When I saw the video above I got very worried, not because this is the first time I have witnessed minors voting but because this practice has been allowed to fester to a point it’s now becoming a norm in some parts of Nigeria. My first encounter with underage voting was when as a supervisor […]

Palpable tension has been reported in parts of Kanam LGA over the rumoured cancellation of last Saturday’s APC councillor-ship primaries. It would be recalled that the party’s councillorship primaries, conducted to produce candidates for the February 2018 local government elections, had been marred by complaints and objections, with many claiming that several candidates were imposed […]

UNICEF calls for govt. intervention to mitigate violence against children in Nigeria By Golok Nanmwa ,Jos United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF on Wednesday called for a strong need for increased funding of interventions by government to prevent and respond to violence against children . Amos Kudzala officer in charge UNICEF Nigeria Bauchi office made this […]

UNICEF has Spent N2.4 Billion on Projects in Plateau State in 5 Years – Chief Field Officer By Golok Nanmwa,Jos United Nation Children Fund , has said that it has spent 2.4 billion naira on various projects in the past five years in Plateau . Chief Field Officer Bauchi UNICEF Bhanu Pathak, stated this in […]

UNICEF vows to tackle high rate of out-of-school children By Golok Nanmwa,Jos United Nations Children’s Fund yesterday said it is collaborating with some state Government to tackle the challenges of out-of-school children in the country . Mr Bhanu Pathak, Chief Field Officer, UNICEF Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, made this known while speaking with newsmen […]

By Golok Nanmwa ,Jos Group operating under the ageis of Concerned Citizens of the University of Jos has urged the House of representatives Committee on federal character to in the interest of justice, to retrace their steps and investigate all Federal Universities and make their findings public. Our correspondent reports that the group comprises of […]

Mr Monday Danjem, Registrar, University of Jos on Thursday said that the diploma held by a Plateau lawmaker, Ibrahim Baba-Hasssan, was not an authentic certificate by the university. The UNIJOS registrar disowned the lawmaker’s certificate during his cross-examination before a Federal High Court in Jos. “Ibrahim Baba-Hassan had failed six courses of the Diploma […]