Nine killed in Oyo kidnap victims’ rescue operation — DSS DG
IBADAN — Nine people, comprising four civilians and five security personnel, were killed during an operation to rescue victims abducted by suspected members of an international terrorist organisation in Oyo State, Director-General of the Department of State Services, Tosin Ajayi, has disclosed. Ajayi made the disclosure in an interview published by Premium Times, explaining that […]
Access to information : Journalist calls for passage of FoI Bill
By Innocent Anaba Socio-Economic Rights Initiative, with the support of Misereor, Germany, recently organised an interactive forum for journalists engaged in reporting human rights and democratic governance issues in the country. The forum took place in Lagos and it sought to assess and review the general human rights and democratic governance situation in Nigeria from […]
Agbaso back to Court of Appeal over cancelled governorship election
By Innocent Anaba The recent decision of the Supreme Court, ordering the Court of Appeal to hear the suit by All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), governorship candidate in the April 14, 2007 election in Imo state, Chief Martin Agbaso, has finally put to stop, the delay in allowing the court determine once and for all, […]
The legality of internal’deportation’ of Nigerians
By Emmanuel Majebi There is a very worrying trend that is rearing its ugly head in many states of Nigeria. This trend sees many Governors expelling Nigerians from a state they have chosen to live and forcefully sending them back to their so called “States of Origin†for non-just cable reasons. For want of a […]
Access to information on the dredging of the lower Niger River
By Maxwell Kadiri The Federal Government has committed itself to spending the sum of N36Billion over a period of about Eight months to the dredging of the Lower River Niger without respect or compliance with the requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Act, 1992.
UBE Projects: FG disburses N101m to Akwa Ibom communities
In demonstration of its commitment to the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme, the Federal Government has disbursed a whooping sum of N101,250,000.00 to some communities in Akwa Ibom State for the execution of 135 UBE (2008) self-help project.
