Women & Children

NUJ FCT Election 2024 : Senate Press Corps, Flame FM, FCTA Chapels Give Team Grace Ike Massive Endorsement

…Pledge total support and votes In continuation of the NUJ FCT Election 2024 campaign by the Grace Ike Campaign Council (GICC), the chairmanship hopeful for the council, Comrade Grace Ike and her team on Tuesday received massive endorsements from members of the Senate Press Corps, Flame FM and FCTA chapels. The members of the various…

Kano : Gov Yusuf Launches 2nd Phase of 1001 Postgraduate Scholarship Programme

Kano Governor Launches Second Phase of Postgraduate Scholarship Programme Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has inaugurated an 18-member committee to oversee the second phase of the Postgraduate Scholarship Programme. In a statement issued by governor’s Spokesperson Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa the initiative aims to support 1,001 first-class graduates in pursuing master’s degrees at…

HURIWA Petitions Foreign Governments Over Threats to Rivers State’s Democracy

Plans Global Campaign to Expose Judicial Complicity in Nigeria In a very bold and focused campaign, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has urged the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union to impose visa bans on judges accused of undermining democracy in Rivers State, Nigeria’s largest crude oil-producing region. This initiative is…

Edo : Dr Oshiomhole uncovers Construction error at Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin

The Edo State Commissioner for Heath, Dr Cyril Adams Oshiomhole said he has taken remedial measures against some construction defects discovered at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin City. Speaking during an inspection tour of the facility, Oshiomhole who was accompanied by a team of medical consultants and the contractor of the remodelled Stella Obasanjo…

NAWOJ FCT in Her November Congress Commend Wike for Infrastructural Works

The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ )FCT Chapter, has commended the FCT Minister, Barr Nyesome Wike, for infrastructural development, especially the road construction currently on going at Dei Dei and Saburi environs. Congress urged Barr Wike to extend this to other areas within the FCT. The Minister was also tasked to ensure uninterrupted water…

Edo : Gov Okpebholo restores full Statutory Rights to Oba of Benin

In a bid to further right the wrongs of the immediate-past administration and foster cordial relations between the Government and the people, the Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has restored the full statutory rights of the Benin Monarch over the contentious issue of the ownership of ancient artefacts looted from the palace of the…

NUJ Abuja Election : Grace Ike Kicks off Campaign, Promise Bumper Welfare to Journalists

…assures of insurance cover for journalists, to establish journalists’ village …as former Council Chairmen, former NAWOJ President, NAWOJ Chairpersons endorse Ike …Over 100 journalists’ eyes checked, receive eye-glass, medications As the long awaited election of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Council set to hold on December 4, 2024, the sole candidate…

Niger : Deputy Gov Urge students to Focus More on their Career than Social Vices

From Rashidat Suleiman,Minna The Deputy Governor of Niger state Comrade Yakubu Garba has charged the students to be committed to their academic career and avoid any form of social vices. The Deputy Governor stated this through his Deputy chief of staff Bello Ibrahim at the fifth matriculation ceremony, lunching of entrepreneurship handbook and award of…