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NAICOM Recommits To Prompt Payment of Insurance Claims

Partners FRSC on 3rd Party Vehicle Insurance Oluwakemi Kindness The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) on Thursday urged Nigerians to be more positive on the benefits of insurance in the country. This is as the Commission reiterated it's committment to ensuring that Insurance policyholders get their claims payment as at when due. The Commissioner for Insurance, Olusegun Omosehin, stated this in Abuja on Thursday when led his management team on a visit to the Corp Marshal of the FRSC, Shehu Mohammed, […]

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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 around the 2nd Niger Bridge on Wednesday. A statement signed […]

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FCTA Allocates N3.6 Billion for Police Infrastructure in Kuje, Gwagwalada, and Kwali

By: Sofiat Adenekan The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has approved N3.6 billion for the construction of three additional police divisional headquarters and staff quarters in Kuje, Gwagwalada, and Kwali Area Councils. Director of the Security Services Department, Mr. Adamu Gwary, made this known during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday following the first FCT Executive Committee meeting of 2025. According to Gwary, the initiative is part of ongoing efforts to strengthen security infrastructure across the Federal Capital Territory […]

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African Women Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA) Officially Launches in Nigeria on World Cancer Day.

...Pledging to Increase Awareness and Empower Women. By: Anayo Akwitti The African Women Cancer Awareness Association (AWCAA) has officially announced its launch in Nigeria on World Cancer Day, reinforcing its commitment to empowering women through cancer education, early detection, and access to life-saving treatment. For over two decades, AWCAA has spearheaded more than 21 cancer awareness missions across Africa, donated mammogram machines to hospitals, and improved cancer care in countries such as Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, and Sudan. […]

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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 their strike action in spite of repeated acts of violation […]

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Economy

Nigeria Customs, NESREA, Strengthen Collaboration on Environmental Protection

Oluwakemi Kindness The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) Adewale Adeniyi has reaffirmed the Nigeria Customs Service’s (NCS) commitment to enhancing collaboration with the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) to ensure environmental safety, trade efficiency and regulatory compliance. Adeniyi stated this during a courtesy visit by NESREA’s management team to the Customs Headquarters in Abuja. The NCS boss described inter-agency synergy as crucial to achieving national economic and security goals. “We recognise the importance of collaboration and partnership. Many […]

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National Assembly

Speaker Abbas Emphasizes Importance Of Parliamentary Oversight of Security Agencies

Oluwakemi Kindness The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, says effective parliamentary oversight of security agencies will help to guarantee adherence to the rule of law and uphold human rights. Abbas stated this on Thursday at a two-day workshop on the development of a legislative oversight manual: security agencies as case studies, organized by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Represented by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, the Speaker noted that the issue of security is paramount in their responsibilities as […]

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National Assembly

Deputy Speaker Kalu Urges President Tinubu to Facilitate Kanu’s release

Oluwakemi Kindness The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to grant clemency to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kalu made the call during a press briefing at the National Assembly following the inaugural meeting of the House Committee on the South East Development Commission (SEDC). Commending President Tinubu for his commitment to the peace and development of the South-East, Kalu highlighted the President’s swift […]

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National Assembly

Reps To Hold Exhibition on Gender Inclusion

Oluwakemi Kindness The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) in partnership with Advocacy for Civic Engagement Centre, ElectHER and National Assembly Library will next month hold an exhibition on gender inclusion, tagged, "Art for Governance". The Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Constitution Review Committee, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed this in Abuja, when he received a delegation from Albright Stonebridge Group who paid him a courtesy visit in his office. Addressing the delegation, Kalu explained […]

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