South East Human Rights Situation Room (HumanRights4SouthEast) has raised concern over the “escalating cases of human rights abuses and violation of extant laws on human rights by security agencies in the country enforcing the coronavirus lockdown order, particularly in the ...

Aviation regulatory agencies and key service providers are in dire straits over a monthly overhead estimated in excess of N6 billion. Without revenue in the last one month due to lockdown, sustaining the huge operational cost and keeping the critical ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded an immediate investigation into the disturbing mass death in Kano, urging a presidential visit to the state, where no fewer than 640 citizens reportedly died under mysterious circumstances in the last one week. ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom has called for the resignation of the state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, over his alleged role in the crisis rocking the health sector in the area, especially as it affected ...

Niger Delta activists have called on the anti-corruption agencies and the police to investigate the alleged siphoning of funds from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) through contracts. NDDC’s current state of quagmire and indebtedness to the tune of N2 trillion has ...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Calabar has pronounced the Sir Etim John Ochala-led executive committee as the authentic leadership of the Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The political party has, in the last three ...

The Sports Writers’ Association of Nigeria (SWAN) at the weekend felicitated with Muslims faithful across the country as they commence the month-long Ramadan fast. In a statement signed by its President, Comrade Ahmed Aigbona and Secretary-General, Comrade Mike Oboh, it ...

Ecobank Nigeria has donated food items to several states across the country as a contribution to various initiatives aimed at cushioning the effect of the current lockdown on citizens. The palliatives are targeted at the most vulnerable members of society, ...

Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano at the weekend lifted the ban on free movement and Church service across the state, while criminalising breaches of border closure. Obiano, who spoke in a statewide broadcast, also ordered shop dealing in foodstuff and ...

The United States (U.S.) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are still at loggerheads as the U.S. has shunned global health leaders, private sector partners and other stakeholders at the unveiling of Access To COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. The ACT ...