The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has reiterated the need for involvement of women in governance and national development in the just concluded 100years centenary celebrations of the Nigerian woman tagged ‘Achieving 50/50 by 2020” in Lagos which took place at Eko Hotel and Suites from 18th to 19th April, 2013. She said that no meaningful development can take place without the active involvement of the ...

Following an impassioned presentation at the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce, a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, expressed concern over the United States of America's Consular General Jeffery Hawkins´ recent remarks on media freedoms in Nigeria. While hosting a luncheon at the Frankfurt Hilton, attended by international delegates, on the role of social equality as a pillar of stability in Af ...

A reunion of the Federal School of Arts and Science, Ondo (FSASON) Old Students Association will hold on Saturday, May 4, 2013at the Rebecca Court, Sikiru Shitta-Bey Road, Ikoyi, Lagos by 2:00 pm. According to a news release from the Organising Committee of the event, all FSASONIANS are expected to turn out en masse and punctually too as matters of importance are to be discussed. Margret Ukegbu who signed t ...

By Patrick Osadebamwen Commuters travelling along the Lokoja – Abuja road were Thursday trapped for over six hours.Newsdiaryonline.com learnt that stranded passengers ran out of food and water supply just as time equally out on them .Also they have expressed fears for their personal security on the road. Convinced that they may be forced to spend the night on the trapped point of the Lokoja end of the road ...

Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission was unanimously elected to chair the Network of National Human Rights Institutions in West Africa (NNHRI) at the General Assembly of the Network held in Abuja today. Nigeria succeeds Senegal the immediate Chair of the Network for a renewable tenure of 3 years. In his acceptance speech, the Executive Secretary of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission, Prof. Bem ...

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Hon. Kingsley Kuku, in Washington DC insisted that the current relative peace, safety and security in the Niger Delta is tied to the continued stay in office of President Goodluck Jonathan and strongly urged the American government to throw its full weight behind the President. Kuku, who stated this at an int ...

By Balarabe Oshiafi Creative minds have been told to appreciate the need to keep more to themselves to externalize their innate talents and move this troubled world foreword. Delivering a lecture titled Writitude and drawing from Joana Penns postulations on the 7 truths about Writers at the on-going April Writing Workshops of the Abuja Writers Forum (AWF), Crispin Oduobok, the Guest Lecturer said, “Writing ...

Last year, flood swept through Kogi State affecting nine of its Local Government Areas. The State Government under Capt Idris Wada has carefully taking stock of the extent of destruction and within the limits of available resources provided succour. Mike Abu,Chief Press Secretary to the Kogi State Deputy Governor writes on the efforts by Government and the need for people to heed the early warning signal. P ...

The Management of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, has called on non-governmental organizations to partner with Universities to advance education in Africa. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor Adedayo Fasakin who addressed a team from Computer Aid International, a United Kingdom based non-governmental organization with regional headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, expressed the need for ...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed a team of its officers and stakeholders to provide medical and relief assistance to the affected people Baga ,Borno state. A statement by Manzo Ezekiel ,NEMA’s press officer said this is in  response to the armed  attack in Baga, Borno State in which many lives and property were lost,a development  that also led to displacement of the community. D ...