Osinbajo rejects four national assembly bills
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has declined approving four bills the national assembly forwarded to the executive for assent. Osinbajo conveyed his decision in a letter...
Monthly Archive: February 2017
Child Survival: UNICEF Suggests the Use of “Facts for Life Document” for Media Advocacy
By Alex Uangbaoje, Sokoto United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has suggested that the best way to design programmes and media messages met for the purposes...
Group backs Sanusi’s call for regulation of marriage
Agency Report The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has supported call by the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II for a law to regulate marriage...
Why Nigeria’s education standard is poor
The Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha has attributed the decline in the nation’s education standard to continuous emphasis on paper qualification rather than skills...
UNICEF Urges Media to Expand Coverage to Rural Communities
By Alex Uangbaoje, Sokoto United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has urged the media to gear up it’s social mobilisation responsibility and information dissemination to cover...
Buhari paid ‘corrupt’ Nigerian judge N500,000 during certificate controversy, Witness tells court
A witness in the corruption trial of Justice Adeniyi Ademola has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari gave the embattled judge N500,000 while his certificate controversy was pending...
Revealed: Buhari not in Abuja London House – Official
President Muhammdu Buhari is not in Abuja House, London, an official told a Guardian reporter on Sunday. The unidentified official made the disclosure when the...
Outrage as Indian-packaged garri sells in Nigeria
Nigerians on Monday expressed outrage after it emerged that Indian-packaged garri was being sold in the country. The garri is packed in a 500g bag,...
KDSG, Committed to Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS by 2020 – UNICEF
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Monday assured that the Kaduna State government is committed to ending the prevalence of...
21 killed in fresh attacks in southern Kaduna
At least 21 people have been killed in renewed attacks in four communities in Kaura and Jama’a local government areas of Kaduna state. Many houses...