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Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:14:42 GMT
Child Marriage Violates Girls' Rights
[HRW] Abuja -- Child marriage remains prevalent in Nigeria because the federal and state governments have not adequately enforced laws to prevent it, Human Rights Watch said today.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:16:28 GMT
Four-Day Lockdown Looms in South-East As Nnamdi Kanu's Trial Resumes
[Premium Times] The IPOB leader is scheduled to appear in court from January 18 to January 20.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 04:53:44 GMT
How Buhari, Governors Remembered Country's Fallen Heroes
[Premium Times] The Armed Forces Remembrance Day is a day set aside every year to celebrate personnel of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Police who have died in the line of duty.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:09:44 GMT
UAE Shuns Nigeria, Lifts Travel Ban On Ghana, 4 Others
[Daily Trust] Emirates Airlines schedule flights have resumed in Ghana and four other African countries slammed with travel restrictions by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) even as uncertainty surrounds the resumption of flights to Nigeria.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 04:53:39 GMT
Insecurity - 20 Killed As Fatal Attacks By Non-State Actors Reduce Last Week Across Nigeria
[Premium Times] One of those killed last week was a police officer.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 04:38:53 GMT
Lagos Residents Rediscover City With Iconic Danfo Mini Bus
[RFI] Lagos -- Residents in Lagos, Nigeria, are rediscovering their city and all it has to offer through special day and night tours offered by EXP Lagos, a local tourism outfit that uses Danfo mini buses as transport. The weekend tours offer explora...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:24:31 GMT
Hard Times for Tenants As Landlords Hike Rent in Lagos
[Daily Trust] At the turn of the New Year, landlords in Lagos State have increased rent for their properties, an action that does not sit well with tenants.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:04:34 GMT
Electoral Bill - Why Direct Primary Is Not Feasible - Jega
[Premium Times] In the bill, passed by the National Assembly in 2021, Clause 87 allows political parties to adopt only a direct mode of primaries in selecting candidates.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:04:29 GMT
Insecurity - Zamfara Schools Resume After Four Months
[Premium Times] Schools are resuming in Zamfara since the total shutdown of all schools on September 1, 2021, after bandits abducted 80 students and three teachers from Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area (LGA).

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:31:46 GMT
How Newcomer BUA Foods Displaced Nestlé As Nigeria's 'Biggest' Consumer Goods Firm
[Premium Times] Analysts say the firms share price rise was not necessarily driven by company fundamentals or specific business benefiting news.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:31:26 GMT
APC Governors Meet, Insist On February for National Convention
[Premium Times] The APC has been in one form of crisis or the other since it assumed power in 2015.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:31:22 GMT
Covid-19 - Lagos Reports Backlog of Eight Deaths Sunday
[Premium Times] The disease centre said the latest figure of confirmed cases has increased Nigeria's infection toll to 250,929.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:19:33 GMT
2023 Presidency - What Stands Osinbajo Out - Report
[Vanguard] TO steady the ship of the Nigerian state, Nigerians have been urged to elect a candidate who has the capacity and demonstrated ability to deliver as president in 2023.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:38:40 GMT
NAFDAC Raises Alarm Over Indiscriminate Use of Aphrodisiac
[Vanguard] The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC on Sunday raised the alarm over indiscriminate use of performance enhancing substances popularly known as aphrodisiac, warning that consumption of such substances cou...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:38:37 GMT
Human Traffickers Now Recruiting Victims Through Virtual Processes - NAPTIP
[Vanguard] Abuja -- WITH the advent of COVID-19 pandemic,human traffickers have shifted from physical recruitment of their victims to virtual recruitment through virtual assessment of victim and proxy negotiation,the National Agency for the Prohibiti...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:35:43 GMT
Diasporan Artist Harps On Collaboration for Growth of Arts
[Vanguard] Nigerian-German Artstar, Emmanuel Eni, popularly known as Blackman in European Kitchen, has seized the opportunity of the celebration of his three decades of art practice, which has not only taken him all over the globe, but also won him f...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:35:40 GMT
Who Picks Ekiti APC Governorship Ticket?
[This Day] Less than two weeks to the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, no fewer than seven aspirants have obtained the party's nomination form, which qualifies them for the contest. Victor Ogunje, in this piece,...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:39:18 GMT
222 Days of Twitter Ban in Nigeria and Matters Arising
[This Day] On January 13, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari lifted the ban against Twitter operations in Nigeria. This was after 222 days or seven months of the ban. As expected, this lift generated mixed reactions and controversies about the true int...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:23:33 GMT
Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce Outlines Trajectory of Nigeria's Economic Performance
[This Day] Owing to the global inflationary trend linked to COVID 19 Nigeria's economic activity in 2022 will be similar to that of 2021, one of the nation's foremost economist, Mr Bismarck Rewane has hinted.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:23:32 GMT
Nigeria Is Not for Sale, Says Osinbajo Support Group
[This Day] Kano -- The Vice President Yemi Osibanjo Support Group has declared that Nigeria is not for sale and urged him to answer the call of Nigerians to run for 2023 presidential elections.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:23:28 GMT
Amnesty Programme Boss Backs Wike's War Against Illegal Refineries
[This Day] Port Harcourt -- The Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dikio (rtd), has declared his support on the war against illegal refineries by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:33:59 GMT
Zulum Raises Committee for Borno's 25-Year Dev't Plan
[Daily Trust] Borno State Governor Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has inaugurated the Borno State Advisory Committee on Governance and Development to make Borno a favoured destination for businesses, investors, and partners that will ensure supremacy...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 09:24:29 GMT
NDLEA Intercepts 1.5m Banned Drugs Enroute Kebbi, Kano
[Daily Trust] Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted about 1.5m tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5 and Diazepam loaded in Onitsha, Anambra State and heading to Yauri, Kebbi...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:35:32 GMT
Electoral Act - Don't Override Buhari, Jega Tells National Assembly
[Daily Trust] A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has cautioned the National Assembly against overriding President Muhammadu Buhari over the Electoral Act amendment bill stalemate.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:16:30 GMT
Ebonyi Govt Tells Markets, Parks to Disregard IPOB's Sit-At-Home Order
[Premium Times] The state govt says it will punishes anyone who obeys the sit-at-home order

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:16:30 GMT
Twitter Now Allows Users to Record Spaces
[Premium Times] Last October, Twitter announced the introduction of recording to a limited number of hosts

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:16:30 GMT
Tinubu Visits Katsina Gov, Says Nigeria Will Win War Against Insecurity
[Premium Times] Mr Tinubu urged the Federal Government to use all necessary means to eliminate the bandits.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:21:43 GMT
2023 Presidency - 28 Groups Converge On Kano for Osinbajo
[Daily Trust] No fewer than 28 groups from across Nigeria have converged in Kano to declare support for Nigeria's Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo, to run for the office of the president in the 2023 general elections.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:21:41 GMT
13 Months to 2023 Elections, Electoral Bill Not Ready
[Leadership] In the next 13 months from now, Nigerians will move to their polling units to elect leaders that will take over the affairs of the country for the next four years.

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:21:39 GMT
P-Square Announces Upcoming World Tour
[Leadership] Nigerian Singers P-Square has a announced that there will be a 'P- Square World Tour' coming up later in the year.



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