Women protesting at the National Assembly A coalition of 229 women groups has condemned the National Assembly for rejecting all gender bills during the voting on the amendments to the 1999 Constitution on Tuesday. The groups, in a statement, described as sad the lawmakers’ decision to deny women the opportunity of inclusion and representation in […]
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Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives voted on 68 amendments to the 1999 Constitution on Tuesday. The National Assembly has concluded the voting stage of the Constitutional amendment. The process which lasted over five hours on Tuesday, saw lawmakers of both chambers consider 68 amendments to the Constitution. Following is the entire […]
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Women protesting at the National Assembly Scores of Nigerian women protested Wednesday at the National Assembly against the rejection of several bills seeking gender equality in the country. Federal lawmakers had on Tuesday voted on 68 bills that seek to alter the Constitution. Of the 68 legislations, about five bills sought to promote more opportunities […]
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Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry has announced that it expects to receive the first batch of evacuees from Ukraine on Thursday. This was announced through a press statement by Mr Gabriel Aduda, the ministry’s permanent secretary. According to him, “the chartered flights (Air Peace, Max Air) will depart on Wednesday, March 2, to pick up Nigerian […]
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I was chained for 10 days for refusing to prostitute- auxiliary nurse 17,414 Nigerians return from Libya in seven years A chartered Boeing 737-800 aircraft- Al Buraq, landed at the cargo wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, Wednesday night, with 159 stranded Nigerians returnees from Libya ,alighting from the air stair. Two of […]
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A Libya returnee, Miss Blessing Muhammad, has narrated how she came back to life while she was being buried. She was among the 128 stranded Nigerians returned from Libya. The returnees arrived the Cargo Wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at about 6.32p.m. on Tuesday, aboard Al Buraq Air Boeing 100 – 800 […]
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Libya returnees A Libya returnee, Miss Tosin Omole, has narrated how she left her three months old son in her mother’s care and headed for Europe, only to find herself in prostitution business in Libya. The 29-year-old, who was among the 128 stranded Nigerians returned from Libya, said a lady that lives in same street […]
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Victoria Amaogechukwu Ezeh battling to survive Hodgkin’s lymphoma Ten years after she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma – a cancer of the lymphatic system (part of the immune system), Victoria Amaogechukwu Ezeh is battling to survive the ailment. Although she has undergone a series of treatments including chemotherapy, the health of the 42-year-old seamstress who […]
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The February 12 FCT area councils election was a setback for the APC, Nigeria’s ruling party. Since coming to power in 2015, the party had recorded near-total success in the two previous elections. Council elections are held in the Nigerian capital every three years. In 2016, the APC won five of the six councils – […]
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FG says 45m litres of products successfully blended We’ll not lift PMS for depot owners selling above N148.77 – NUPENG Begins enforcement of official rate, sets up taskforce The ongoing shortage of Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, worsened in Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan, Enugu and other major cities across the country, yesterday, with motorists spending hours on […]
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