The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), says gender equality is critical to accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country.

All 18 presidential candidates on the final list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have cases instituted against them in the courts, the electoral umpire said yesterday.

Mrs Lydia Jafiya, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, has urged senior civil servants to mentor the junior ones as mentorship is critical to efficient service delivery.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has launched an AMBER Alert device to assist in the fight against human trafficking and enhance investigation and rescue efforts.

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says population data is essential to development planning and any government desirous of achieving developmental strides needs to know the number of people requiring certain amenities.

The Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State Capital has declared Bashir Sheriff Machina as the All Progressives Congress, APC’s authentic senatorial candidate for Yobe North in the coming 2023 National Assembly elections and directed INEC to accept and publish his name accordingly.

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Muhammad Fadah has urged state governments to continually upgrade orientation camp facilities.

The Presidency said none of Nigeria’s 36 states has its authorization to procure weapons for their security outfits.