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By Isaac Eranga Abuja, Nigeria – Forty young women and men have received capacity building training in leadership, peace-building and advocacy. The 3-day train-the-trainers workshop was conducted recently in Abuja by the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria, in partnership with the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP). While speaking at event, the National Coordinator of WANEP Nigeria, Chief …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, revealed other allegations against the Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, saying the party leader lacked integrity. He alleged that the PDP chairman also received double pay for a single project. “If people know what we know, if we release what we have, Ayu’s children will go to him and say we …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Friday apologised to his supporters over errors detected in the party’s Campaign Council list. Obi who made the plea via his Twitter handle, however, assured that the controversial campaign list will be reviewed. His words, “I’ve received several calls of concern following the release of the Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members to resume all services hitherto withdrawn with effect from 12:01 on Friday. The ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, President said this in a statement issued at the end of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) emergency meeting on Friday in Abuja. Osodeke said the meeting was called to review …

The leadership of the Labour Party, LP has appealed to Nigerians that the party will published an updated version of its Presidential Campaign Council list. The national chairman of the party, Julius Abure, who made this known on Thursday, admitted that Labour Party goofed in the composition of the campaign team. He said, “Our attention has been drawn to some …

The group wants the AIT founder, Raymond Dokpesi, appointed as head of the PDP presidential campaign council. A political support group within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), “Elders Forum for Atiku 2023’’, has advised the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to revisit the composition of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).The group stated that this became necessary to avoid the mistake made in …

On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, announced in a press conference in Abuja that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, had been arrested and extradited to Nigeria from Kenya, after being intercepted in the East African country on Sunday, June 26, 2021, by Interpol. He said …

On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, announced in a press conference in Abuja that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, had been arrested and extradited to Nigeria from Kenya, after being intercepted in the East African country on Sunday, June 26, 2021, by Interpol. He said …

“It is not fair on the countries, we should interrogate, let’s start questioning these data from international organisations,” an official said. Some government officials have questioned the latest global data on out-of-school children by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Officials of the federal and Lagos education ministries expressed the doubt at an event on Wednesday. UNESCO …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday called off its eight-month-old strike. However, the union in a press statement made available to The PUNCH noted that the issues in its disputes with the Federal Government were not well addressed. The press release, which was signed by the National President of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, however, hailed the intervention of the …