•Tinubu and Trump The United States government has raised concerns over security and justice delivery in the country, citing cases of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions. But the presidency in a swift reaction last night, said the country’s judicial system was not only addressing concerns about lengthy pre-trial periods, alongside...
•ITUC Youth Committee Young workers globally are calling for democracy, justice and a better future as the world celebrates the 2025 International Youth Day today, August 12. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), in a statement said it celebrates the power of young people to shape a more just and sustainable world. According to t...
•Lagos-Calabar highway A coalition of civil society organisations yesterday staged a peaceful protest in Lagos over the alleged wrongful displacement of residents and landowners in Okun Ajah, a community reportedly affected by the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. The protest monitored by our correspondent was held at the annexe office of...
•Brutally assaulted deaf girl admitted to a hospital The African Action Congress has expressed concerns over Margret Joshua, a 20-year-old deaf girl who was brutally assaulted in Tula Baule Yakku, Kaltungo Local Government Area of Gombe State, on May 27. According to the AAC, Margret was attacked while washing clothes by the riverside when Abu...
•Late CSP Mohammed Ali Baba The Eggon Cultural and Development Association has decried the gruesome killing of one of its kinsmen, the Divisional Police Officer of Rano Local Government Area of Kano State, CSP Baba Ali Mohammed, by a mob. Mohammed, an indigene of Nasarawa State, was said to have been recently attacked by youths […]
•Late CSP Ali The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has called on the Inspector General of Police and the Kano State Government to identify and bring to justice those responsible for the brutal killing of CSP Muhammad Ali, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Rano in Kano State. The lawmakers condemned in strong terms the […]
•Gombe State governor, Inuwa Yahaya Residents of Tangale community in Gombe State are still reeling from the tragic incident that led to the death of six residents during the Easter celebrations, reports The PUNCH. It has been over a month since tragedy struck the Tangale community during a peaceful procession in Billiri Local Government Area ...
•Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi The Lagos State Government has intensified its fight against violence and abuse of children as data from the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency revealed that 3,215 children were subjected to various forms of abuse between January and December 2024. The figure, exclusively obtained by our correspondent yesterday, showe...
•Ben Nwoye Former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Ben Nwoye, has dumped the party, saying it has remained a platform without justice and the rule of law. Addressing a press conference in Enugu, Nwoye, a foundation member of the party, stated that the core values for which it was formed […]
•Supreme Court The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the Supreme Court to redeem the judiciary’s waning public image by adjudicating judiciously on the matter challenging President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State and the suspension of Siminilayi Fubara as governor of the state...

