This is according to a statement issued on Thursday by the NYSC spokesman in Imo, Ugochukwu Orunta. The gesture, according to the statement, fulfilled Governor Hope Uzodimma’s promise to prioritise corps members’ welfare. He went on to say that the improved conditions would bring out the best in the corps members and encourage them to contribute significantly to the development of the state and Nigeria. During their service year, the governor urged the corps members...
Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor of Kano State, has announced that governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed to zone the next Senate President to the country’s south-south geopolitical region. The governors of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) had previously recommended that the Senate President be zoned to either the south-east or south-south regions. They also proposed that the positions of majority leader, deputy majority leader, and chief whip be used as compensation for...
According to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, Europe’s top football nations face a broadcast blackout for this year’s Women’s World Cup unless media organizations improve their “disappointing” offers for the rights. Offers from the “Big Five” European countries — the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France — were rejected as a “slap in the face” to the players and “all women worldwide,” according to Infantino. “To be very clear, it is our moral and legal...
Austin Jay Jay Okocha, a former Super Eagles captain, urged the team on Thursday to be more consistent and stable in their quest to maintain the team’s status as Africa’s number one. The advice was given by the mercurial midfielder in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the unveiling of the African Heroes Penalty Cup in Lagos. Okocha, who recently celebrated 30 years since his first call-up to the Senior National...
According to the Federal Ministry of Transportation, N180 million has been approved for the Port Standing Task Team (PSTT) to fight corruption and prevent other maritime crimes at the nation’s seaports. Dr. Magdalene Ajani, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, stated this at the 3rd roundtable on Maritime Sector Reforms: “Consolidating the Gains,” held in Lagos on Wednesday. The roundtable was organized by the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) and the Convention on Business Integrity (CBI). Ajani...
The outgoing 9th National Assembly (NASS) has failed Nigerian women by failing to pass five gender bills into law, according to women’s rights advocates in Nigeria. Remember that the 9th NASS rejected five gender bills, including Bill No 35: Special Seats for Women, Bill No 36: Expansion of the Scope of Citizenship through Registration, Bill No 37: Affirmative Action for Women in Political Party Administration, Bill No 38: Indigeneship Rights, and Bill No 68 (formerly...
Alhasan Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, announced his intention to run for speaker of the 10th National Assembly yesterday. He cited his four wives and 28 children as evidence that he would be a successful speaker. Doguwa, who represents Kano State’s Tundun Wada/Doguwa federal constituency, said in a speech at an event in Abuja that he had paid his party’s dues and that the time had come to reward him with...
A 20-year-old woman was reportedly shot dead while being held hostage by six suspected hoodlums in the Bayelsa State community of Azikoro, a suburb of Yenagoa. Vanguard discovered that the thugs invaded the typically tranquil Azikoro Community Health Centre axis armed with dangerous weapons, broke into their home after damaging the break-in, stole phones, obtained all of the ATM cards, and withdrew their victims’ money using the PoS machines they brought. It was discovered that...
Residents of the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, who were upset about a recent robbery that took place in the area, are responsible for setting fire to a suspect in the crime. After robbing their victims, the suspects allegedly kidnapped a female occupant of the vehicle after they were done robbing their victims. It was said that they were on their way back to their hideout when residents of a neighboring community...
The residents of Ozalla community in Enugu state’s Nkanu-west local government area have demanded that the killers of late Engr Dons Udeh, a former APGA candidate for governor in the 2023 election, be identified and prosecuted. Yesterday, the community presented the charger to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, the Department of State Security, the Police, and all state-operating security organisations. Udeh was reported missing on April 22. His cell phone was allegedly discovered at...
