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NHRC offers to lead talks on religious freedom in Nigeria

Nigeria, Oct. 28 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday stated its readiness to lead conversation about religious freedom in the country. The commission also announced that it recei... Read More


EFCC arrests school owner for alleged visa, scholarship fraud

Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said on Friday that it had arrested a school owner in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, South-south Nigeria, for alleged visa and scholarship frau... Read More


Protest: Court remands Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer, brother, others for alleged breach of public peace

Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- A magistrate court in Kuje, Abuja, on Tuesday, remanded Indigenous People of Biafra (IOPB) leader Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer and brother alongside 10 others in the custody of Kuje prison... Read More


REPORTER'S DIARY: From National Assembly to Hilton, I was glad it was teargas, not gunshots

Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- I heard gunshots, so I thought. For a second, my mind was blank. I recall lying flat beside my colleague on the freshly mowed lawn at the entrance of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel. I ... Read More


At Umar Yakubu's book presentation, EFCC's chair calls for unity against corruption

Nigeria, Oct. 18 -- The chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, on Friday, called for a shared vision and unity of citizens against corruption in Nige... Read More


Alumni group pledges to implement South Korean positive values in Nigeria

Nigeria, Oct. 17 -- The South Korean International Cooperation Association (SKICAN) alumni on Thursday pledged to replicate the value system they learnt from South Korea in Nigeria. "SKICAN is here t... Read More


Group criticises Tinubu's pardon to convicts for lack of transparency

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- A civil society group, Inmates Educational Foundation, on Tuesday, criticised President Bola Tinubu's recent pardon to convicts for the lack of transparency in the criteria for cho... Read More


PDP spokesperson downplays defections of Governor Mbah, other top members

Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Debo Ologunagba, on Tuesday expressed confidence in the future of the party amid myriads of crisis and conti... Read More


NHRC, group call formoratorium on death penalty, gender-sensitive reforms

Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- A criminal justice-focused civil society group, Hope Behind Bars Africa (HBBA), in partnership with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has called for urgent gender-sensit... Read More


Defamation Suit: Lawyers to senator Anyanwu, ex-governor Ohakim disagree over documents' admissibility

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- Lawyers disagreed on Monday over the documents' admissibility during the hearing of former Imo East Senator Chris Anyanwu's N550 million defamation suit against former Imo State Go... Read More