UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya concludes first visit to Libya
The Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya concluded on Thursday 26 August a 4-day visit to Tripoli during which they had high-level talks with Libyan governmental and judicial authorities regarding the situation of human rights in Libya. They also provided the…
Plateau Crisis: Okowa Orders Evacuation of Delta Students from Jos
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has ordered the immediate evacuation of students of Delta State origin from crisis troubled Jos, the Plateau state capital, following renewed crisis and security concerns in the North Central State. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant…
CNPP to Lawan: Your Advice against External Borrowing Belated, Smack of Level Incompetence in Buhari Administration
…Wants Bribery for PIB Passage Allegation Investigated …Calls for Recovery and Prosecution of Heads of agencies with Unremitted IGR The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has described as “belated and a clear sign of the level of incompetence and…
Five Killed, 50 Abducted in Zamfara Village Attack – Police
Bandits in Zamfara State have killed five residents and abducted over 50 others in Gora Namaye village of the state. The incident, according the police, occurred very early on Monday in Maradun Local Government Area. Sources in the state have…
MRA Drags FG to ECOWAS Court for Failing to Investigate, Punish Killers of 11 Journalists
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to effectively investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murders of 11 journalists killed…
UPDATED: Court Sacks Uche Secondus as PDP National Chairman, Secondus Reacts
The Degema Division of the Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has granted an interim order restraining Uche Secondus from parading as himself as a member or acting as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),…
Mugabe-era Massacre Victims in Zimbabwe to Be Compensated, Others for Reburial
Zimbabwe is ready to open talks on compensation for victims of a notorious 1980s massacre that took place when a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who was former President Robert Mugabe was in power, Zimbabwe’s government said at the weekend. Some…
We’re Unaware Of Court Judgment ordering Us to Resume Work – Resident Doctors
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has said it is not aware of any court order compelling their members to resume work nationwide. The doctors said this in an Audio sent to African Independent Television (AIT) by NARD chairman…
Court Orders Resident Doctors To Suspend Nationwide Strike
The Vacation Judge of the Abuja Judicial Division of the National Industrial Court, Justice John Targema has ordered the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) to immediately suspend its nationwide strike pending the hearing and determination of the motion on…
15 Abducted Commuters Rescued in Kaduna
Troops of the Operation Safe Haven have rescued 15 abducted commuters at Jagindi town in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Monday. The victims were travelling in two separate vehicles when they were intercepted by the bandits who…
Okowa Tasks IGP on Police-citizens Relations
Delta State Governor, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday, called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Alkali Baba, to strive toward bridging the gap in the relationship between the police and citizens of the country. Okowa made the call…
