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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “good offices and leadership position to immediately reverse the unlawful ban on 25 journalists and media houses from covering the presidential villa and restore the accreditation of…

The National Human Rights Commission said out of the 2,314,440 complaints received in 2022, it investigated and concluded 1,643,018 complaints representing 70.99 per cent. This was disclosed in its 2022 annual report. The complaints it probes are categorised into five, namely: civil and political…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has alerted the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) over impending flooding along the River Benue basin. This was communicated through a letter signed by Umar Salisu, the Ministry’s Director of African Affairs dated August 21. The letter said the…

A 30-year-old man, Prosper Igboke, has died after reportedly jumping from a two-storey building in Nnewi, Anambra State. Igboke, a pastor and native of Umunneochi in Abia State, allegedly jumped after being jilted by his girlfriend. A relative of the deceased, who…

A fake doctor identified as Abawulor Omenka has been caught by the Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners while trying to apply as a medical officer at the Covenant University Medical Centre, Ota, in the Sango area of Ogun State. Omenka had applied…

The authorities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, have officially removed lecturers indicted of sexual harassment from their various official positions at the institution. This was disclosed in a press statement issued on Friday by Dr Emmanuel Ojukwu, Special Adviser on Public Relations…

Former Group Managing Director of the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Phillips Oduozua’s son, Emeka Oduoza, has died. He was aged 27 years old. Until his death, the young Oduoza was a “distinguished member” of Blackstone Group and an influential figure in the…

The Nigerian Army has said that its men have destroyed a massive illegal refinery in Delta State. The Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen, Onyema Nwachukwu, also said that the troops of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, destroyed 8 active…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed concerns over the non-release of almost eight months’ salaries of university academics withheld on account of its 2022 strike action. According to a statement signed by the ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke, this is one…