Government at all levels have been advised to ensure an environment free of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in all its forms for its workers. The advice is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a one-day stakeholders’ forum and training held in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Tuesday. The forum was organised by the Ekiti Ministry of Health under the COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Project, a World Bank-assisted project. The forum deliberated on issues bordering on sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and gender-based violence said to be demeaning, devaluing and exploiting the vulnerability of others. It described…
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A European Commission spokesman on Tuesday confirmed it received a reply from TikTok to provide within 24 hours an assessment of mental health risks related to its new app, TikTok Lite. According to officials, Monday’s legally-binding order concerning the new app’s rewards scheme, which allows users to collect points by watching videos and exchange them for things of value, such as Amazon vouchers The commission wants to know how the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform assessed the addictiveness and mental health risks of the scheme, particularly for children, prior to launch. The EU’s Digital Services Act requires large platforms to assess and…
* ‘EFCC boss should be held in contempt of court’ Hundreds of Civil Society Organisations took to the streets in Lagos on Wednesday to protest “the continued disrespect for the rule of law and undue harassment of a citizen of Nigeria” by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The activists condemned the fact that the EFCC chairman failed to provide any documentary evidence of an official invitation sent to former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, yet the Commission declared him wanted and had subjected him to “unprecedented and reckless media trials despite a subsisting Court order which protected…
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has been commended by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for his impressive performance in the just concluded Ondo State Governorship primary election where he served as chairman of the committee. Governor Ododo received the commendation while presenting the report of the Ondo state APC primary election committee to the party’s national chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday. Receiving the committee’s report from Governor Ododo, Dr. Ganduje congratulated the Governor for a job well done and noted that the party is proud of the…
Our attention has been drawn to a publication/press statement with the above title, issued by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, 22nd April, 2024, and signed by Wilson Uwujaren, its Acting Director of Public Affairs. In the said statement, which the Commission carefully circulated widely as usual, Mr. Uwujaren, who we have to believe is not a lawyer, continues the EFCC’s ongoing unconscionable lies against the former Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Yahaya Bello, CON, by labelling him as a fugitive from justice in order to disingenuously justify their established and willful pattern of defying lawful…
Following his victory in last weekend’s primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ondo State Governor, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Monday paid a ‘Thank You’ visit to the State Secretariat of the party in Akure. Accompanied by some party leaders and a crowd of jubilant supporters, the Governor received cheers from residents as his motorcade made way to the party office. The Governor was received by members of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party led by the State Chairman, Engr. Ade Adetimehin, who said the visit was a sign of unity within the party. Engr. Adetimehin…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the disqualification of Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri and his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. In his ruling, Justice Emeka Nwite, held that the suit lacked merit as the plaintiff failed to prove the allegations of certificates forgery levelled against Mr Ewhrudjakpo beyond reasonable doubt. Justice Nwite also awarded a cost of N500, 000 against the plaintiff and in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, the 3rd defendant in the suit. In 2023, less than nine days to the November 11, 2023 Bayelsa governorship election, a fresh suit seeking Diri and…
The Nigerian Bar Association on Tuesday disclaimed a protest by lawyers over what they called the illegal approach of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in handling its case against a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello About 500 lawyers from across the country on Monday stormed the Supreme Court complex for the protest. The lawyers, under the umbrella of judicial watchdogs, faulted the siege on the ex-governor’s residence in a bid to arrest him despite a valid court order to the contrary, which had not been vacated. Meanwhile, in a short notice to journalists on Tuesday, the NBA…
The Lagos Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has said it recorded 111 road traffic crashes in the first quarter of 2024. The sector commander, Babatunde Farinloye, told journalists on Tuesday in Lagos that 535 people were involved in the road crashes, of whom 17 died within the period under review. “We had a total of 179 casualties, which comprised 162 injured persons and 17 deaths; a total of 111 cases were recorded: 14 were fatal, 65 were serious and 32 were minor,” he added. The sector commander said 98 commercial vehicles, 69 owned by individuals and two…
Dana Air has confirmed that a runway incursion involving one of its aircraft with registration number 5N BKI, skidded off the runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Tuesday morning. Making the confirmation in a statement, the management of the airline said it was “relieved to confirm that all 83 passengers and crew onboard the flight disembarked safely without injuries or fear as the crew handled the situation with utmost professionalism. “We have also updated the AIB and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority on the incident and the aircraft involved has been grounded by our maintenance team for…