By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday expressed concern over the increasing cases of rights violations in the country, revealing that it received a total of 338,810 complaints in September alone. According to the Commission, the majority of petitions lodged before it were from the North-Central geopolitical zone, with […]

By Alumona Ukwueze ENUGU — The Enugu State Police Command says it has arrested 182 suspects, rescued 31 kidnapped victims and recovered 57 firearms, including 13 AK-47 rifles, since the establishment of its Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) in April 2026. The Commissioner of Police, Mamman Bitrus Giwa, disclosed this on Wednesday while presenting the […]

New appointees to be inaugurated Thursday By Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS — Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved the appointment of Olatunbosun Sunday Ogunbanwo and five others as permanent secretaries in the state civil service. Ogunbanwo, a media relations and public communication professional, was until his elevation the Director of Public Affairs at the Lagos […]

By Favour Ulebor Nigeria has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2027–2029 term after securing 172 votes in an election conducted by the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. The Federal Government announced the election in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by the Spokesperson of […]

…Ambassador Braimah asks Tempus Foundation to increase allocation By Henry Umoru ABUJA — Nigeria’s Ambassador to Hungary, Engr. Abass Braimah, has called for an increase in the number of scholarship slots allocated to Nigerian students under the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme. Braimah made the appeal on Tuesday during a working visit to the headquarters of […]