By Okosun Dennis   The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Lawrence Fejokwu on Thursday feted Defence Correspondents in an interactive section at the Conference Room, 81 Division Headquarters in Lagos. The GOC who expressed joy for meeting with the members of the fourth estate of the realm since taking over the commandship of the division admonishes them to render objective and balanced reports without unnecessary sensationalism to capture the audience. While promising them an unfettered open door policy, Gen. Fejokwu noted that the division would...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   Hon. Laadi Ayamba, Member of the ECOWAS Parliament from Ghana has recommended that Member States adopt and implement a regional binding law to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage. Ayamba made this known in an interview with journalists on Thursday during the ongoing ECOWAS Parliament delocalized meeting in Monrovia, Liberia. According to Ayamba, Female Genital Mutilation and child marriage are some of the oldest cultural practices that violate the right of a girl child. Ayamba said that Ghana as a country has made...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   The Liberian First Lady, Mrs. Clar Weah has called for effective and concerted actions to end all forms of violence against women across all sectors to ensure their empowerment. Mrs. Weah stated this on Tuesday during the commencement of the ECOWAS Parliament Joint Committee delocalized meeting in Monrovia, Liberia with the theme “Empowerment of Women in the ECOWAS region”. She noted that despite the much-improved awareness of women’s worth in society, a lot of work is required to ensure women's emancipation and recognition across the...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   With condemnations trailing the alleged linking of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ibrahim Isa Pantami, to Boko Haram and other terrorist groups by a Nigerian newspaper, the Nigerian Advocates for Digital Reporting (NADIR) has condemned as sensational and speculative media reports unleashed on the personality of Nigeria’s Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami in what it described as a desperate attempt to stop him on his transformative tracks by linking him up to terrorist associations. The group which...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   Gambian Lawmaker, Hon. Fatmata Njai says the ECOWAS Parliament can achieve 30 percent representation of women in parliament only if it rejects nominations from countries not meeting the criteria. Njai expressed this thought while speaking with journalists during the Fifth Legislature’s Delocalised meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament holding in Monrovia with the theme, “Empowerment of Women in the ECOWAS Region.” Njai said it was pertinent to note that some countries lacked female representation in the Conference of Bureau in the ECOWAS Parliament; a trend which she said was in...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have called for increased synergy between the agencies and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in combating corruption. The ICPC resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner in charge of Makurdi, Benue State, Chilli Ogwuegbu, made the appeal on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, while on a Courtesy Visit to the EFCC office in Makurdi. He solicited closer collaboration and cooperation with the EFCC. According to him, "we are arms of government that are supposed to work...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Tunis has said the ECOWAS Parliament will engage with authorities of Member States to stop the extortion of ECOWAS citizens by immigration officials at all border posts. Tunis made this known on Monday while visiting Gbahjakeh Community in Bomi County, Liberia during an oversight visit to some communities across County on entering into Liberia through the Sierra Leonean/Liberian border. Tunis was on the visit to engage with ECOWAS Citizens in the border community to know their challenges and how...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has debunked the reports making the rounds in some media that the United States placed him on a ‘terror watch list’ for alleged ties with the late Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf. Pantami, an Islamic cleric, also said he has been preaching against the terrorist sect for over 15 years. Yusuf, founder of the militant Islamist group was killed in 2009 in Nigeria’s North-East. Yusuf’s death gave rise to an unprecedented uprising; carnage, bombings, kidnappings,...

-Increases Gas Supply for Power Generation By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced a 37.21 % decrease in cases of pipeline vandalism across the country in the month of January 2021. This is contained in the January 2021 edition of the NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR), according to a press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru. The report indicates that a total of 27 pipeline points were vandalized in January 2021 down...

By Odimmegwa Johnpeter, Abuja   Hon. Sidie Tunis, Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament has Ten Thousand Dollars to facilitate development projects in Sime Darby Central High School and the Liberia Government Hospital both in Bomi County, Liberia. He donated Five Thousand Dollars to the Sime Darby Central High School in Bomi County, Liberia to fund some projects in the school. Tunis made the donations on Monday during an oversight visit to some communities across the Bomi County on entering into Liberia through the Sierra Leonean/Liberian border to attend the ECOWAS...