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May

24

2023

SPEAK OUT, OSUN NSCDC ADMONISHES VICTIMS OF GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE

NATIONAL NEWS#GenderEquality, #genderImbalance#GenderInequality, #rape #justice #GenderBasedViolence, NSCDC

SPEAK OUT, OSUN NSCDC ADMONISHES VICTIMS OF GENDER- BASED VIOLENCE • As NSCDC Special Female Squad celebrates one-year anniversary In a bid to fight both external and internal forces that threaten the peaceful atmosphere in schools across the country, schoolchildren, especially females in Osun state have been charged to always speak out when they are being abused. National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report that the charge to break the silence was made by various speakers during the first year celebration of NSCDC Special Female Squad in Osun state. The Zonal Commander in charge of Zone…

May

23

2023

By Famous Reporters

Rep. Onuigbo Rallies African Legislators for Coordinated Climate Action in Africa

NATIONAL NEWS#ClimateChange, #Parliamentarian, RepSamOnuigbo

Rep. Onuigbo Rallies African Legislators for Coordinated Climate Action in Africar Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, and the father of Nigeria's Climate Change Act 2021, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has urged African legislators to take coordinated action to address climate change issues. Onuigbo made this call while presenting a paper entitled "The Journey Towards Developing Nigeria's Climate Change Act 2021" at the West African Regional Parliamentary Meeting on Climate Change which was held at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja Lagos, on May 23, 2023. The Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall of Fame inductee and head of…

May

22

2023

By Famous Reporters

10th National Assembly: Leadership Contest Should Be Thrown Open – Northern Stakeholders

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#10thSenatePresidency

10th National Assembly: Leadership Contest Should Be Thrown Open – Northern Stakeholders Northern stakeholders from the 19th Northern states have reiterated that the leadership of the 10th National Assembly should be thrown open instead of zoning it to a particular region, group, or association. In a communique read by the convener of a one-day colloquium, held at Arewa House, Kaduna, Nasiru Abdulkadir Dambatta, on Saturday noted that “the colloquium finally resolved to call the attention of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be vigilant as political opportunists that surround him have the intent of…

May

22

2023

By Famous Reporters

Rep. Sam Onuigbo Inducted into National Assembly Hall of Fame

NATIONAL NEWS, POLITICS#ClimateChange, #ClimateParliament, #SamOnuigbo, NASS

Rep. Sam Onuigbo Inducted into National Assembly Hall of Fame Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has been inducted into the first ever National Assembly Most Valuable Parliamentarian Hall of Fame. Onuigbo was part of five Senators/Members out of the 469 members of the 9th National Assembly to be so honoured. According to the Executive Director of OrderPaper, the organiser of the MVP Hall of Fame, the process of selection was based on performance appraisal aimed at “unveiling a distinct class of excellent performers in the National Assembly”. The final five…

May

19

2023

By Famous Reporters

ORDERPAPER 9th ASSEMBLY: Onuigbo makes semi-final list of most valuable parliamentarian

NATIONAL NEWS#OrderPaper, #Parliamentarian, #SamOnuigbo

9th NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: Rep. Onuigbo included in OrderPaper’s Most Valuable Parliamentarian The inclusion of the Member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives Hon. Sam Onuigbo to OrderPaper’s Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame as a semifinalist has been hinged on the Honourable Member being a distinguished and excellence-driven member of tqqhe National Assembly who has been able to deliver excellent services in his close to four years of the 9th National Assembly. According to the Founder of the OrdbrPaper’s MVP Hall of Fame Initiative Oke Epia, Onuigbo who has been representing the Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency for…

May

18

2023

By Famous Reporters

IGP Condemns Callous Attack On U.s Consulate Convoy In Anambra • Orders Prompt, Arrest, Investigation of Culprits

NATIONAL NEWS#AmericanConsulate, #Culprit, #NigeriaPolice

IGP Condemns Callous Attack On U.s Consulate Convoy In Anambra • Orders Prompt, Arrest, Investigation of Culprits The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, CFR, has condemned in its totality the callous attack on a United States Consulate convoy and the killing and burning beyond recognition of seven (7) persons including US Embassy local staff and Police Mobile Force Officers, and their vehicles, as well as the likely abduction of two (2) others, at Atani Osamale Road, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, who were visiting the area to assess its proneness to erosions as part of…

May

15

2023

By Famous Reporters

NATIONAL NEWS#FireOutbreak, #FireService, #NAOSNP, #StorageFacility

Fire Guts Section Of NSCDC Lagos Command Storage Facility *As fire service intervenes A fire incident was reported today Saturday, 13th May, 2023 at about 03:30hrs on the storage facility of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command's Headquarters. National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP gathered that the Corp's officers and men on duty at the time were shocked by an unpalatable sound traced to a meagre section of the storage facility, where a few exhibits stored in kegs are usually kept. The unpalatable sound turned out to be a fire outbreak, which engulfed…

May

13

2023

By Famous Reporters

NASS 10th ASSEMBLY: I’ll Like Where Igbo Man Becomes Senate President For Two Tenures- HoR Member-elect, Aguocha *Highlights impacts of failed zoning on S’E

NATIONAL NEWS#10thNationalAssembly, #LabourParty, #ObiAguocha, #Speakership

NASS 10th ASSEMBLY: I'll Like Where Igbo Man Becomes Senate President For Two Tenures- HoR Member-elect, Aguocha *Highlights impacts of failed zoning on S'E By Charity Uwakwe As the struggle for the leadership of 10th National Assembly subsists, the House of Assembly member-elelct for Ikwuano/Umuahia Member-elect, High Chief Obi Aguocha says it is his utmost desire to have a South Easterner emerge as the Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Speaking on AIT Focus Nigeria, the Ogwumabiri 1 of Umuahia who is to represent the seat of capital of Abia state, admitted that the Igbo extraction had…

May

11

2023

By Famous Reporters

WPFD 2023: IPC Decries Increasing Attacks On Journalists Establishes Centre On Safety Of Journalists

NATIONAL NEWS#IPC, #MediaAttack, #PressFreedom, intimidation, journalism, victimisation

WPFD 2023: IPC Decries Increasing Attacks On Journalists Establishes Centre On Safety Of Journalist In a bid to further address the growing spate of attacks on journalists and the threats on media freedom in Nigeria, the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, has announced that it is establishing a Centre for the Safety and Protection of Journalist (CSFPJ), as part of its unique activities to commemorate World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2023. A statement by Mr. Lanre Arogundade, IPC’s Executive Director, Melody Lawal has been appointed has the Centre Coordinator, with the task of positioning the CSFPJ to strategically…

May

09

2023

By Famous Reporters

Emulate OBJ to concede Senate President to S/east, group tells Tinubu By Comrade Murtala Mohammed 10 10

NATIONAL NEWS#10thSenatePresidency, #BolaTinubu, #OlusegunObasanjo

Emulate OBJ to concede Senate President to S/east, group tells Tinubu By Comrade Murtala Mohammed 10 10 The President Elect Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu has been told by a group known Concerned Citizens For Greater Nigeria to quash any commitment he made with anybody elsewhere over Senate President slot and emulate former President Olusegun Obasanjo to concede Senate President slot to the Southeast geopolitical zone to avoid continued marginalization of zone considering the fact that the zone was further denied the chances of producing the President as well as the Vice President. The Concerned Citizens in a Press briefing at…