The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has accused the media of not supporting and influencing the speedy passage of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities Prohibition Act, 2019. Mr David Anyaele, the Executive Director of CCD, made the accusation…
Rapper, entrepreneur, and all-around ambitious dude Akon has finally officially signed off on the creation of his own city. Yes, you read that right. He’s creating his own city in the African nation of Senegal. The rapper, famous for hits such as Smack That and Lonely, has…
Business leaders from across the UK have been appointed for the UK’s first citizens’ assembly on climate change. The Climate Assembly UK was commissioned by six cross-party House of Commons Select Committees in summer 2019, in response to the Government’s…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has carved the 2020 budget around sustaining growth and job creation. The budget is designed to drive fiscal consolidation, investment in critical infrastructure, human capital development and enabling institutions, incentives for private sector investment, and…
The Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja accusing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of consistently breaching its statutory duties under the Freedom of Information Act, 2011 in flagrant violation of…
Survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre has listed Nigeria as one of the strongholds of United States President, Donald Trump. This is as the survey finds that support for Trump remains largely negative around the world, the News Agency…
Shoppers in Jakarta will soon be unable to carry their groceries in single-use plastic bags as the Jakarta administration has issued a long awaited gubernatorial regulation banning such plastic bags from traditional and modern markets starting June this year. The regulation…
By Ijeoma UKAZU | The realities confronting the girl child in today’s world are indeed scary as sexual predators and pedophiles abound, hence the urgent need to safeguard, protect the life and future of the child. Daily, the media is…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | In order to secure socio-economic priority and rights of Amachalla Ngwo women (right holders) in Enugu State, Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Hillary Ugwu has assured of legislative commitment…
World S avings Day is an event created to increase public awareness of the importance of savings both for modern economies and for individuals alike. It focuses on the relevance of savings in the global economy and how every depositor…
