Mrs. Courage Anyekojonwa, daughter of slain Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mrs. Salome Abuh yesterday asked women not to be deterred in participating in politics.
Anyekojonwa, however, said if women would be treated the way her mother was burnt to death, then politics was not worth their efforts to participate.
She spoke in Abuja on the sideline of protest embarked upon by women group under the aegis of Womanisfesto, saying the way her mother died was uncalled for.
She, therefore, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure justice was done over her death.
The protesters, led …
Balogun teamed up with Brighton & Hove Albion last season from German Bundesliga side Mainz 05 and played eight Premier League games totaling 591 minutes with one goal to his credit in his first season. The 31-year old has however, fallen out of favour this season and is yet to
feature in any Premier League game this term only managing to make it to the bench on four occasions.
The Nigeria international
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has urged North-west governors and security agencies to adopt holistic approach that would ensure the disarmament and rehabilitation of repentant bandits in the region.
Masari, who initiated a peace deal in the state that has so far led to the release of 91 captives by the bandits, said the disarmament of the repentant bandits would eradicate what he termed as pocks of attacks in the North western states.
The Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari has urged North-west governors and security agencies to adopt holistic approach that would ensure the disarmament and rehabilitation
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has advised the Federal Capital Territory Administration to develop Satellite Towns in order to decongest Abuja City Centre.
Abubakar, who is the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), made the plea yesterday when he led a delegation of Islamic Religious and Traditional leaders from across the country on a courtesy call on the FCT Minister, Malam Mohammed Musa Bello, ahead of NSCIA 2019 Annual General Meeting from November 29 to December 3, where Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to deliver the keynote speech at the opening of the …
The US State Department on Saturday called on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to suspend the accounts of Iranian government leaders until Tehran re-establishes internet coverage throughout the riot-torn country.
The government imposed a near-total Internet blackout more than a week ago amid violent protests.
“It is a deeply hypocritical regime,” Brian Hook, special US representative for Iran, said in an interview with Bloomberg posted on the official State Department Twitter account.
“It shuts down the internet while its government continues to use all of these social media accounts.
“So one of the things that we are calling on are social …
Zinedine Zidane has urged Real Madrid fans to get behind Gareth Bale and insists he does not believe the Welshman is happier playing for his country than Real Madrid.
Madrid play Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday, when Bale is likely to feel the frustration of the home supporters.
The 30-year-old sparked outrage in the Spanish press this week after he celebrated Wales’ victory over Hungary on Monday with a flag from the crowd that read: “Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order”.
The slogan has been adopted by Welsh fans after an interview given by former Madrid player …
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has urged parents and guardians to prioritise the education of their children and wards.
Makinde made the call on Sunday at St. Paul Anglican Church, Yemetu, Ibadan, during the 80th Thanksgiving Service, organised for Mrs Abigael Makinde, the governor’s mother.
He also urged parents and guardians to give their children and wards qualitative education in order to secure their future.
The governor said his administration was providing ”free and qualitative education ”in the state’s public primary and secondary schools in view of the importance attached to education.
He, therefore, advised parents and guardians …
Gombe Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has tasked his appointed commissioners to work as a team towards achieving the common goals of his administration.
The Governor, swearing in 20 commissioners alongside 15 special advisers as well as two permanent secretaries in the state civil service, restated that his administration was committed to improving the living standards as well as the social, economic and political condition of the state.
While congratulating the newly appointed government officials, Governor Yahaya urged the appointees to dedicate themselves to delivering and upholding the public trust reposed on them.
The Governor disclosed the portfolios assigned to the …
Mr Heineken Lokpobiri, one of the aspirants who took part in the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa has urged electorate to vote for the party in the Nov. 16 election.
Lokpobiri, a former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, said this on Thursday when he paid a courtesy visit on APC National Chairman, Adam Oshiomhole, in Abuja.
The former Senator, who said that he remained in APC, maintained that he had told his supporters to vote for the party in spite of the fact that he challenged the outcome of primaries in court.…
Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the greatest honour political leaders can accord the leader of the defunct Republic of Biafra, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, is to build a united but restructured and just Nigeria, which he lived and died for.
Ekweremadu disclosed this yesterday in his opening remarks as chairman of the second Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Memorial Lecture at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra State.
His words, “From the structural imbalances, which inescapably counts against the South East zone in particular in its voting power at the National Assembly, the distribution of national …
