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A rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised the alarm over the status of the new Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, who it alleged abandoned her mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. In Nigeria, fresh graduates are mandated to serve the nation for one year before seeking employment, but …

Access Holdings has reported that its group gross earnings for the first half of 2023 rose by 58.89 per cent to N940.31 billion, compared to the N591.80 billion turnover generated in the same period in 2022. This was disclosed in Access Holdings’ consolidated and separate interim financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2023, obtained on Sunday. READ ALSO: …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, berated President Bola Tinubu’s administration for deceiving Nigerians with propaganda. The former Vice President was reacting to a retraction by the presidency about Tinubu’s activities at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) in the United States. The president rang the closing bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market in …

A former All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy spokesperson, Timi Frank has requested an investigation of Chicago State University (CSU) by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). According to Frank, CSU has been hesitant to make President Bola Tinubu’s academic records public. Frank claimed in a statement made public on Friday that CSU owed it …

The House of Representatives has issued the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein, a 72-hour ultimatum to submit a detailed report on how the N100 billion COVID-19 intervention funds released by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) between 2020 and 2022 was spent. The House Committee on Public Accounts led by its Chairman, …

Duoye Diri, the governor of Bayelsa State and the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate for governor, has urged his party’s leaders and members not to disregard the dangers posed by the opposition, notably the All Progressives Congress, before the November 11 governorship election. The PDP’s national campaign committee for the governorship election held its first meeting on Thursday at the PDP …

Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has sparked public outrage by proposing to spend over N6.9 billion on new vehicles for the State House, including N1.5 billion for the First Lady’s office. The proposal is part of the Supplementary Budget that Tinubu sent to the National Assembly for approval, which amounts to N2.17 trillion. The government plans to spend N2.9 billion on …

Erling Haaland congratulated Lionel Messi after the Argentine star won his record eighth Ballon d’Or on Monday. Goal machine Haaland sent a congratulatory message to Messi despite losing the Ballon d’Or to the Argentine superstar in Paris on Monday. The Norwegian forward shared Messi’s Instagram post with the Golden Ball on his story and wrote, “Felicitaciones @LEOMESSI” which translates to …

[Press Release] In light of the recent disclosure that the Department of State Security (DSS) has released the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, after an unexplained three-month detention, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised critical questions about democracy and transparency in Nigeria. HURIWA issued a statement on Wednesday strongly …

Police operatives in Lagos have arrested two persons, Joy Chigozie and Musa Salihu, for allegedly gang-r*ping a 29-year-old woman. The State Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, said the incident happened at Airport Road in the Kirikiri area of the state on Sunday evening. In a statement on Tuesday, Hundeyin said a report was lodged …