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The federal government has expressed its commitment to finding lasting solutions to the restoration and sustainance of the nation’s ecosystem. Speaking at the 15th National Council on Environment in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, said the nation is determined to ensure that the present environment is preserved for sustainable development. Ikeazor, who was …

It is one year since the historic #ENDSARS protest, a youth-driven anti-police brutality demonstration, shook Nigeria. The protest, which morphed from social media campaigns into street demonstrations in October 2020, was triggered by the excesses of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a now-disbanded police tactical unit notorious for cruelty against crime suspects. Although SARS activities and general issues of police …

Tired of the extra-judicial killing and other forms of police brutalities perpetrated by the notorious arm of the police; Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS), thousands of Nigerian youth, in October last year, trooped out against the body while calling for a reform. Prior to the movement, many Nigerians had on social media called for the disbandment of the unit over …

Some Pro-Buhari protesters are currently at the Unity Fountain, Abuja to stage a counter-protest again the #EndSARS memorial protest, The PUNCH reports. Our correspondent who was on the ground noticed that the protesters arrived at the venue conveyed in buses. PUNCH

Police on Wednesday fired teargas at the Lekki tollgate to disperse protesters. This led to some of the protesters running helter-skelter. The youths had converged on the Lekki tollgate to mark the first anniversary of #EndSARS in the country. Earlier, operatives of the Lagos State Police Command arrested two protesters. One of those arrested claimed to be a journalist while …

—Mulls stringent measures in establishment of new ones —Says some private varsities sick already —Our jobs ‘re hijacked by teaching staff, SSANU laments The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, had lamented that poor funding was one of the main challenges that Nigerian Universities were not ranked among the best universities in the world. The …

Barely two days that bandits attacked a busy and densely populated market in Sokoto and killed over 40 people, gunmen on Tuesday afternoon, killed three Traditional rulers in Imo state. South East region of Nigeria has been experiencing high rate of insecurity, killings and other social maladies affecting the growth and development of the region. A case of Dr. Chike …

The Nigerian government will spend N19 billion on computer software in 2022, according to the budget proposal for the year submitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly. The amount is spread across nearly 200 offices, and is bound to be a lot higher as it does not cover computer and software expenditure by the armed forces and dozens …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to the latest killings by bandits in the North-west of the country by threatening the bandits with “ultimate destruction.” Mr Buhari’s reaction came a day after armed bandits attacked a market in Goronyo, Sokoto State, killing at least 30 people. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the bandits, numbering about 200, raided the Sunday market and killed over …

In November 2020 when Stella Ogene retired from the judicial service of Delta State in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region, she had headed the state’s Customary Court of Appeal for a record 21 years. In addition to describing her as “one of the best brains” Delta State has contributed to the legal profession in Nigeria, the state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, …