Sokoto State Government has developed an Action Plan on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) as a significant step toward addressing the pervasive issue of GBV in the state. Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji the permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting on GBV prevention onContinue Reading
The Governor of Sokoto State, Dr. Ahmed Aliyu, has charged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the State to make their service year productive and memorable. He made this call on Friday, during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2025 Batch B stream 11 orientation exercise for CorpsContinue Reading
The Israeli prime minister took to the stage at the UN General Assembly on Friday afternoon when dozens of delegates began to get up from their seats and leave the room in protest against the genocide in Gaza. Shouts directed towards Netanyahu could also be heard before he beganContinue Reading
As the world marked World Tourism Day 2025 on Saturday under the theme “Tourism and Sustainable Transformation,” the Vice President, South East of the Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria (FTAN), Ugwu Wilson Uche, has called for renewed commitment to repositioning tourism as a driver of economic growth and culturalContinue Reading
(President Bola Ahmed Tinubu) *ONCE UPON A TIME, ONCE UPON A COUNTRY: *1. In 1950 in a place called Lagos ,Olorunimbe was the first Mayor of Lagos with Mazi Mbonu Ojike as his Deputy.* *2. In 1952 a man from Ogwashi Ukwu, by the name of Chief EkwuiyasiContinue Reading
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy (FMACTCE), Dr. Mukhtar Yawale Muhammad, on Wednesday paid a working visit to the headquarters of the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority (NTDA), Abuja. He was accompanied by Directors from the Ministry. In his remarks, Dr. Muhammad noted that theContinue Reading
Nigerian Army committed to observing, improving human rights in operations – Chief CCMA The Nigerian Army says it is committed to dealing with all human rights complaints/issues and continuous improvement of all human rights records in its operations. The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs (CCMA) of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. GoldContinue Reading
By Hajia Fatima Aliyu, the wife of Sokoto state governor on Thursday launched the disbursement of cash support 41,821 female students under Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project. The Newsmen reports that the disbursement was a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme aimed at advancing girl-child educationContinue Reading
Osun State Governor, Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, has continued to demonstrate resilience and people-centered leadership despite the federal government’s seizure of local government allocations. For the past eight months, the state has endured what many describe as an “economic siege,” yet Adeleke has remained steadfast in payingContinue Reading
