archiveMarch 2021

The African Union Commission has called on stakeholders and governments at all levels to connect with People Living With Disabilities (PWDs) to ensure their inclusiveness in all endeavours of life. Mr Lefhoko Kesamang, Senior Social Welfare Officer, African Union Commission,  made the call while delivery a keynote address at a...

    ITREALMS Media has concluded plans to partner the Awba-Ofemili ChatRoom to host a two-day ‘Meet PG Candidates 2021’ on social media for the forthcoming Awba-Ofemili Development Union (ADU) general elections. As at the time of going to the press, Awba-Ofemili ChatRoom boosts of hundreds of indigenous membership from...

  adjourns till April 13, 2021 The Senate, on Wednesday, considered a bill seeking to establish a fund specifically to cater for the welfare of families of dead military and security personnel. The bill for an Act to Establish the Families of Fallen Servicemen Support Fund, was sponsored by Senator...

  A bill seeking to prohibit open ruination and defecation in Nigeria on Wednesday scaled second reading in the Senate. The bill which seeks to establish the Clean Nigeria Agency was sponsored by senator Clifford Ordia (PDP, Edo). Leading debate on the general principles of the bill, the lawmaker recalled...

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish the National Agricultural Development Fund. The passage of the bill followed consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee, Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa West) explained that the...

The Nigerian stock market key indicators closed upbeat on Wednesday following gains posted by some blue chips to reverse previous trading loss. Specifically, the market capitalisation inched higher by N199 billion or 0.98 per cent to close at N20.449 trillion against N20.250 trillion recorded on Tuesday. Also, the All-Share Index...

The Federal Government will, on Thursday, tender the sum of one million, thirty thousand dollars allegedly recovered from rtd Air Commodore Umar Mohammed before the Federal High Court, Abuja. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order, on Wednesday, after the currencies, stashed in three bags, were counted with a counting machine...

  says security situation improving in Oyo The Oyo State Task Force on Security, also known as the 'War Room,' has announced plans to launch what it called integrated security concept, which will bring together state and non-state actors in a bid to effectively tackle insecurity in the state. The...

The fourth prosecution witness in the trial a former governor of Benue State Gabriel Suswam before Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abubakar Umar, on March 24, 2021 narrated how he handed over the sum of $15.8m to the former governor at his Maitama residence, Abuja. Recall...

The Senate has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to order a full scale investigation into the election violence which occurred last week Saturday during the House of Assembly by-elections in Ekiti State. This was just as the upper chamber held a minute silence in honour of...