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62 prison inmates complete O'Level programme in Kano - NCoS

Nigeria, April 19 -- The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said 62 inmates in Kano, North-west Nigeria, have completed their O'Level programme. The inmates participated in the NCoS Continuing Educ... Read More


Nigerian government warns FCT, 30 states against high-risk flooding

Nigeria, April 11 -- The Nigerian government warned on Thursday that about 1,249 communities in 30 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are at high-risk of flooding this year, as the rainy s... Read More


Nigerian online newspaper WikkiTimes bounces back after protracted downtime, blames cyber-attacks

Nigeria, April 10 -- The management of WikkiTimes, an accountability news platform focused on northern Nigeria, has reported that its website experienced cyber-attacks and was taken offline on 8 April... Read More


Court orders Benue govt. to pay widow deceased husband's N6m death benefits

Nigeria, April 8 -- The National Industrial Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has ordered the state government to pay more than N6.8 million as death benefits to the widow of a deceased official of the s... Read More


Court denies complicity in prolonged detention of former First Lady's ex-domestic workers

Nigeria, April 8 -- The Bayelsa State High Court has denied culpability or external influence in the protracted trial and detention of some domestic aides of former first lady Patience Jonathan. The ... Read More


ECOWAS says Africa loses $88.6 billion yearly to illicit financial flows

Nigeria, April 8 -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has said that illicit financial flows cost Africa a whopping $88.6 billion yearly. Abdel-Fatau Musah, the ECOWAS commissione... Read More


NCoS speaks on six-year detention of former First Lady's ex-domestic workers

Nigeria, April 7 -- The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) in Bayelsa State, South-south Nigeria, on Sunday, reacted to a media report regarding the six-year detention and trial of some domestic aid... Read More


Edo Killings: Police arrest man for threatening reprisal in social media post

Nigeria, April 6 -- The Nigerian police in Kaduna State have disowned and arrested Hadaina Hussaini following his social media post threatening attacks on Southerners living in Northern Nigeria in ret... Read More


Amnesty International reacts to detention of Borno social media critic

Nigeria, April 6 -- Amnesty International on Saturday condemned the unlawful arrest and detention of Haruna Muhammed for criticising the Borno State Government on social media. The police arrested 19... Read More


Amnesty International reacts to unlawful detention of Borno social media critic

Nigeria, April 6 -- Amnesty International on Saturday condemned the unlawful arrest and detention of Haruna Muhammed for criticising the Borno State Government on social media. The police arrested 19... Read More