NILDS DG Mourns Dr. Doyin Okupe

NILDS DG Mourns Dr. Doyin Okupe

The Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, has expressed deep shock over the passing of Dr Doyin Okupe, former Presidential Spokesman to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. In a statement issued on Friday, March 7, 2025, by his Media Adviser, Mohammad Abdulkadri, Professor Sulaiman describes Dr. Okupe’s death as a significant loss to Nigeria’s media and political landscape. Reflecting on their […]

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Women Empowerment Will Strengthen The Economy – First Lady Oluremi Tinubu

By Chinedu Echianu Nigeria's First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has empowered 500 women from the 21 local government areas in Kogi State. Speaking at the distribution of empowerment items to the women at the Muhammadu Buhari Square in Lokoja, the state capital, Mrs. Tinubu highlighted the importance of supporting women in nation-building. A statement from the Media Office of the First Lady of Kogi State said Mrs. Tinubu who […]

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Governor Soludo Has Lost The Capacity To Provide Security in Anambra – Labour Party

By: Chinedu Echianu The leadership of the Labour Party has expressed shock at the news if the assassination of one of its leaders and a lawmaker representing Onitsha 1 North Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Justice Azuka. The lawmaker was abducted on Tuesday, December 24, 2024 by gunmen while returning home on Ugwunaobankpa Road in Inland Town, Onitsha and his decomposing body was later found […]

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NLC Demands Immediate Reinstatement of 900 Sacked Staff of KEDC

By: Chinedu Echianu The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for an immediate and unconditional reinstatement of over nine hundred staff of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC) recently sacked in what the Labour Centre described as an unjust and illegal manner. A statement signed by the Head of Information and Public Affairs at NLC, Benson Upah commended the protesting workers of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company for peacefully conducting […]

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Nigeria’s Army Chief, Lagbaja Dies At 56

By Chinedu Echianu The presidency has announced the death of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff. The announcement came through a statement Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga Wednesday morning. The statement expressed deep sorrow over the loss of the high-ranking military officer, saying, “The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces regrets to announce the passing of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun […]

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Vice President Kashim Shettima Commissions Enugu Garment and Fashion Hub, Commends Governor Mbah’s Leadership Style

By Chinedu Echianu Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima has lauded Governor Peter Mbah’s development strides in Enugu State, noting that he was turning the state around through multiple projects across all sectors. Shettima, who was in Enugu on Thursday to commission the Enugu State Garment and Fashion Hub as well as unveil the 5th Expanded National Micro, Small, and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSME) Clinics, which are collaborative efforts of the […]

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Southern senators mourn late hajiya yar’ adua

By Anayo Akwitti Nigerian Southern Senators Forum has expressed sadness and commiserated with Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar' Adua and the entire Yar'Adua family over the passage of their matriarch Hajiya Dada Musa Yar' Adua. In a statement personally signed by the Chairman of the forum,Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, the lawmaker eulogised the Hajiya Yar' Adua on behalf of his colleagues. "I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of […]

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Inspector General of Police pledges commitment of police to rescue all Nigerians currently in captivity of kidnappers.

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has given the assurance that the police would rescue all Nigerians currently in the captivity of kidnappers. According to a statement by the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, the IG stated this at the Force Headquarters while reflecting on the effectiveness of the operations for the rescue of the 20 University of Maiduguri and Plateau State University medical students who were abducted in Benue […]

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Rescue Operation Continues In Ethiopia Three Days After Disastrous Landslide.

The Federal Government has repatriated 158 irregular Nigerian migrants from Libya. Nigeria’s Charge’d’ Affaires to Libya, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. Mohammed said the group of evacuees comprised of 77 males, 45 females, 26 children as well as 10 infants. The envoy explained that of the total number, 26 males who were arrested from the ongoing raid of undocumented foreigners in Libya were released […]

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