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A Civil Society Organisation, Concerned Nigerians, CN, Thursday, called on the International Criminal Court, ICC, to investigate, arrest and prosecute former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai (Rtd), over alleged human rights abuses while serving in the Nigerian military as Chief of Army Staff. This was contained in …

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu on Thursday presented 39 cheques totalling N160 million to families of policemen who were killed across the country during last October #EndSARS protests. Adamu, who made the presentation at the Force Headquarters in Abuja, said the gesture was a clear statement that the …

Businessman-cum-politician, Prince Ned Nwoko of Idumuje-Ugboko community in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, who reliable sources say has continued to pull the strings of false stories, has alleged that another prominent son of the community who is the chairman of Rainoil, Chief Gabriel Ogbechie, is sponsoring a …

  Residents of Igangan in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State on Sunday recounted their ordeals in the hands of Fulani herdsmen. The community leaders, who spoke during a visit of the state government delegation to the town, stated that they had paid a total of N50m as ransoms for …

Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (APC-Lagos East) has said he has no hand in the cancellation of the Lagos State University (LASU) Vice-Chancellor Selection Process ordered recently by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Abiru said in a statement on Sunday in Lagos that his attention had been drawn to a viral video on the …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, to “publish details of proposed payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months”. The organisation called for the details in a Freedom of Information (FoI) …

Nigeria on Sunday, January 24, 2021, recorded 964 new COVID-19 infections, which takes the total confirmed cases in the country to 121,566.According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the fresh cases were recorded in 18 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Centre for Disease Control further …

Nigerians have been assured that the COVID-19 vaccines will be available in the country by the end of February, 2020. The message was contained in the communique issued at the end of Wednesday’s meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). The nation’s 36 governors, at the virtual meeting said the …

…Another N255m approved for repairs of oxygen plants in 5 hospitals By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N6.45 billion for the setting up of gas plants in 38 locations nationwide in a bid to enhance the treatment of COVID-19 patients who need oxygen. The Minister of Finance, Budget …

Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in Nigeria have continued to surge as the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 1,964 new cases, bringing the total number of infections to 116,655. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Thursday. Recall that the country on Jan. 21 marked a new single-day …