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A cross section of stakeholders have called on the Nigeria’s media to educate the public on the dangers of irregular migration. This is contained in a communiqué at the end of a five-day workshop with the theme: `Let’s talk migration 2.2’, organised by the International Organistion for Migration (IOM) in Abuja. The communiqué was signed […]

A Nigerian, Mr Umar Yakubu has been elected to represent African Sub-Saharan region on the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Coalition Board. Yakubu who is the Executive Director, Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CeFTIW), was elected in the third round of the preferential vote in a highly competitive process. A statement issued […]

The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has called for partnership with the Nigeria Military authorities to empower women in Nigeria. The National president of NCWS, Hajiya Lami Lau, stated this on Thursday when she took members of her executive to visit the Chief of Army Staff, (CDS) Maj.- Gen. Lucky Irabor, in Abuja. Lau […]

The Lagos State Government says it will demolish the remaining buildings on the land, where the 21-storey building collapsed on Gerrard Road, in Ikoyi. Dr Idris Salako, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, disclosed this at a news conference on the handing over of the complex to the contractor for deconstruction on Thursday […]

Two men, Yetunde Awaye, 37, and Mohammed Afisu, 41, who allegedly stole a Rolex chronometer wristwatch worth nine million Naira, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The defendants, whose addresses were not given, are standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and receiving stolen goods. They, however, pleaded not guilty. The […]

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered that a 20-year-old mason, Dauda Francis, be given six strokes of the cane for stealing two cell phones worth N210,000. Francis, who resides in Rigachikun in Kaduna, pleaded guilty to one count of theft. Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, also sentenced Francis to five months imprisonment. Emmanuel did not […]

An Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja, on Thursday convicted a 32-year-old welder, Emmanuel Joseph of defiling an eight-year-old girl. The convict who resides in Gosa Area of Abuja, was charged with indecent assault. The Judge, Malam Sani Umar, convicted Joseph after he pleaded guilty, and deferred his sentencing to Aug. 17. Umar admitted the convict […]

Stakeholders in the criminal justice sector have been urged to possess the political will towards implementing the new provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015 to ensure integrity in the country. The call was made on Thursday in Abuja at the stakeholders’ sensitisation workshop on the new/amended Anti-Corruption Act 2022. The workshop […]

An 88-year-old woman, Mrs Tawakalitu Ilumooka, on Thursday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a pastor, Ayodeji Olorunfemi, allegedly  defrauded her of N36.5 million. Ilumooka testified that the pastor took  her to a river goddess (Olookun) for fake hard currency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olorunfemi is standing trial on a […]

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)  has counted 100 million people worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes. The figure  is the highest number of displaced people recorded since World War II. The UN body said in its Global Trends Report on Thursday that displacement of civilians from Ukraine was the largest and fastest-growing […]