Year: 2023

Your Rights are God-given, demand for them – Ojukwu tells Nigerians

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Dr. Tony Ojukwu ,Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission has charged Nigerians to always stand for and demand for their rights from the government and other duty bearers.   NHRC Boss this in his message to mark the 2023 Human Rights Day, he reminded Nigerians that “human rights are not only fundamental, they are also God-given natural endowments that cannot be taken away by the authorities or non-state actors without recourse to the law.” He urged Nigerians to remain steadfast and vigilant in the defence of their fundamental…

Shettima, Kokori: ‘Nigeria Go Better’ By Lasisi Olagunju

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On the streets of Ibadan, there is an Aisha Suleiman from Kano State begging for alms. The about-22-year-old lady suffered a sudden divorce and everything around her collapsed. The only option she could thereafter think of was to move down south in search of hope – to do street begging. At a spot along the Ring Road in Ibadan, she sat helpless and confused, her vacant, teary eyes looking into the emptiness of today and the nothingness of tomorrow. “He divorced me for no reason; I guess my time in…

FG to punish women who protect paedophile husbands –

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The Federal Government has vowed to punish women who protect husbands that molest their children.   Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the Minister of Women Affairs who said this, noted that the government would no longer tolerate mothers whose children have been molested.   The minister said such wives may not want their husbands to be punished but explained that the government’s interest was in the protection of the child.     Uju spoke in Abuja at a one-day awareness creation programme on: Using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to Address Gender-Based…

Nigerians mourn as Veteran NTA Newscaster Aisha Bello dies in Abuja

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Nigerians have mourned the passing on of a veteran newscaster with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Aisha Bello Mustapha.   According to reports, the broadcaster died in the early hours of Monday, December 11, 2023, at a hospital in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).   Aisha Bello was a former General Manager of NTA Parliament and a prominent newscaster on NTA Network between the 90s and 20s. Her career spanned 35 years before she retired from active service in May 2022.   Her impactful career in broadcasting came to…

COWA President,Kikelomo Adeniyi harps on Women’s Mental Health, Physical Fitness …… As COWA holds maiden Physical Fitness Exercise,Mental Health Awareness campaign

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By Abra Iruoghene, Ikebudu Cynthia       President of the Customs Officers’ Wives Association (COWA) and wife of the Comptroller General of Customs,Mrs. Kikelomo Adeniyi,has called for extensive promotion of Mental Health and physical fitness amongst women in Nigeria.Mrs Adeniyi who spearheaded the COWA maiden physical fitness exercise and mental health awareness program organized for COWA members in Abuja, themed ‘Healthy Wife, Wealthy Life.’ The multifaceted event held on December 9, 2023 in Abuja included a road walk, mental health talk, medical checkup, yoga session, and networking opportunities. Speaking…

Why political parties in Nigeria should be reformed, by Salihu Moh. Lukman

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The Fourth Republic, which began on May 29, 1999 was received by most activists in Nigeria with contempt and outright denial.   As a privileged leader of the pro democracy movement in Nigeria, I recall with utmost regret how we refused to participate in the Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar transition programme that ushered in the Fourth Republic.   Being a founding member of the Campaign for Democracy (CD), and a founding member of Democratic Alternative (DA), it is painful to recall how we rationalised our refusal to participate in the transition…

Air Force neutralizes dreaded terrorist, Yellow Jambros, in air strikes

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The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch, has killed a dreaded terrorist identified as Yellow Jambros, and scores of other terrorists in airstrikes in Shiroro local government area of Niger.   His killing was disclosed in a statement made by the spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja.   Gabkwet said the terrorists met their waterloo while attempting to cross the Jikudna River in Galadima Kogo District, heading towards Wurukuvhi axis of Chikun LGA.   Speaking further in the statement, Gabkwet said Yellow…

Natasha’s Kogi Central: From Quietude To Activeness, by Abubakar Yusuf

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No doubt , it has been a beehive of activities and return of quality representation to Kogi Central after so many decades of the demise of Senator Ahmed Tijani Ahmed of blessed memory, whose representation stood out among many others produced in the current Nigeria’s democratic journey from Kogi Central.   The election and subsequent swearing- in of Senator Natasha Akpoti -Uduaghan also ends the perennial installation of stooges on the coveted Kogi Central Senatorial seat , with the past occupants who had displayed stooge like attitudes, that was testament…

The Change that Never Was,By Simon Kolawole

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Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Pardon my French. I was saying: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” When the All Progressives Congress (APC) wowed Nigerians with the slogan of “change” ahead of the 2015 elections, I was as sceptical as I could be, knowing well that it was a gimmick. In my article, ‘May We Now Discuss the Issues, Please?’ (THISDAY, December 21, 2014), I wrote: “I am one of those Nigerians who cannot be easily moved by political slogans. I love the…