Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has described the late former Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kate Abiri, as an incorruptible, courageous and fearless jurist, who championed the cause for uniform retirement age for judges in the country. Governor Diri said her advocacy resulted in the law that unified the retirement age of…

The government announced last month it was banning the abaya in schools, saying it broke the rules on secularism in education that have already seen Muslim headscarves banned. French authorities are watching over 500 schools for signs pupils could be violating a newly announced ban on the abaya Muslim dress for women, as children across…

In an earlier statement, they said the victims included two children, and warned that more fatalities went unrecorded, as “their bodies could not be moved to the hospital because they were severely burned or torn to pieces in the bombing”. Five civilians were killed by bombs that “fell on their homes” in Khartoum, a Sudanese…

The governor took the ride from the Marina station to Mile 2 around 9:00 a.m. Before he boarded the train, Sanwo-Olu explained to his co-passengers the requirements to board the train. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos on Monday took the first ride as the Lagos Blue Line rail began operations. The governor took the ride…

The one-time APC national chairmanship aspirant criticised Zamfara governor Dauda Lawal’s refusal to engage in a “peace dialogue” with repentant bandits. A former Chairman of the Committee on Prosecution of Bandits Related Offences, Sani Shinkafi, says the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) should stop posting corps members to some states bedevilled by bandit attacks. Shinkafi’s…

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a prominent anti-corruption organization, has formally petitioned the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to launch an immediate investigation into allegations of mismanagement and corruption within the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). In a petition dated August 21, 2023, addressed to the NSA, HEDA voiced…

A coalition of prominent civil society groups dedicated to combatting corruption and promoting transparency and accountability has observed with keen interest the alleged investigation of Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (Kano State PCACC), Barrister Muhyi Rimingado by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)….

The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt-Gen.Taoreed Lagbaja has said that the Nigerian Army is determined to overcome the challenges of the counter-insurgency operation in the Northeast under his leadership. According to him, troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) are determined to address the problems of operations in routing out remnants of terrorists in the…

Members of the Oxbow Marino Deck of the National Association of Seadogs(NAS) have expressed concern of the rising rate of cases of depression and mental illness among adolescents in the society. According to NAS, the number of adolescents who struggle and often face challenges depression and mental imbalance as they transit into adulthood has become…