Human Rights

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission ( NCPC), Reverend Yakubu Pam has urged members of the Berom Community Association ( BECAL), to be united, show honour and respect to their neighbours   The Christian Cleric gave the charge in a message delivered at the third edition of Wusal Berom held in Lagos […]

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), on Monday, in Abuja, commended the European Union for its support in the fight against human trafficking. The Director General of the agency, Mrs Fatimah Waziri-Azi, gave the commendation at an award and speech making day organised by the International Ibero-American Foundation for Administration […]

Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari has called on journalists to engage more with state first ladies with a view to giving their projects more visibility.   She made the appeal on Wednesday night in Abuja at an event organised by the Independent Newspapers to honour state first ladies who had used […]

No fewer than seven suspected smugglers of petroleum products have been reported burnt to death in a petroleum tanker fire outbreak in Mubi Local Government Area of Adamawa.   Mubi is a commercial nerve of Adamawa and it is bordering with the Republic of Cameroon.   An eyes witness, Alhaji Mansur Bala, told the News […]

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Friday, joined his Lagos, Ogun and Kebbi State counterparts, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Dapo Abiodun and Abubakar Atiku Bagudu respectively, in paying glowing tributes to late business magnate, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, who died at the age of 62.   Governor Obaseki described late Captain Okunbo as a genius, […]

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today Thursday, October 7, 2021 convicted and sentenced the son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal, to 14 years imprisonment.   The Court found Faisal guilty on a three-count charge of money laundering brought against him […]

The Kebbi State House of Assembly has passed a bill for a law to protect the rights of children in the State and other related matters.   In a statement by Governor Bagudu’s Special Adviser on Media, Yahaya Sarki, it said the Bill was passed by the House following the presentation of a report by […]

Mr Olayinka Subair, Pfizer Nigeria’s Country Manager and Cluster Lead, West Africa, says patient advocacy within the pharmaceutical work is critical to ensure safety of patients’ lives.   Subair made this known in a statement by Ms Oluwayemisi Mafe, Pfizer Corporate Affairs and Communications Lead, West Africa, on Monday in Lagos.   According to him, […]

The Human Rights Council this afternoon held general debates on the Universal Periodic Review and on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. The Council also heard the presentation of a report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the allocation of water resources in the occupied Palestinian territory, including […]

A local jihadist leader and 18 fighters were killed during a military strike on their base in Mozambique’s insurgency-hit north, a bloc of southern African nations said Saturday.   Al-Qaida-linked jihadists have been terrorizing Mozambique’s gas-rich Cabo Delgado region since 2017, raiding villages and towns in a bid to establish a caliphate.   Local jihadist […]