Federal Government’s team led by the Minister of Information and Culture, LAI MOHAMMED to engage with Twitter.A statement from the office of the Minister of Information and Culture said this is over the recent suspension of the operations of the micro blogging and social networking service in Nigeria.LAI MOHAMMED will be the chairman of the team.Other members of the team ...

The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from imposing sanctions or harassing, intimidating, arresting, or prosecuting Twitter.It also restricted the government from carrying out such actions against any other social media service provider, as well as media houses, pending the hearing and determination of a suit challenging the government’s suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria.The court gave the restraining ord...