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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and the Patriotic Defenders of National Institutions have raised concerns about the integrity of the Nigerian certification process, pointing out deficiencies and inconsistencies in the Enugu Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s recent judgment that upheld Mr Peter Mbah as the winner of the governorship election in Enugu. They said the tribunal upholding Mbah’s …

A Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, on Sunday, knocked lawmakers at the National Assembly for attempting to amend the Universal Basic Education Act of 2004 by introducing severe penalties for parents who fail to send their children to school. Falana, who bared his mind in a statement he personally signed, urged the lawmakers to …

Police operatives on Friday arrested the President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, and three other officials in Abuja. The NURTW Deputy President, Isa Ore, who confirmed the development to journalists on Saturday, said the four officials were arrested at the union’s National Secretariat in Garki 2, Abuja, on Friday evening. The other officials …

Suspected kidnappers said to be fully armed, have attacked Gamji village in Burra District of Ningi LGA of Bauchi State, killing a personnel of the State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and abducted one person. Reports have it the Civil Defence personnel was shot and killed by the unknown gunmen who had laid ambush when …

CLAIM: A skyscraper with 130 stories is under construction in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria. It will be the second tallest building in the world. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT A Facebook page, Igbo Times Magazine, posted an image of a tall building under construction with the claim that it is situated in Aba, Abia State, and funded by one ‘Chukwu Emeka’. …

Senator Danladi Sankara has commiserated with family of Senator Bello Maitama Yusuf who died on Friday in Kano at the age of 76. The late Senator Bello Maitama Yusuf hailed from Gwaram in Jigawa state and served as Minister in the government of the late President Shehu Shagari from 1979 to 1983 before serving as Senator for Jigawa Southwest Senatorial …

Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ambassador Umar Damagum, has given reasons why the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party under his leadership will not be in a rush to suspend nor dismiss any disloyal member despite pressure from stakeholders. Damagum who disclosed this while addressing the PDP Mobilisers Group in Abuja on Saturday, said that …

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Businesses operating in Nigeria have envisaged increased losses in the second quarter of the year, following foreign exchange reforms. Already, nine firms had lost N960.18bn to the new forex policy in the second quarter. According to the half-year financial reports of the firms, the steep devaluation of the naira, following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s attempt to close the gap …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has called on governments at all levels to include “Persons with Disabilities” in governance so as to give them equal representation. The former Anambra State governor who made the call while celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Sunday, also pleaded with Nigerians to support …