THE Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has urged the government, at all levels, to take targeted actions to address poverty and hunger in the country. Minority Leader, Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers), in a statement on Thursday, expressed the…
THE United Nations in Afghanistan on Thursday confirmed that it received credible reports that dozens of civilians, including women and children, were killed in Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan’s Paktika province. The UN statement said Tuesday’s airstrikes were a violation…
LABOUR Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has expressed sadness over the abduction of the lawmaker representing Onitsha North Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka. Naija News reports that Azuka was kidnapped on…
THE National Chairman of the Labour Party Bar. Julius Abure has charged Nigerians to take the Christmas celebration as a season to love, serve and forgive one another. Bar. Abure in his Christmas message to Nigerians and party faithfuls…
LABOUR Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government to introduce skill acquisition programs in correctional facilities nationwide. According to the former governor of Anambra State, such initiatives will rehabilitate inmates and enable…
KWARA State former Commissioner cum chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abdulraheem Adisa, has died at age 91. Trojaninisghts learnt that Adisa died in the early hours of Thursday in Ilorin, the state capital. According to Daily Post, burial…
A former presidential spokesman Dr Doyin Okupe says opponents of the proposed Tax Reform Bills are enemies of the country, saying the bills are pro-poor and pro-development. Okupe, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,…
INDEPENDENT Hajj Reporters (IHR), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) has charged Alhaji Alidu Shutti, the newly appointed acting Secretary, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to live up to expectations. It’s National Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim Muhammad, made the call…
GOVERNOR Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom has reiterated his administration’s commitment to always focus on the needs of Akwa Ibom people. Delivering his Christmas message to the state on Wednesday in Uyo, Eno said that the people’s welfare would…
THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze from Thursday to Saturday across Nigeria. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Wednesday in Abuja envisaged slight dust haze on Thursday in good visibility throughout the forecast period in the northern region.…
