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lduozee Paul, Benin The Senator representing Edo South Senatorial district, in the Federal consistency, Senator Matthew Asagbonroba Uroghide has extolled journalists and media professionals in the state for their support.He said if not for their support since he became a lawmaker, he would have not be able to execute most of his projects, just as he appealed that if voted in again he will use his allowances to sponsor the poor and needy in Edo state. He promised to do more if elected for asecond term. The policymaker made the statement whenhe visited the Edo state Council of theNigeria Union of Journalists…

Prof. Mahmood YakubuNational chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, on Saturday admitted that candidate of the All Progressives Congress, for Niger East Senatorial District, Senator Mohammed Musa, was a registered contractor with the commission.The INEC chairman made the disclosureat a stakeholders’ meeting held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)presidential candidate, AlhajiAtikuAbubakar, had in a statement hinted thenation that the Managing Director of Activate Technologies Limited, MohammedSani Musa, whose company supplied the machines used in printing the PermanentVoter Cards (PVCs), was the candidate of the APC for Niger EastSenatorial district in the…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE16thFebruary 2019AbujaDistinguishedLadies and Gentlemen of the Press, The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) and its partnersexpress disappointment over the postponement of the 2019 general electionsoriginally scheduled for 16th February and 2nd March2019. Without prejudice to INEC’s reasons for the postponement, we acknowledgethat the decision has socio-economic and political consequences for allstatkeholders. However, WANEP remains committed to its mandate of promotingpeaceful and credible elections.Inthis context, WANEP urges the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)to continue to provide regular information to the general public on theprogress of the revised timelines for the elections, in order to re-assure theelectorate on the…

By Ken MejuThe near absenceof mention of issues critical to women in the Nigerian media will soon be athing of the past. This is because journalists rising from a training on theimplementation of the United Nations Resolution on Security, UNSCR 1325, havemade personal commitments to project issues on abuse of women rightsparticularly in conflict situations greater attention. They also promised toraise calls for inclusion of women in peace-building. The was the outcome of a training on amplifying women’s voices for peace and implementing the UNSCR 1325 was a collaboration between the West African Network for Peace-building, WANEP, Nigeria and her global…

Nze Ogbueshi Nwoshia ObodoekweThe remains of Nze Nwosha Obodoekwe, father of a Port Harcourt based journalist attached to National Point Newspapers and human rights defender, Styvn Obodoekwe, will be laid to rest on Friday, February 8, 2019. According to information released by Nze Alex Obodoekwe on behalf of the family and made available to this publication, the late Nwosha Obodoekwe, an Ozo title holder fondly addressed as Ogbueshi Ezenwamadi, will be buried in his family compound at Okuzu-Umuezegbogu village, Oba, (near Onitsha) Idemili South Local government Area of Anambra State in accordance with Christian burial tradition. The burial arrangement released…

By Constance MejuSometime late December 2018,while presenting the 2019 Federal Budget Proposal to the joint session of theNational Assembly in Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari claimed that work on theOgwashi-Uku Dam has been completed and commissioned. Normally, such informationwould have been allowed to go the way of most budget items as has been the casewith national, state and local government appropriation bills.But because awareness on citizen responsibility to good governance is beginning to grow, a concerned native in that town, the headquarter of Aniocha South Local Government in Delta State, who believed that silence in the face of wrong doing is…

DIG Peace Ibekwe A.While campaigningin Awka, Anambra state last month, President Muhammadu Buhari told SouthEasterners, Ndigbo that he had not been appointing people from that zone intotop decision making offices because he has not found any who merits such intheir midst. He was responding to criticism over the appointment of the newInspector General of Police who he picked again from the north even asNigerians are shouting coarse that these appointments have continually beenone-sided.Thepresident could have also been indirectly making no apologies to Nigerian womenfor by-passing the next most senior police officer, DIG Peace Ibekwe A., a woman,to pick his candidate,…

Thereare certain simple things you can do to stop serious damage to your health.After the age of 50, one may experience many types of illness but one of the most worrisome is Alzheimer which will not allow you to be able to look after yourself and thus, cause a lot of inconvenience to you and your family members. Thankfully, research is saying you can halt its advance by acting wisely now.Here is a simple exercise handed down by a doctorand confirmed effective even if simple. This will reduce the onset of thedreaded illness while also improving the following: Body weight, hypertension,…

Asthe count-down to the 2019 general elections enters the last month, Nigerianshave been warned to expect a wave of terrorism worse than the Fulani Herdsmen.Freedomfor the Nation Outreach’s general overseer, Pastor Samuel Akinbodunre in a NewYear message, said Nigeria will experience another sect of insurgence worsethan the Fulani Herdsmen.TheSouth African based cleric revealed according to an internet monitored report,that there is arms build-up in the country.Accordingto him, God showed him in a vision, a house heavily guarded by security agentsbut peeping into it spiritually, he saw the house loaded with ammunitions inpreparation for2019 elections.Onthe presidential election slated for February 16,…

Theyear 2018 ended on a good note for the people of Twon Brass. The people of thatkingdom collectively chose to dedicate their home to God led by the King andQueen, chiefs, elders and pastors last December.Itwas a day of proclamation by King Alfred Diete-Spiff, Amayanabo of Twon Brassand chairman Bayelsa State as he called on all to repent leading the repentanceprayer on behalf of the people and kingdom as in biblical times.Membersof the Pastors Forum in the kingdom backed the proclamation/repentance sessionswith prayers for the return of the people to God and attendant peace in theland and consecrated the new…