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Rights campaigners, on the platform of Youth Rights Campaign, YRC, have released the names of 22 activists including the spokesperson, Hassan Taiwo Soweto, arrested by the police this Sunday morning at Lekki Toll Gate. YRC in a statement by Francis Nwapa, its National Secretary, while condemning their arrest, said: “We demand their immediate and unconditional release. We understand that they …

Some lawyers in Lagos say there is no Nigerian law providing for special treatment for any category of inmates. The lawyers spoke with  Newsmen on Sunday. Mr Douglas Ogbankwa, a former Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), said that no law provided for any special treatment for any inmates. According to him, there could, however, be peculiar circumstances …

*FCT minister bitter for losing PDP presidential primary, says Atiku  *Obi will not dignify Wike with response, spokesman insists The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike, has stated that he will continue to be a problem to the camps of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the …

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has appealed to  Nigerians especially his supporters to eschew hate and bitterness because both have no place in Nigeria’s future. Obi said this in response to criticisms over his birthday greetings to former Head-of-State, General Yakubu Gowon (Retd), who turned 90 over the weekend. Gowon was …

Political parties, under the umbrella of Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, yesterday, bemoaned the rising cost of living in the country, saying the development was largely responsible for the increasing cases of voter apathy during elections. IPAC’s National Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle, stated this in Abuja at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s fourth quarterly consultative meeting with leaders of political parties. The …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has authorized higher institutions of learning to admit candidates who will be 16 years old by August 31, 2025. The issue of the minimum age for admission to the nation’s tertiary institutions was discussed at the 2024 Policy Meeting, where it was decided that the minimum age for the 2024/25 academic session would …

On Thursday, the Nigerian government received 846,200 doses of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccines from GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance. This is the first batch of the vaccine to be handed to Nigeria since it was endorsed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) alongside the RTS,S vaccine in October 2023. At the handing over ceremony of the vaccine in Abuja, the Coordinating …

Peter Obi, the former governor of Anambra and 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has expressed concerns over President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima’s simultaneous foreign trip, leaving numerous domestic issues unaddressed. Obi criticised the move as lacking fiscal responsibility and common sense, considering the widespread hunger and poverty affecting Nigerians. According to Obi, the President had …

Mr Ribadu said this on Thursday during the Arms Destruction Exercise organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms And Light Weapons The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has said that a sizable number of illicit arms being used to commit crimes in the country originally belonged to the government. Mr Ribadu said this on Thursday …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is still the sole off-taker of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery despite the recent directive of the Federal Government that other oil marketers were free to start loading PMS from the plant. Oil marketers revealed on Wednesday that NNPC would continue to be sole off-taker of the product …