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Gender-based violence: EU, UN plan to spend $10m per year in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2019 0

Kano, The UN and European Union (EU) plan to spend 10 million  dollars  per year  in the next four years  to end all forms of violence against women and girls in Nigeria. Mrs Hadiza Aminu,  EU, UN Spotlight Initiative Coordinator,  said this in Kano on Monday during a media dialogue

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Taraba Speaker hails Gov. Darius Ishaku’s victory at Appeal Court

Ihesiulo Grace 19 November 2019 0

The Speaker of Taraba House of Assembly Mr Abel Diah, has congratulated Gov. Darius Ishaku on his victory at the Appeal court in Abuja. Diah said that the judgment did not come as a surprise, adding that the appellate court only affirmed the decision of Taraba masses who turned out en masse for the re-election […]

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As a country, we shall never be where we deserve to be unless… – Obasanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 5 November 2019 0

Igbor (Benue) – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said that Nigeria “as a country, we shall never be where we deserve to be unless the Church, spirituality and morality work together with governance,” Obasanjo said this when he laid the foundation of the Children with Special Needs School, Igbor, near Makurdi in Benue. The […]

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‘Badamasi: Portrait of a General’; Director, Obi Emelonye gets death threats over Film on IBB

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2019 0

After three years of painstaking work on ‘Badamasi: Portrait of a General’, an authorized biopic on former military President of Nigeria, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd.), the producer of the film, Nollywood star Obi Emelonye, has been warned against releasing it. During an interview, ahead of Nigeria’s 59th Independence anniversary, the filmmaker disclosed that he has […]

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Atiku, PDP, will be defeated again even at Supreme Court, World court- Oshiomhole

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2019 0

Nneka Nwogwugwu The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomole, said his party is ready to face the main opposition party, PDP, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and will be defeated again even at the supreme court or world court. According to the Punch newspaper, Oshiomole, stated this on Thursday, after his […]

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Kaduna earmarks N22.6bn for education in supplementary budget

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2019 0

The Kaduna state government has earmarked N22.9 billion to the educations sector, representing 28.1 per cent of the N81.6 billion supplementary budget recently passed by the state’s House of Assembly. A breakdown of the supplementary budget obtained in Kaduna on Monday, shows that N65.4 billion of the budget is allocated for capital projects. It shows […]

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Uche Secondus: The ‘total chairman’ who revived the PDP from near ruin

Ihesiulo Grace 8 July 2019 0

There is no way the history of Nigeria’s Fourth democratic Republic would be written without mentioning Prince Uche Secondus, current National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). It is on record that this astute politician, a grassroots mobilizer and crisis manager per excellence, piloted the aircraft of the former ruling party from nose diving […]

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ADAMS OSHIOHOLE: Labour leader and activist and politician

Ihesiulo Grace 8 July 2019 0

Adams Oshiomhole is prominently recognised as former president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), a former two-term Governor of Edo State in Nigeria and currently National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is one politician who is in the public glare from 1999 till date. Before stepping into politics, Oshiomole was the president […]

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Kwankwaso: Architect of modern Kano, all round politician and grassroots mobiliser

Ihesiulo Grace 11 June 2019

Tunde Opalana, Abuja Engr. Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, 63, is an all round politician, driver of a mass socio- political movement and architect of modern day Kano State who turned the state into an infrastructure development site during his staggered two terms as governor. In the nation’s fourth republic, he has served in different political […]

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Chibuike Amaechi: A robust 20 years of service as legislator, governor, minister

Ihesiulo Grace 11 June 2019

Tunde Opalana, Abuja Rotimi Amaechi is one person who has not been politically found wanting in the last twenty years of Nigeria’s fourth Republic.. Since 1999, he has served as Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly for eight years, as an elected governor of the oil rich state for another eight years and the […]

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Obong Victor Attah, the father of new Akwa Ibom

Ihesiulo Grace 31 May 2019

By Joseph Inokotong, Abuja Obong Victor Attah was elected Governor of Akwa Ibom State in 1999 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was re-elected 2003. He was elected Chairman of the Forum of the 36 Governors of Nigeria in 2003. In 2001, ex-Governor Attah travelled to the United States with 21 […]

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Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, the astute political tactician

Ihesiulo Grace 31 May 2019

By Joseph Inokotong, Abuja Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, is one politician whose name has been on the lips of political analysts in the 4th Republic, ostensibly for roles he played at different times in deepening Nigeria’s Democracy. He has remained in circulation since the beginning […]

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu, political strategist, relentless fighter for democracy

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2019

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a two-term former governor of Lagos State and the national leader of Nigeria’s ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has been described as one leader who has demonstrated rare courage and commitment to justice; one who has made personal sacrifices to advance the common good, and who remains unrelenting in the […]

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Atiku Abubakar, the political bridge builder

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2019

Tunde Opalana, Abuja Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is by every standard a consummate politician, a successful businessman and a philanthropist of note. Today, he remains a political enigma who has occupied the Nigerian political landscape like a colossus. Atiku remains the topic for discussions in political circle. He undoubtedly has one of the largest political followers […]