The Federal Government (FG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Plan International to advance the critical goals of promoting gender equality, safeguarding the rights of the girl child, and implementing impactful initiatives for sustainable change. Omolara Esan, the Information and Public Relations Officer of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, disclosed in a statement that the MoU was signed by the Ministry State Minister, Ayodele Olawande, in Abuja.…

The United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, on Friday, demanded greater investment in the education and health of the girl-child, not as a favour but as a human right to sustainable development. She spoke during the commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child for 2024. The theme for the International Day of the Girl Child 2024 is: “Girls’ Vision for the Future.”According to her, girls were showing…

Nigerians on Friday woke to a dramatic video post by Isaac Fayose, a younger brother of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, in which he declared himself the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the video, which is trending virally, Isaac also announced the suspension of some senior chieftains of the party, notably the party’s presidential candidate in the last general elections, Alhaji Atiku…

Virginia McCullough, 36, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Johnson at the Chelmsford Crown Court, England, for the brutal murders of her parents, Lois and John McCullough. According to the BBC, Virginia lived with the bodies of her parents for four years after killing them in their family home. She poisoned her father, John, and then stabbed her mother, Lois, to death in June 2019. Prosecutor Lisa Wilding…

45-year-old Oludayo Adeagbo, a Nigerian, has been convicted for engaging in a multimillion-dollar business email compromise (BEC) scheme and consequently sentenced to seven years in prison in the United States. Disclosing this, the US Department of Justice in a release from Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri, said Adeagbo was involved in multiple cyber-enabled BEC schemes in an attempt to steal more than $3m from victim entities in Texas.…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has clarified the circumstances surrounding the new minimum wage and why the congress accepted for the least-paid Nigerian to get N70,000, minimum. Speaking on Arise television on Friday, the president of the NLC, Joe Ajaero revealed the understanding that the organized labour had with President Bola Tinubu before accepting the amount (N70,000) during the national minimum wage talks at the President Villa, Abuja. Ajaero said…

Gustavo Alarcón was sworn in as the new mayor of Chilpancingo on Thursday, just days after his predecessor, Alejandro Arcos, was brutally murdered and beheaded. Alarcón, a doctor and alternate candidate elected alongside Arcos in June, assumes leadership in a city rife with violence and drug gang conflicts. Arcos, who had only taken office on October 1, was found dead in a pickup truck on Sunday, with his head placed…

The Nigerian military command has asked former militants’ leader, Asari Dokubo to come to the battlefield and witness the capabilities of the military. This was stated in a statement issued by Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj Gen Edward Buba, on Thursday while responding to Dokubo’s claim that he could shoot down a military helicopter hovering around his residence. The former militant leader had said that he had the power…

For illegally freezing its account during #EndBadGovernance protests The #TakeItBack Movement (TIB) has dragged the United Bank for Africa (UBA) to court over the freezing of its account in the aftermath of the October #EndBadGovernance protests. The TIB in a suit numbered FHC/L/CS/1846/2024 filed through its legal representatives led by human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, said the suit was pursuant to sections 44, 46(1) & (2) of the 1999 Constitution…

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a former Nigerian president has said that Africa will continue to collaborate with China for economic development. The former president spoke during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), at the 70th anniversary of the association in Beijing on Friday. Obasanjo represented the InterAction Council at the meeting. Obasanjo, in a statement by his media assistant,…

Human rights advocate and the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has accused the Nigerian Immigration Service of harassing him at the airport. In a post on his X page accompanied by a video on Friday, Sowore accused Immigration of attempting to prevent him from leaving Nigeria because his name is on their watchlist. He wrote: “The Nigerian Immigration Service #nigimmigration continues to subject me…

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri has been suspended by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekeremor LGA of Bayelsa State for allegedly supporting the re-election bid of Governor Douye Diri, who is of the rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023. Chairman of the APC in Ekeremor, Mitin Eniekenemi at a press conference on Friday, also alleged that the minister has been fighting the party in…