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Barikui Felix In a bold move to inspire excellence, the Rivers State Government has announced huge cash rewards for its athletes competing at the 22nd National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged the Gateway Games 2024, from May 16–30, 2025, in Ogun State. During a pre-departure rally at the Alfred Diette-Spiff Sports Complex and the University of…
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with media organisations and other stakeholders to address the country’s migration challenges. The organisation’s Chief of Mission in Nigeria, Ms. Sharon Dimanche, reaffirmed this on Thursday during her maiden parley with journalists in Abuja. Dimanche emphasised that knowledge sharing on IOM’s strategic…
…Orders Payment of N20 million in Compensation The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled in favour of Mr. Moses Abiodun, a Nigerian businessman who has been in prolonged pretrial detention since 2009. The court declared multiple violations of his fundamental human rights by the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In Application No. ECW/CCJ/APP/56/22, Mr. Moses Abiodun,…
Lagos, 15 May 2025: The ECOWAS Court of Justice has delivered its ruling in the case Agence Conseil en Communication et Évènementiel (INTERPUB) v. Republic of Guinea (Application No. ECW/CCJ/APP/04/25), declaring it lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter due to its contractual nature. Case BackgroundThe Applicant, INTERPUB, a communication and event management agency based in Ouagadougou, Burkina…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after over three years of prosecution at a Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Daniel Osiagor of 10 Thai sailors and their vessel named MV Chayanee Naree for trafficking 32.9 kilogrammes of cocaine from Brazil into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport, Lagos have successfully achieved…
….Calls for Community-Led Implementation The Northern Christian Youth Professionals (NCYP) has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on fulfilling one of his key campaign promises: revitalising the Forest Guard. As outlined on page 9 of the President’s Renewed Hope manifesto (2022), the group said he has delivered on it, noting that this critical move marks a decisive…
Dr. James Bwala Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, recently commented on the political dynamics surrounding Kashim Shettima’s role as Nigeria’s vice president. Lawal described Shettima as a “spare flat tire,” a metaphor implying redundancy or lack of significance within the political framework. This characterization appears rooted in frustration over…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice on 13 May 2025 delivered its judgment in Mariame Kone-Toure v. ECOWAS Commission (Application No. ECW/CCJ/APP/32/24 ruling against the Applicant, who had challenged the fairness of the recruitment process for the position of Head of Administration and Human Resources Division (P5) at the Court. The Court dismissed the applicant’s discrimination…
…Insists Though Reforms Have Brought Hardship But Necessary for Future Growth and stability. The United Kingdom has commended Nigeria’s Economic reforms being carried out by the President Bola Tinubu administration. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery gave the commendation at a press conference on UK-Nigeria trade on Wednesday in Abuja. Montgomery said that…
…120m Nigerians have been captured so far- Says Coker-Odusot No fewer than 120 million Nigerians have been enrolled by the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC. This is as the agency disclosed plans to move enrollment to various wards in the country as part of the efforts to enrol all Nigerians, insisting that a target of…