Mrs Grace Jerry, Executive Director, Inclusive Friends Association (IFA), has appealed to the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure accurate data of persons with disabilities ahead of 2023 General Elections. She made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja, when she…
Members of the Ekiti chapter of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) on Wednesday elected new members of its executive committee to pilot its affairs for the next three years. The election was conducted at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium in…
An NGO, Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) on Wednesday called for increased sensitisation on political participation for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) ahead of the 2023 election. The organisation made the call when some members of IFA board and management paid a…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, admitted an optical disc in evidence in the ongoing trial of popular Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola alias ”Naira Marley”. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on May 14, 2019, charged the…
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 45-year-old man, Ibironke Peter, before an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, for allegedly defrauding a man of more than N4.1 million. The defendant of no fixed address is standing trial on a two-count charge…
The commencement of the beleaguered Tokyo Olympics as planned this July could come down to support from the U.S and its new president, a Tokyo Organising Committee member, Haruyuki Takahashi, has said. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese organisers…
The Federal Ministry of Water Resources, through the Clean Nigeria Campaign Secretariat is engaging 77,400 Youth volunteers to act as hygiene ambassadors towards scaling up sanitation and hygiene in the country. At the monthly meeting of the National Task Group…
A Magistrates’ Court in Ile-Ife, Osun on Wednesday, ordered that a labourer, Mathew Tersen,who allegedly stole N1.5million from a businessman, be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Tersen with two counts of intent to commit felony and theft.…
Some residents of Nsukka town in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State have commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the appointment of new service chiefs. Residents in separate interviews with newmen in Nsukka on Wednesday, said that Tuesday’s appointment by…
The National Industrial Court on Wednesday ordered Sterling Bank Plc to pay N1.7 million as judgment debt. Delivering judgment, Justice Benedict Kanyip, also directed that the claimants be paid N576,720 each, being the judgment sum of N1.7 million, which was…
