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The Senate is working currently on a bill to set aside 30 per cent of seats at the National Assembly and  40 per cent of seats at states’ houses of assembly for young people. The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, made the disclosure in Lokoja on Friday at a symposium to mark the 46th birthday of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi. “If youths are given …

Female Student found dead. The Nigerian Army said on Friday that troops operating under the auspices of Operation Hadarin Daji who have been on hot pursuit of kidnappers and bandits following an unfortunate abduction incident in Federal Government College, Birnin Yawuri on Thursday 17 June 2021 have so far, rescued two Teachers and five students after a fierce exchange of …

The U.N. General Assembly unanimously elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member organisation at a time a deeply divided world faces numerous conflicts, the growing impact of climate change, and a pandemic still circling the globe. Ambassadors in the assembly chamber burst into applause as Assembly President …

World leaders have continued to pay tributes to Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia who died Thursday. Mr Kaunda, the founding president of the Southern African nation, died on Thursday at the age of 97. Known by his initials of KK, He led his country from 1964 until 1991 and is known as one of the giants in the …

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday participate in the 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra, the capital of Ghana. A release issued Friday in Abuja by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said that the president will depart Abuja on Saturday for the summit. President Buhari is expected to join other Heads of …

World Health Organisation (WHO) says caesarean section use continues to rise globally, now accounting for more than one in five (21 per cent ) of all childbirths. WHO, in a statement on Wednesday, stated that the rising rates suggested increasing numbers of medically unnecessary and potentially harmful procedures. The UN health agency stated that worldwide caesarean section rates had risen …

An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night sentenced Francis Atuche, a former MD of defunct Bank PHB to six years’ imprisonment. An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday night sentenced  Francis Atuche, a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB (now Keystone Bank), to six years’ imprisonment for defrauding the bank of N25.7 billion. In a 12-hour judgment, Justice Lateefa …

World Health Organisation (WHO) says the health of children, adolescents and expectant mothers worldwide is at risk from the illegal processing of old electrical or electronic devices. WHO raised the alert on Tuesday in a landmark new report on the toxic threat, entitled: “Children and Digital Dumpsites’’. In a statement coinciding with the launch, WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, warned that …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for improved partnership and collaboration among stakeholders to restore and preserve forest reserves in the state, so as to reverse land degradation and desertification. The governor gave the charge in commemoration of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, marked yearly on June 17, by the United Nations and its sister …

Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja advocates complete elimination of North and South dichotomy for Nigerians to enjoy true democracy. Kaigama made the call while speaking with newsmen at a conference in Abuja, on ”Understanding the mind of the Church on media and communication,” organised by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN). He said that the serious difference …