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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged victorious in 12 of the 16 legislative seats contested during Saturday’s bye-elections across 12 states of the federation. The ruling party consolidated its strength with wins in Ogun, Edo, Niger, Kaduna, Taraba, Jigawa, Adamawa, and Kogi states. In Kano, APC’s Ya’u Garba Gwarmai clinched the Ghari/Tsanyawa constituency with…
SOP For Criminal investigations and Monitoring. katherine Abayomi. In ensuring that criminal investigations meet standards required by the judicical system, the Rivers State Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Council (ACJMC) has introduced a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) desk. Justice Simeon Amadi, the Chief Judge of…
…26 Children Sold between N1-N3 million Each Recovered The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a 60 years old prominent member of the Orphanage Owners Umbrella body in Nigeria and founder of an internationally recognized Civil Society Organization, National Council of Child’s Right Advocates of Nigeria (NACRAN), based in…
CAPPA Commends Lagos on Adiyan II water Treatment Plant Tracy Ohovwore, Benin City Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has applauded the Lagos State Government for showing its deep concern for its citizens by funding critical water infrastructure in the state, particularly the Adiyan II Water Treatment Plant. According to a statement issued over…
Emamuzo Iboma At the 2025 May Day symposium held in Lagos, members of Organised labour called on the government to urgently address the country’s widening economic disparity. They expressed concern that current monetary and economic policies have deepened the divide between the rich and the poor, leaving millions of Nigerians more impoverished and struggling to…
…Experts Advocate Reduced Salt Intake to Save Lives By Katherine Abayomi The recent report by the United Nations (UN) Global Health Report 2025, which names Nigeria as having the lowest life expectancy in the world has sparked deep concerns among health experts in the country, who are calling for urgent public awareness and stronger regulatory…
Edo Youths Protest Suspension Of Council Chairmen Tracy Ohovwore, Benin city Concerned youths of Edo state have demanded that the government and members of the House of Assembly address the unduly suspended elected council chairmen and their vices on Monday, 10, 2025, following the Letter of request of the governor, Monday Okpebholo. The Youths marched…
Five years after disconnecting from the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Edo State Government has reconnected to the power distribution company for supply of electricity. The Godwin Obaseki-led administration in 2020 broke BEDC monopoly in the state by supporting the construction of Ossiomo Power, an electricity generation and distribution firm The switch over to BEDC…
NHRC Records Over 350,000 Human Rights Violations Complaints Reported in Dec. 2024 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that over 350,000 complaints of human rights violations were reported in December 2024 alone. The Executive Secretary of NHRC, Dr. Tony Ojukwu, made this disclosure on Tuesday during the Commission’s December 2024 Human Rights Situation…
The United Nations in Nigeria, led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has convened editors and senior leaders of media houses at the UN House in Abuja to advance dialogue on women’s political participation and leadership. The engagement is part of the UN’s broader push under the Africa Facility for Women in Political Leadership…