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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) says it will launch an investigation into allegations of forced abortion carried out on victims of insurgency. The NHRC announced this after a visit by Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, on Friday. Irabor led…

The federal government has asked airlines to board Nigerians returning home with expired passports “without any hindrance”. The directive is contained in a letter dated December 9, 2022, and signed by B.M. Lawal, special assistant to the comptroller-general (foreign desk), Nigeria Immigration…

A passenger train from Kaduna to Abuja has crushed a middle-aged woman to death on the rail track around the Kubwa area of Abuja, the nation’s Federal Capital Territory. The incident happened at about 10am on Thursday. An eye witness told press that the…

The Acting Chairman, Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), Mr Haruna Abdullahi, says FCT residents will henceforth present a Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) to carry out certain transactions. Abdullahi said this at a Town Hall Meeting organised by the service in Abuja. The…

Nigeria’s ambassador to Spain,  Demola  Seriki,  is  dead. The Lagos politician was said  to have died in Madrid, Spain. He was aged 63.  His death was announced in a notice signed by his children on Thursday. The notice said that he died…

CONTRACTORS of the 1, 250 terminated Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects have refunded cash, Niger Delta Affairs Minister Umana Okon Umana has said. He said the recoveries, made by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) due to non-performance, were made following…

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Professor Charles Adekoya, has advocated the possibility of scrapping the Court of Appeal to enhance dispensation of justice without delay. He said this while delivering the 103rd inaugural lecture of the university with the…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Makurdi office, and Benue State Police Command have debunked the report trending on social media of alleged discovery of old naira notes in the capital city. The video shows sacks of perceived old naira notes discovered inside…

There may be an impending crisis in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has warned the FCT Department of Outdoor Advertisements and Signages (DOAS) to stop collecting outdoor, signpost and mobile taxes in its council or…