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Bishop of the Catholic Doocese of Sokoto and Founder of The Kukah Centre, Matthew Hassan Kukah, says Nigerian culture was designed to encourage injustice and oppression, particularly against women. He also said religion which had all the instruments of reformation had been wrongly applied in Nigeria,thus placing the country in its current bad shape. The clergy regretted that Nigerians were …

Derek Chauvin was stabbed nearly two dozen times in the law library at a federal prison in Arizona. Larry Nassar was knifed repeatedly in his cell at a federal penitentiary in Florida. The assaults of two notorious, high-profile federal prisoners by fellow inmates in recent months have renewed concerns about whether the chronically understaffed, crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons is capable of keeping people …

The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu government has concluded plans to set up a task force that will shut down public buildings that have failed the compliance test in providing accessibility to Persons With Disabilities (PWD). He has also called on the 36 state governors to institute state-owned disability commissions to support inclusivity and with grassroots as the target. Tinubu, who …

The Government of Canada has announced that the cost-of-living financial requirement for study permit applicants will be raised significantly, starting January 1, 2024. The government says the increase is necessary to ensure that international students are financially prepared for life in Canada, which has become significantly more expensive since the previous requirement was set. This change, announced by Immigration Minister …

The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students has urged the Federal Government to fix the nation’s refineries to enable the country to end fuel importation. This is as NANS decried the continued fuel importation under President Bola Tinubu, saying that this will continue to hurt the economy and worsen the forex crisis currently hitting the nation hard. The …

The founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank, Atedo Peterside, said investors who value the rule of law have been running away from Nigeria. Peterside made this assertion in a statement via his X handle (formerly Twitter) on Thursday. According to him, businesses that value rule of law, policy consistency, macroeconomic stability, and a level playing field would continue to depart from …

President Bola Tinubu will grace the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference as Special Guest of Honour. The conference is scheduled for December 10 to 16, at Command Guest House, Maiduguri, Borno State, according to a statement by Army spokesperson, Brig.-Gen. Oyenma Nwachukwu. According to Nwachukwu, the week long annual event themed “Personnel Motivation for Effective Operational Performance in …

The Nigerian democracy is not progressing as it should because those who fought for it allowed those who knew nothing about it to take over power when the country returned to democracy in 1999, Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial Zone in the 8th Assembly, Shehu Sani has said. The Kaduna-based human Rights Activist turned politician however noted that there …

Images from Gaza circulating on social media Thursday showed a mass detention by the Israeli military of men who were made to strip to their underwear, kneel on the street, wear blindfolds, and pack into the cargo bed of a military vehicle. The exact circumstances and dates of the detentions are unclear, but some of the detainees’ identities were confirmed by colleagues or family …

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says the National Assembly will give priority to bills and laws concerning Persons With Disabilities to ensure their inclusivity in the affairs of the country. Akpabio stated this in his remark at the commemoration of the International Day for PWDs on Wednesday in Abuja. The 2023 commemoration of the Day with the theme ‘Renewing Hope Together …