Tinubu must explain third straight UNGA absence — Atiku
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has demanded an explanation from President Bola Tinubu over his third consecutive absence from the United Nations General Assembly, asking whether the President’s history with United States authorities has become a burden on Nigeria’s foreign relations. According to Atiku, Tinubu has stayed away from the […]
Rights lawyer tackles FG over alleged clampdown on dissent
By Henry Ojelu Human rights lawyer and Amnesty International legal adviser, Kolawole Olaniyan, has tackled the President Bola Tinubu administration over what he described as the growing use of the criminal justice system and security agencies to intimidate critics and restrict dissent. Olaniyan, in an article titled “When the State Turns the Law Against Dissent […]
Tinubu to governors: Emulate Uba Sani on free CNG mass transit
The President said Kaduna’s experience demonstrated what was possible when subnational governments deployed alternative energy to provide affordable transportation.
Oba tasks legal scholars on judicial integrity
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY — The Oba of Benin, His Majesty Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku’Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, has urged legal scholars and practitioners in Nigeria and the diaspora to uphold judicial independence, integrity and truth in the discharge of their responsibilities. The Oba gave the charge when members of the League of Luminaries, under […]
Plateau attacks: ‘I’ll protect our people with all I have’ — Gov Mutfwang
Mutfwang said his administration had continued to work with security agencies to confront perpetrators of violence and restore lasting peace across the state.”
Niger’s hidden child miners: Thousands more at risk, CSO warns after Minna deaths
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Long before the deaths of 37 detainees in the custody of the Niger state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC in Minna drew national attention to the state’s mining communities, children as young as school age were already working the pits alongside adults, missing out on classrooms […]
