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The Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers has urged security agencies to shun partisanship in the November 16, 2019 governorship election, saying its members were neutral and will not support any political party or candidate during the poll. Chairman of ...

Okowa reviews policy to revive agriculture The Delta State government has approved a budget proposal of N389b and allocated N217b for capital projects compared to N171b appropriated for current expenditure. Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, who briefed journalists on the ...

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on the Federal Government to ban e-cigarettes, shisha and other so-called novel products from the tobacco industry in the wake of rising deaths attributable to vaping globally. It said ...

After four years of site cleaning and dredging, the Cross River State Government has announced payment of N200m as compensation to Bakassi indigenes. The money was paid for the donation of 35,000 hectares of land towards the development of the ...

A report by Amnesty International (AI) Nigeria in Abuja has revealed that no fewer than 19 journalists and media practitioners were attacked in the country between January and September this year, the highest since 2015. The 40-page report, which analyzed ...

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has restated its constitutional mandate of uncovering assets and funds illegally acquired by serving and retired public office holders in the country. Besides, it disclosed that several national and state legislatures, as well as ...

The Police have sealed another ‘torture centre’ where hundreds of youths were sodomised, flogged, chained, and subjected to various forms of inhuman treatment has been uncovered in Daura, Katsina State. This is coming barely a month after a similar centre ...

After four years of site cleaning and dredging, the Cross River State Government has announced the payment of N200m as compensation to Bakassi indigenes. The money was paid for the donation of 35,000 hectares of land towards the development of ...

The House of Representatives has decried the slow pace of justice delivery in the country, saying the backlog of pending cases in various courts remains a source of concern in the judiciary. Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Onofiok Luke, who ...

The Federal Nigeria Society for the Blind (FNSB) has advocated a White Cane Law to assist the blind in the country access to mobility without fear of molestation and harassment by motorists and other road users. Lamenting lack of basic ...