The Federal Government has secured $20 million grants from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to reduce the number of out-of-school children in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The government…
•Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Obasa The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a bill banning the activities of cultists and related illegal societies across the state into a law. The…
The Human Rights Journalists Network, HRJN in its continuous effort to build the capacity of media practitioners across Nigeria, is set to hold its monthly training for journalists. The February…
The Federal Government on Saturday inaugurated its N20,000 cash grant each for 3,500 rural women drawn from the 20 local government areas (LGAs) of Ogun. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,…
The newly appointed Service Chiefs yesterday stormed Borno State, as they made their first official trip to the centre of the war against Boko Haram terrorist group, promising to step…
By Robert Egbe Reddington Hospital has told the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution for Victims of SARS related abuses and other matters that it treated an overwhelming…
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Unassertiveness Among PWDS: Five Strategies for Learning to ‘Speak Up’ And Expressing Self-Confidence
In this essay, the focus is on one of the greatest personal challenges facing individuals with disabilities. Simple, but compellingly-written, a discussion is made of the frameworks and the dynamics…
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, Thursday, called on National Assembly to demonstrate patriotism and boldness in giving Nigerians a new Electoral Act…
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau Leader of Boko Haram terror group, Abubakar Shekau, has said the newly appointed service chiefs would fail like their predecessors. He spoke in a nine…
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja directed the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to coordinate and lead the deployment of a National Plan to address…
The Nigerian Governors’ Forum and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MICBAN) have agreed to the prohibition of night grazing and illegal occupation of forest reserves in the…
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I gradually lost my vision after accidentally hitting my head on car steering —31-year-old computer science graduate
Temitope Lawal By Angela Onwuzoo Becoming suddenly blind can be traumatising for anyone who was born with ‘normal’ sight, hitherto sighted persons tell ANGELA ONWUZOO Temitope Lawal had a promising…
The Federal Government on Thursday commenced the disbursement of N20,000 cash grant to 5,000 poorest and most vulnerable women across the six area councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…
A new Oxfam report has stated that between 200 to 500 people lived on less than $5.50 per day in 2020. The report titled ‘The Inequality Virus’ will be released…
Governor Yahaya Bello As groups continue to rally support for Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to vie for the exalted seat of the presidency in 2023, a civil society…