Distinguished Senator Rowland Owie, KSJI, has extended heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, on the occasion of his 67th birthday. In a statement issued in Benin City on Wednesday, Senator Owie lauded the former President…
THE Kaduna State House of Assembly, says it is set to review laws on caregivers to address the issues of abuse and human rights violations in the state. The Member, representing Kauru/Chawai Constituency at the assembly, Haruna Barnabas, made this…
KIZZA Besigye, the prominent Ugandan opposition leader, has allegedly been kidnapped and is now being held in a military prison in Kampala, according to his wife, Winnie Byanyima. Byanyima took to X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, revealing that Besigye had…
Tanzania has surged to the fourth position in the latest Standard Bank Africa Trade Barometer (ATB), reflecting the country’s growing appeal for trade in Africa. The Standard Bank ATB, a leading trade index, tracks key data on trade openness, finance access,…
THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has launched an investigation following reports of vandalism at the Kinshasa mausoleum of independence hero Patrice Lumumba. The vandalism, discovered on Monday evening, involved damage to the coffin that housed a tooth believed to…
GEJ, you are a true democrat in the truest sense of the word.More than 8 years after you left office, many Nigerians are still yearning for your kind of humane and purposeful leadership that shunned discrimination, tribalism, sectionalism, prebendalism and…
THE Senate on Wednesday invoked the provisions of Section 157 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended for the removal of Chairman of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Umar. This followed adoption of…
PRIVATE Sector Development for Democracy Forum (PSDdF) has underscored the role of the media in amplifying the ideals of the National Agenda for Democratic Strengthening (NADS). It made the call on Wednesday in Lagos at a news briefing. The News…
THE Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to strike out a suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, describing it as “incompetent.” The NNPCL, in a notice of preliminary objection…
IN a move to discuss the removal of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Justice Danladi Umar at the plenary presided by the Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio, the Senate has broken into a closed door session.…
