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The Nigeria working group yesterday met Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio to inform him about violations of human rights by security agencies attached to extractive companies in the Niger Delta region. Led by the Senior Political and Economic ...

Indications have emerged that perceived illegal composition of the governing council of the University of Port Harcourt may mar selection of the institution’s next Vice Chancellor this year. Some academics under the aegis of the Committee of UNIPORT Stakeholders have ...

A Non-Governmental Organisation, the Social Integrity Network (SINET) has faulted report credited to Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadiri, in which he described the border closure as unsustainable. The group expressed disappointment that in spite ...

The Federal Government has disclosed that it has commenced the presidential artisanal gold mining, biometric data capture and enrolment exercise in Kebbi State. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, who stated this, while delivering an address at Yauri ...

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has sought more support from development partners in the state’s health sector. Mohammed made the request during the review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the 2019 End of Year Primary Healthcare meeting at ...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the recent attack on Justice Mary Peter-Odili’s residence in Abuja on account of her presiding over the Bayelsa State governorship election judgement that nullified David Lyon’s victory. It urged the Federal Government to ...

The Delta State Government has threatened to arrest and prosecute anyone caught hunting protective animals within the state in line with the laws of the land. Commissioner of Information, Charles Aniagwu, who gave the warning in a statement maintained that ...

The Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has warned Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum and other governors against engaging Chadian soldiers to help fight insurgency, as it would be counter-productive. CALSER’s counsel cited Zulum’s visit to Chad in ...

In a bid to save Africa’s most threatened apes, the Cross River gorillas, some United States (U.S.) based donors have donated field equipment worth over N4 million and 10 motorcycles to the National Parks Service (NPS). The groups, which donated ...

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites, have expressed concern over the constant adjournments of the alleged homicide case against Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, as the trial has again, been adjourned. President of ...