Press Statement Lawyers Urge Federal Government to Domesticate Regional and International Instruments on the Safety of Journalists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAGOS, Monday, April 19, 2021: Participants rising from a Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on the Safety of Journalists have called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to domesticate relevant regional and international instruments…
Lawyers in Ondo State on Monday protested the continued strike action embarked upon by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) over the demand for financial autonomy for judiciary arm of government. The lawyers from five branches in the state converged on Akure High Court complex from where they moved round the state capital and ended…
COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE END OF THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (NEC) OF THE NIGERIA UNION OF JOURNALISTS (NUJ) HELD IN ASABA, DELTA STATE ON FRIDAY 16TH APRIL, 2021. Attended by National Officers and State Councils and the FCT, the meeting deliberated on issues of the Union and State of the Nation and…
…….. South West Zonal CHAIRMANSHIP Election- Sen Ayo Akinyelure Congratulates contestants, Party Leaders ….Says No Victor, No Vanquish. The Senator representing Ondo Central in the upper Chamber of National Assembly, Dist Sen Ayo Akinyelure,FCA congratulates the two South West Zonal Chairmanship contestants Amb Taofeek Arapaja and Eddy Olafeso, Governor Seyi Makinde, the acclaimed Leader of…
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, has sighted the moon signalling the beginning of Ramadan. The Sultan in a live broadcast on Monday announced that the Ramadan fast will begin on Tuesday. He advised Muslims to ensure strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocol during the Ramadan period. The beginning and end of Islamic months are…
MRA Hosts Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on Safety of Journalists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAGOS, Monday, April 12, 2021: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) will host a two-day Litigation Workshop for Lawyers on the Safety of Journalists on April 14 and 15, 2021 designed to enhance the capacity of lawyers to litigate cases on behalf of journalists…
A chieftain of Afenifere, the pan Yoruba Socio-political group, Chief Kole Omololu on Monday described as pretentious and an effort to hoodwink the people of the South the pronounced readiness of some leaders of Northern extraction for restructuring Omololu who is the organising secretary of the mainstream Yoruba organization said the conditions given by the…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has directed the Muslim Ummah to look out for the crescent (moon) of Ramadan 1442AH from Monday (today). Abubakar gave the directive on Sunday in a statement by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto. “This is to inform the Muslim Ummah…
THE AFOBAJE JINX AND TINUBU PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION By: Femi Salako At the heart of the Yoruba Traditional System when it comes to the installation of Kings is the intricate and important roles of the Afobaje, otherwise known as kingmakers. The Afobaje (king makers) had the traditional power to enthrone the king and may depose him…
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT BUHARI EXPRESSES THE NATION’S CONDOLENCES OVER THE DEMISE OF PRINCE PHILIP President Muhammadu Buhari extends his condolences to Her Majesty the Queen over the death of her husband Prince Philip who passed on peacefully at the age of 99. Reacting to the death of the longest serving Queen’s consort, President…
