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By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Janet Audu Nyajon, Taraba State Correspondent of Daily Independent newspapers, has emerged Chairperson of the state chapter of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). Declaring the results before delegates after a keenly-contested election held on Tuesday , February 11, at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Jalingo, capital of the North-Eastern state, Chairperson of the electoral committee, Mrs. Elizabeth Usen Smith of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Jalingo, said prior to the polls, four seats were vacant. Of them, the position of Chairperson was contested for while the other three had candidates who were…

By Felix Durumbah "The opposition’s work is to criticise the sitting government and hold them accountable. My views changed after I met the President, and he saw a need to appoint me." With these words, former spokesman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 election, Daniel Bwala, sought to justify his 'cross over' to becoming a spokesman of President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 and inaugurated on May 29,2023,suffered some of the most virulent attacks on him ahead and immediately after the…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Bigger responsibilities came for over 55 persons as Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) inducted them as Special Marshals. The agency also decorated two personalities with the investiture of Honorary Special Marshals in Enugu State. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, who addressed the inductees in Enugu, South-East Nigeria, urged them to always be good ambassadors of the Corps and discharge their duties impartially to humanity and the nation. Mohammed, represented by the Zonal Commanding Officer, FRSC Zone 9, Assistant Corps Marshal Anthony Oko, urged the new Special Marshals to ensure that the standard of dedication and…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna University teachers in Kaduna State University (KASU) have expressed gratitude to the State Governor, Uba Sani, for approving land for their Academia Mass Housing Estate project. They took the position under their umbrella Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). A statement issued by Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Malam Ibraheem Musa, disclosed that ASUU, in a letter dated January 23, 2025, said that the project will ‘’enhance staff welfare and provide civil servants with an opportunity to own homes through a rent-to-own/mortgage financing scheme.’’ The letter, signed by the president of KASU-ASUU Multipurpose Cooperative…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Commissioner for Information in Ekiti State, South-West Nigeria, Taiwo Olatunbosun, has described calls by many Ekiti indigenes for Governor Biodun Oyebanji to seek re-election in 2026 as "a reflection of the confidence that Ekiti people have in his leadership." Speaking in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, on a radio programme tagged 'People's Platform', the Commissioner noted that the people of Ekiti State on different political, social and religious platforms, had been calling on Oyebanji to seek re-election following what the Commissioner described as his sterling performances in the last two years of his administration. Olatunbosun, who stated…

By Felix Durumbah Agitators for creation of additional states in Nigeria have more home work to do. This is because their proposals for 30 new states have not met the required constitutional provisions. These much were disclosed by Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Ben Kalu, on Friday, February 7, in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. In a statement issued by his media office, the Deputy Speaker said the 30 proposals fell far short of Section 8 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended),which deals with State and Local Government (LG) creation, boundary adjustment and similar matters. Contrary to media reports (not…

By Okwudiri Okafor, Umuahia Abia State government and land owners housing the proposed Abia airport project have agreed on certain previously contentious areas in a bid to get the project off the ground. Consequently, they have inaugurated a joint technical committee to make further progress on the project. This followed a crucial meeting between the government and community leaders, village and compound heads of land owners as well as the technical team of the Nsulu Airport Land Owners Forum, held on Thursday at Government House, Umuahia, the capital of the South-East Nigerian state. In a communique signed by Chief of…

By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna Kaduna State Government has intervened in the ongoing industrial dispute between electricity distribution firm, Kaduna Electric, and its workers’ union, which resulted in outage in all its franchise states for five days. The state's Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, who hosted the meeting at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Thursday, pleaded with the union to restore electricity to consumers as soon as possible because the outage has impacted negatively across all sectors. Dr Balarabe implored the management and the union to find a common ground to ensure the resolution of their differences, as the lack of…

By Prosper Okoye Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have raised the alarm over alleged human rights violations against Nigerian migrants being deported from Germany. During a press briefing in Abuja,the Nigerian capital, on Thursday, February 6, the groups, including the Civil Society Network on Migration and Development (CSOnetMADE) and the Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse, and Labour (NACTAL), called for urgent government action to address flaws in the deportation and reintegration processes. Recounting a recent incident, National Coordinator of CSOnetMADE, Dr Emeka Obiezu, lamented the inhumane treatment of a Nigerian deportee, Bright Obasuyi. He recounted: "On 22 January 2025, a plane…