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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received a total of 19, 470 cases of human rights violation complaints in April, 2024 alone. The executive secretary of the NHRC, Tony Ojukwu (SAN) who disclosed this at the weekend in Abuja, during the official presentation of…

The organised labour, last night, sent reminder notices to all its branches, offices and affiliates in respect of a proposed nationwide protest to commence today over the electricity tariff hike and removal of subsidy from the power sector by the federal government. The…

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will on Monday morning in Abuja stage an unveiling ceremony to formally present to the public Finidi George as the new substantive Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. Minister of Sports Development, Senator John…

The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex Meghan have arrived in Lagos to continue a three-day visit to Nigeria. The British Royal couple were guests of the Giant of Africa Foundation at the Dream Big Basketball clinic held at…

On a three-day visit to Nigeria to promote his Invictus Games, Prince Harry on Saturday played a seated volleyball match with army veterans, most wounded in battle against the country’s Islamist insurgency. The Duke of Sussex arrived with his wife Meghan on Friday…

Two lives were lost late Friday night and residents thrown into pandemonium due to a fire outbreak from a fuel-laden truck at the Ijesha end of the Cele Link Bridge in the Surulere area of Lagos State. An eyewitness and a motorist simply…

Director-general of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar has said that Nigeria lacks sufficient correctional centers to accommodate inmates. Abubakar said out of a total population of 70,000 prison inmates in Nigeria, approximately 66,000 are awaiting trials, representing 73 per…

The Lagos State Government has disclosed that the sum of N3.911bn has been realised since it became an oil-producing state but the production has been hampered due to challenges faced by the company managing its exploration. The state’s Commissioner for Energy and Mineral…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has urged President Bola Tinubu, to immediately direct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to withdraw the cybersecurity levy on Nigerians, saying it patently violates the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended], and…

The management of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI) has expelled two students for assaulting a female colleague in a viral video. The video which surfaced on social media platforms, showed one Miss Opemiposi Precious Bolaji, an 18-year-old 100L…