Governor Umo Eno, of Akwa Ibom State wife, Patience Umo Eno, is dead. The First Lady died at 57 years at an undisclosed health hospital after a brief illness. The State Commissioner for Information, Ini Ememobong said the Matriarch died on Thursday September 26th 2024. He said the family solicited for prayers and support during...
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Edo HIV/AIDS control Director dies in Lagos
The Executive Director, Edo State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDs (Edo SACA), Flora Oyakhilome is dead, three years after clinching the 2021 Zonal Outstanding SACA Performance Award. She lost her life battle after a brief illness at Lagos hospital on Wednesday September 4th 2024. Neither Oyakhilome family nor the State government has yet-to comment...
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FG begins NIN issuance during birth registration
The federal government has begun issuance of National Identification Number (NIN) through the National Population Commission (NPC) in to children under age 5 during birth registration. Test-run of the strategic action plan to accelerate birth registration exercise across all health facilities began on Thursday August 29th will be administered free of charge nationwide. The First...
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Helpless Edo residents get N400m govt support
The Edo State government through Governor Godwin Obaseki ‘Mercy Committee’ says 624 indigent people have been supported with the sum of N400 million over the past seven years across the State. Secretary to the 5-man Committee Mr Igbogo Ebamiyo disclosed this to newsmen at a Press Conference on Tuesday in Benin City. He said the...
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Yakasai, others to drive FG citizens’ engagement
President Bola Tinubu has appointed and assigned liaison aides across the six Geo-Political Zones to directly engage Citizens and federal government Policies and Programs. In a statement by the Presidency on Thursday stated that the six Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) to the President on Community Engagement. Popular social critic, Abdullahi Tanko Yakasai represent (North-West), while...
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Addressing religious intolerance through grassroot dialogue, the NHRC’s approach
By Kevin Okunzuwa The Nigeria constitution guarantees freedom of worship and forbids the federal and state governments from adopting a state religion, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for individuals’ freedom to choose, practice, propagate, or change their religion. What is religion? The Oxford Dictionary defines religion as the belief in and worship of a superhuman...
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Stakeholders set agenda for religious practices
Stakeholders across different backgrounds have demanded a radical shift towards promoting activities that foster harmonious coexistence and mitigate religious conflicts, decrying however participatory role of most religious leaders in acts that jeopardize religious tolerance and inter-faith dialogue in Nigeria. The submission was made during one Day awareness programme organized by the National Human Rights Commission,...
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Unchaining LGs from the shackles of governors
By IYKE Grant The bold action of the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), in filing the suit on behalf of the Federal Government to grant full autonomy and direct funding to all 774 Local Government Councils in Nigeria, has put to rest the protracted intrigues and ambivalence over the third tier of governance...
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Hardship: Wike carpets Tinubu’s critics, CSOs
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has slammed social critics and members of Civil Society Organizations over poor evaluation index on President Bola Tinubu performance and his economic policies. Wike made the assertion at This Nigeria Newspaper Lecture in Abuja where he reacted to claims by human Rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and...
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‘How pro-democracy fighters lost out in Abdulsalami’s succession plan’
One of the leading figure in the struggle for the restoration of democracy in Nigeria, Senator Shehu has revealed how pro-democracy fighters lost out in the succession arrangement by Nigeria’s former Head of states, Abdulsalami Abubakar transition programme in 1999. The Senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 9th National Assembly, said he and other...