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By Femi Alabi The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has stated that one in seven girls in developing countries is married before reaching the age of 15. UNICEF’s Bauchi Field officer, Tushar Rane, said this at a media dialogue to commemorate the 2024 International Women’s Day on Wednesday in Gombe. He said that adolescent girls in developing countries continued to face risk of sexual violence. Rane however, said that investment in health, rights and wellbeing of adolescent girls generates a transformative ripple effect to uplift entire nations. “Nearly half of adolescent girls in UNICEF programme countries suffer from…

By Femi Alabi President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina has said that the Premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria, Obafemi Awolowo remains the pacesetter and forerunner for development in Africa. Adesina made the remark when he received the 2023 award of Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership, on Wednesday in Lagos. The event coincided with the 115th posthumous birthday anniversary of Awolowo and 37 years after his death. Adesina, who became the fourth recipient of the award, noted that, as a teenage follower of Awolowo, he promised himself to follow the footsteps of the late…

By Femi Alabi The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 1,607 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) to the rank of Superintendents (SPs). The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said the commission had earlier stepped down the consideration of the officers’ promotion at its last management meeting because of some discrepancies noticed in the list. Ani said among those promoted, 158 officers are in the professional cadre. They include 105 in the communication unit, 22 in transport, 10 medical officers, nine…

By Femi Alabi Katsina State Police Command has arrested 88 suspected criminals allegedly linked to 59 major crimes in the state in February. The Police Public Relations Officer, Sadiq-Aliyu stated in Katsina on Wednesday that the suspects were arrested over alleged involvement in armed robbery, kidnapping, cattle rustling, and culpable homicide, among others. He said that the police had filed 49 cases before the courts against some of those arrested. The PPRO explained that 13 suspects were arrested for armed robbery, 12 for murder, 19 for rape, and three for kidnapping while the rest were apprehended over other criminal…

By Femi Alabi The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has said that it will begin emergency distribution of grains to residents across the six Area Councils of the territory. FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud during a stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja on Wednesday explained that President Bola Tinubu had instructed that a strategic committee be constituted to ensure a transparent and equitable distribution of the grains to vulnerable Nigerians. Mahmoud explained that the meeting was to consider the modalities and to constitute a Strategic Committee for the distribution exercise in line with the directives of the President.…

By Femi Alabi President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina on the award of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership. Adesina joins the pantheon of other previous winners of the award such as Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; former President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, and lawyer-educationist, Chief Afe Babalola. Tinubu in a statement by his Media Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale commended the AfDB President for his visionary and noble endeavour to transform agriculture in Africa and ensure food security on the continent. He recalled the growth…

By Femi Alabi The Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Babayo Akuyam and his Deputy, Ahmed Abdullahi, have resigned from their positions. Akuyam (PDP – Hardawa State Constituency), and Abdullahi (PDP – Dass State Constituency) announced their resignation at the plenary on Wednesday. This is to pave way for the return of the former Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman and his deputy, Jamilu Dahiru to their positions. The Court of Appeal, Abuja, in November 2023 sacked Sulaiman (PDP- Ningi Central State Constituency), and Dahiru (PDP – Bauchi Central State Constituency). The court also ordered for re-run in the March 11,…

By Femi Alabi Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has banned street trading around the Jos Terminus area, to pave the way for the commencement of the Tincity Metro Bus Service. Mutfwang, who announced the decision on Wednesday in Jos, said that the buses, newly acquired from Germany, were to help reduce the hardships that the citizens were experiencing as a result of subsidy removal and the rise in the value of the dollar. The Governor spoke through the Secretary to the Government of the State, Samuel Jatau, who is also the Chairman of the Committee on the Actualisation…

By Halimah Olamide A Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos has ruled that Dr Bola Aseyan has a case to answer as regards the false rape accusations against Twitter influencer and UK-based doctor, Olufunmilayo Ogunsanya. This was made known by Human Rights Lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, @InibeheEffiong on Wednesday. Recall that in 2020, Aseyan claimed in a thread of tweets that Ogunsanya raped her and emotionally abused her while they cohabited together in the UK. It is also important to note that the duo were romantically involved before their relationship fell apart. Mr Ogunsanya had however faced a series of…

Agency Report Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, in a poetic tribute described the late Group Chief Executive, Access Corporation, Dr Herbert Wigwe, as ‘a miracle capturing his exploits, achievements and conquests’. Shettima said this during the night of tribute for Wigwe, held at Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos, where he conveyed the condolences of the presidency. Shettima, in a poetic rendition, captured the qualities of the deceased as a banker, entrepreneur and philanthropist. “Herbert left us in winter, far away from home. Herbert left us before the season of bloom. “Spring was just to arrive at his last…