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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 ...
Read More »Oil firm lifts Delta communities with first medical outreach, others, spends over N3b on CSR
Energia Nigeria Limited, an indigenous firm operating the Ebendo/Obodeti marginal field with Oando Petroleum Development Company in OML 56 in Kwale, Ndokwa West Council Area of Delta State has carried out its first medical outreach. Following its Corporate Social Responsibilities ...
Read More »Legislators, public officials under scrutiny over non-declaration of asset
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 ...
Read More »Police seal ‘torture centre’ as youths protest against mistreatment in Katsina
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 ...
Read More »Ayade pays N200m compensations to Bakassi indigenes for deep seaport
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 ...
Read More »Reps panel decries delay in justice delivery, group seeks digitised criminal system to check graft
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 ...
Read More »FNSB seeks white cane law, better infrastructure, solicits N10m to assist the blind By Edu Abade
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 ...
Read More »Obaseki restates zero tolerance for thuggery in Edo, tasks Oshiomhole on courtesies, sacks all political aides
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has condemned attempts by some ‘unscrupulous’ elements to cause mayhem in the state, insisting that his administration would not tolerate acts of hooliganism in any guise. He also urged the National Chairman of the All ...
Read More »NSIO, ICPC unveil hotline to safeguard social safety nets, curb corruption
The National Social Investment Office (NSIO) in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) will on Friday launch a toll-free line to checkmate corruption and truancy in the school feeding and N-Power schemes of the ...
Read More »FG, Labour resume minimum wage talks today, implementation date remains April, negotiation end November, says Ngige
Despite the delay in the negotiation of consequential adjustment, the take-off date for the implementation of the new minimum wage is April 18, 2019, when President Muhammadu Buhari signed the bill into law, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris ...
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