Ms Fidelia Setle, Assistant Director Child Welfare in Plateau State Ministry of Women Affairs, has said that incidences of child rape and forced marriage were rampant in the state Setle said this at a press briefing on Tuesday in Jos.…
A civil society group has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, calling for an independent investigation by the Presidency into the recommendation for the compulsory retirement of a judge of the Osun State High Court. The call is coming barely two…
Seye Joseph The Centre for Global Solutions and Sustainable Development (CENGSSUD) has strongly opposed the proposed sales of National asset to fund 2016 budget and sustain the foreign reserve. The call is not only short-sighted, but unsustainable. This was made known…
The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has observed that 90 per cent of women awaiting trial in prisons across the country are either pregnant or nursing mothers or pregnant. The commission pointed out that there was no amount of compensation…
Wema Bank, recently, hosted some staff of Uganda’s Apex Bank; The Bank of Uganda (BoU), on a week-long knowledge and skills sharing session on Balanced Score Card and Performance Management. Speaking on the BoU’s decision to take a cue from…
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a report from…
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, has renewed calls on full implementation and embracement of Made-in-Nigeria, as a strategy to rescue the country from its current economic quagmires. The minister who spoke at media briefing,…
Lagos State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum(AWIEF) to facilitate the process of ensuring that women owned businesses have access to $300 million to boost their businesses. The state’s commissioner for…
Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a report from…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has said it will mobilise Nigerians for nationwide protests to resist the plan by the Federal Government to sell strategic assets under the guise of using the funds to be generated to get the country out…
