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Gov. Jonah Jang of Plateau said on Thursday that his administration was more committed to fighting and eradicating polio, one of the childhood killer diseases. Jang expressed the commitment in Jos while inaugurating a 19-member State Inter-Agency...
The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), an NGO, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to protect the social and economic rights of Nigerians.
The Director of the Centre, Mr Eze Onyekpere, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
``The greatest human rights violation in Nigeria, since the return of democracy, is the inability of the government to tackle corruption which affects social and economic rights of Nigerians.''
He emphasised the need for government at all levels, to fight corruption in all ramifications with stronger political will, to record a resounding success.
The director, who said that the war against corruption must start from the top and percolate down to the bottom, urged the media to step up the support for the fight against corruption.
He said that such collaborative effort became imperative because the economy of the country “has consistently maintained a rapid growth, while poverty level remained high''.
Onyekpere urged Nigerians to be more vigilant to hold government accountable, and to stimulate the politicians to deliver their electioneering promises to the people.
``We should avoid politics of tribalism or religion and hold our leaders accountable to ensure justice and fair play,'' he further advised.
The director also called on the National Assembly to give more time to the constitution review, and said that the exercise required careful deliberations to ensure a people-oriented constitution.
`The process of constitution review should not be rushed, to enable the citizens understand the process and take active participation.''
He added that the review could be considered in the first and second quarter of 2013.
``This will enable the 7th National Assembly to give Nigerians a clean and people-oriented constitution that will set a new agenda for national development,'' Onyekpere said.
The Adamawa Police Command on Thursday confirmed the killing of four people by gunmen in Song town, the headquarters of Song Local Government Area.
The spokesman for the command, DSP Mohammed Ibrahim, said the early morning attack claimed the lives of a soldier, a policeman, an old woman and her grandchild.
Ibrahim said the gunmen, who used machine gun and explosives, burnt the Song Divisional Police Station and the Local Government Secretariat.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Song attack came less than a week after a similar attack in Maiha, Hong and Fufore local government areas of the state.
In Maiha, two people lost their lives in the attack that affected the police station, prison, area court, local education authority, customs post and district head's office.
In Hong, where police repelled the attackers from burning the Divisional Police Station, two people sustained bullet injuries, including the newly elected Hong Local Government Chairman, Alhaji Ahmed Yerima, who was hit by a stray bullet.
Meanwhile, residents of Yola, the state capital, are apprehensive over the development.
Dana Air will resume flight operation on Jan. 4, an official of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr James Shallangwa, said on Thursday. Shallangwa, Head of Commercial at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Internatonal Airport, Abuja, made this known i...
Mr Charles Majoroh, a former President of Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA), on Thursday urged Federal and State Governments to build houses for the middle class. Majoroh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that satisfying the housing n...
Prof. Dora Akunyili , a former Minister of Information, has debunked rumours of her ambition to contest the governorship election in Anambra in November 2013. Akunyili, who made this known when he addressed newsmen in Awka on Thursday, described the rumour as a big distraction.
``Must I run for every election, it is an unnecessary distraction," she said, noting that she might eventually re-contest the senatorial position “when the time is ripe’’.
Akunyili, who is also a former Director-General of the National Agency for Food, Drugs, Administration and Control (NAFDAC), added ``when the time comes I will run for it and safeguard my vote’’.
She warned rumour mongers to desist from their action.
The market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange depreciated by 0.21 per cent on Thursday due to price losses by some major blue chips. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index, which opened at 28,501.21, depreciated by...
Mr Emmanuel Aiyeoribe, a former NLC chairman in Kwara, has appealed to the Federal Government to pay attention to the plight of pensioners in the country. Aiyeoribe, who was reacting to the recent nationwide picketing of NIPOST offices, tol...
The Kwara Government says it spends N1.3 billion every month to pay more than 50,000 workers on its payroll. The state Head of Service, Alhaji Dabarako Mohammed, said this on Thursday in Ilorin in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN...
Some operators of microfinance banks on Thursday expressed optimism that lending rates in the sub-sector would drop in 2013. They said that lending rates in the sub-sector would drop as soon as operators were able to access the Micro Small and Me...
Four persons lost their lives in a canoe mishap in Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa, an eyewitness has said. The witness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident occurred on Tuesday when a wooden canoe conveying nine pas...