Aluta News Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Tuesday solicited the support of Finland in its pursuit of a permanent seat at the United Nations (UN) Security Council. A statement issued by spokesperson of Vice-President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, said Shettima made the appeal during a meeting with President of the Republic ofContinue Reading
LG Election: Court Halts PDP, APC From Blocking KANSIEC Nomination Fees By Aluta News September 24, 2024 A State High Court in Kano has issued a restraining order against the All Progressives Congress (APC), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and 19 other political parties, from obstructing the Kano State IndependentContinue Reading
Northern Nigerian Wikipedians Push for Digital Literacy Among Women By Hussaina Yakubu September 23, 2024 Bashir Yahuza, Chairman of the Northern Nigerian Wikipedians User Group, has emphasized the group’s mission to promote Wikipedia projects across northern Nigeria, with a special focus on underserved communities. Speaking in an interview on theContinue Reading
Aluta News The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 25 million pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol and 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N16.1bn at the Tincan port complex in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on SundayContinue Reading
Aluta News The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Edo governorship election held on Saturday. Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, INEC’s Returning Officer announced the suspension on Sunday due to outstanding results from Oredo and Ikpoba Okha local governments. “The collation officers for theContinue Reading
Aluta News Civil Society Organizations on Sunday in Benin raised concern over the transparency of the ongoing results collation for the Edo governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) A joint statement by six civil society groups urged the security agencies to allow the media and observers fullContinue Reading
Aluta News Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People Democratic Party (PDP) have occupied the popular Ramat Park in Benin, jubilating even when the result of the Edo Governorship Election is yet to be announced. As at the time of this report, collation of results for theContinue Reading
Aluta News Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for the United States to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the behest of President Bola Tinubu. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and Communications (Office of The Vice President), madeContinue Reading
Governor Bago and Taking Niger’s Green Economy Agenda Serious By Aliyu Umar Aliyu September 22, 2024 The Niger State Government, under the charismatic, visionary and pragmatic leadership of Rt. Hon. Mohammed Umaru Bago, “The Farmer Governor”, last year launched an ambitious green initiative, aimed at revolutionizing the state’s agriculturalContinue Reading
Historical Truths about the Igbos in Diaspora: Facts and Fictions By Aluta News September 21, 2024 A Text of a Lecture Delivered by Dr. Sam Amadi, Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thought at the Forum of South-East Academic Doctors (FOSAD) Lecture Series 01 at the NUJ MediaContinue Reading
