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Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Kate Abiri, has directed judges to resume sitting immediately and give an expeditious hearing to cases with capital punishment whose offenders are currently remanded in correctional centres across the state. This comes as she ...

The deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has claimed the life of Gian Saro-Wiwa, the only surviving son of the late environmentalist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, in the United Kingdom. His sister, Noo Saro-Wiwa, announced the death on her Facebook page. “We said goodbye to my ...

Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has advised the public to discountenance reports that Maryam Sanda, who killed her husband, had been pardoned. The service lamented the news making the rounds that Sanda was among the 2,600 prisoners granted ...

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has sought a full-scale investigation into the fires that destroyed parts of the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) and the national headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Abuja. ...

To guarantee seafarers’ job security at this critical period, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has extended the validity of statutory and trading certificates for all indigenous registered vessels. The documents, according to a statement by the agency’s ...

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has relaxed rules that subject local airlines and their crew to mandatory quarantine after travel to and from coronavirus high-risk countries. The relaxation was contained in a new set of directives issued to operators ...

The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU ECOSOCC) Nigeria office has urged China, France, Japan and India to write off Nigeria’s debt or allow a two-year moratorium on repayments. It also commended the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for ...

Determined to check any outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic at the internally displaced persons  (IDP) camps in Cross River State, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees  (UNHCR) is setting up an isolation centre at the Nigeria-Cameroun border. The centre, ...

Immediate past governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson; his successor, Douye Diri; and the entire Ijaw nation are in mourning over the death of businessman and politician, Keniebi Okoko in Lagos. Keniebi is the son of the Pro-Chancellor of the ...

Delta State government has directed all political appointees to their wards on further awareness campaign on the deadly coronavirus disease, as plans are on to commence distribution of foodstuff this weekend. The Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, said the essence was ...