The Executive Director of Baobab for Women’s Rights, Bunmi Dipo-Salami, says questions on how women have fared after 60 years of independence need answers inorder to chart a productive way forward. Dipo-Salami spoke on Tuesday at a virtual intergenerational town hall meeting with the theme ‘Accountability for Women’s Development 60 years after Independence. The virtual […]
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an advocacy group in Lagos, on Wednesday called on the #EndSARS protesters against police brutality to disperse since the Federal Government has disbanded the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). In a statement, MURIC warned hoodlums and politicians from turning the protest into their parochial agenda. Commending the efforts of the protesters, […]
A panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to look into police reforms and the demands of the #EndSARS protesters has endorsed the five-point demand of the protesters. The decision was reached at a stakeholders’ meeting held to discuss the demands, among which is to stop the use of force against protesters by the police. […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Lauretta Onochie, as a national commissioner at the Independent National Electoral Commission. Onochie, representing Delta State is the president’s Special Assistant on Social Media. Other commissioners appointed by the president include Mohammed Sani for Katsina, Kunle Ajayi for Ekiti and Seidu Ahmed for Jigawa. In a letter to the Senate, […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday reported 164 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country. This takes the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections to 60,430, while 51,943 patients have been discharged from hospital. The NCDC reported no new deaths and the country’s total number of deaths remained at […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has responded to cries and protests by citizens and announced the dismantling he Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). The IGP said on Sunday that officers and men currently serving in the unit will be redeployed with immediate effect. Frank Mba, the spokesman of the Nigeria Police said in a […]
Nigeria has recorded its first COVID-19 deaths in seven days after two patients were on Saturday reported to have died. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which reported the deaths also annouced 111 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country. Nigeria now has a total of 60,103 confirmed cases, with 51,711 patients discharged […]
Nigeria has gone five straight days without reporting a single death relating to the coronavirus pandemic. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday reported 103 new cases of COVID-19 infections in the country. The NCDC update takes the total number of confirmed cases to 59,841, with 51,551 patients discharged and a total of […]
“A good teacher is like a candle-it consumes itself to light the way for others,” said Turkish statesman, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. And that is what teachers in Nigeria had been for ages. They burn themselves out to light the way for all other professions, and we thereafter ask them to go get their rewards in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the quick passage of the 2021 budget by the National Assembly. Speaking on Thursday while presenting the N13trn budget proposal to the lawmekers, Buhari said passing it on time will ensure early implementation from January 2021. As part of measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, the president was accompanied […]