Troops rescue 4 kidnap victims after fierce gun battle in Delta State
Dec. 11, 2024 Troops of the 63 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have successfully rescued four kidnap victims during a raid on a kidnappers’ hideout in Ugbolu Forest, Delta State. The rescue…
Stolen Artefacts: We’ll seek legal redress for reparation, repatriation if necessary – Nwoko
Dec. 11, 2024 Legal redress through international courts will be pursued if necessary, to ensure that justice is served and cultural artefacts stolen from Nigeria are repatriated. Sen. Ned Nwoko…
Police recovers N129.5bn in fake foreign currencies in Kano
Dec. 11, 2024 The Police Command in Kano State says it has recovered counterfeit foreign currencies equivalent to N129.542 billion in its recent anti-crime operations. The Commissioner of Police in…
Human trafficking: 25% increase of detected victims, more children being exploited – UN report
Dec. 11, 2024 Child trafficking, trafficking for forced labour and forced criminality are rising as poverty, conflict, and climate change leave more people vulnerable to exploitation, according to the latest…
Ekiti Magistrate Court denies Dele Farotimi bail, remands him in Correctional Centre
Dec. 10, 2024 A magistrate’s court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, on Tuesday, refused the bail application of human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi, and ordered that he be remanded in…
Borno cuts number of out-of-school children to .7m – Zulum
Dec. 10, 2024 ….Facilitates construction of 104 new schools, rehabilitation of 2,931 classrooms The Borno State government says it has reduced the number of out-of-School children from 2.2 million to…
NUC approves University of Agriculture, Climate Action for Niger
Dec. 10, 2024 The Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of Abubakar Abdulsalami University of Agriculture and Climate Action, Mokwa, Niger as the 65th state university and 277th…
GSK’s drug combo shown to cut risk of death by 42% in type of blood cancer
December 9, 2024 British drugmaker GSK said on Monday its experimental cancer drug Blenrep in combination with other treatments reduced the risk of death by 42% in multiple myeloma, a…
Gunmen kidnap at least 50 in Nigeria’s Zamfara state- Residents, police say
December 10, 2024 A gang of gunmen kidnapped more than 50 women and children in a raid on Kakin Dawa village in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, police and residents said….
Human Rights Day: SERAP, NGE call for immediate release of detained journalists
Dec. 10, 2024 The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) have called on President Bola Tinubu to order immediate and unconditional release of journalists…