South Africa: Protesters demand action on violence against women

by Nickolaus Bauer Thousands of protesters wearing all-black, brandishing placards and singing Apartheid-era struggle songs took to the streets of Johannesburg to demonstrate against what they called a scourge of femicide in South Africa. Friday’s demonstrations, which police said were attended by 4,000

2019 Kogi Guber: PDP in crisis as Dino Melaye rejects DG position

All may not be well with the Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as it may be heading for crises, following an uneasy calm among the stakeholders after the result of its primary election, which threw up Engr. Musa wada as the winner.

FEDPOLY – NEKEDE ALUMNI ASSOC. ENDS CONVENTION IN STYLE

It was pomp when the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri Alumni Association broke the jinx by successfully holding its general meeting and convention after 17 years of inactivity. The event which held between Thursday, August 8, 2019 and Saturday, August 10, 2019 witnessed a

Kano Govt. engages 100 Forest guards

Kano State Government has recruited 100 forest guards to stem the destruction of the state’s forests and enhance security. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Tukur Getso, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday

Olympian, Maria Ogoma, 68, is NewsTrack Personality of the Week

Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri is a place of history. Though it is in a sorry state with litany of dilapidated structures, over grown weeds; and truly a ghost of what it used to be, but it still has some relics of its

Almost half of men think housework is shared equally – but research shows women disagree

Sirena Bergman There is a significant difference in men and women’s perception of who does the majority of domestic labour in opposite-sex couples with children, according to a new survey. While the majority of participants agree that men and women should do equal

We are working hard to improve livelihood of Nigerians – President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the federal government will not give room that will inflict more hardship on citizens but that his government is working hard to improve their livelihoods. The president disclosed this on Thursday, September 12, in Abuja when

Our mission to restore Biafra unstoppable – Nnamdi Kanu boasts

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu-Nnewi The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has again boasted, saying that nobody can stop his group’s mission of restoring the sovereign state of Biafra. Kanu who delivered his message through a statement he personally

Presidential election ruling: FG to PDP, Atiku, enough of your frivolities, apologise to Nigerians

The Federal government, has called on the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to put an end to mischief and apologise to Nigerians instead of appealing Wednesday Presidential Election Tribunal Judgment, describing it as an orchestrated ploy to distract President

TRIBUNAL JUDGMENT: It’s victory for Nigerians, says President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on the February 23, 2019 poll, is victory for Nigerians who trooped out to overwhelmingly elect him for a second term in office. President Buhari’s reaction was contained in a press