Lawmaker calls for exemption of the NPF from the contributory pension scheme
Feb. 23, 2022 Rep. Francis Waive (APC-Delta) says operating under the current pension scheme has been unpalatable and regrettable for the retirees of the Nigeria Police Force. The lawmaker made…
Kanu is being subjected to mental torture – Counsel; Court to hear rights suit Feb. 28
February 7, 2022 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed Feb. 28 to hear a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra…
Kanu’s co-defendants’ trial: Court orders Malami to pay N200,000 for absence of lead counsel
Feb. 2, 2022 Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Prosecution Counsel, to pay N200, 000 for stalling the day’s proceeding in the trial…
Family of abducted ex-President Jonathan’s cousin plead for his unconditional release
Jan 27, 2022 The family of Mr. Japhtah Yekorogha, a cousin of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, abducted on Jan. 24, have on Thursday appealed to his abductors to release him unconditionally….
My 48 hours ordeal in the hands of DSS – Bara, Bayelsa Journalist
January 27, 2022 A Bayelsa based Journalist, Mr Ben Ogidi Bara, has narrated his emotional ordeal in the custody of the Department of State Security (DSS) over alleged libel. Mr….
NAPTIP returns 30 intercepted suspected victims of human trafficking, begins investigation
Jan. 26, 2022 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Benin Zonal Command, says it has returned 30 intercepted suspected victims of human trafficking back to…
Unease as DSS Arrests Journalist in Yenagoa, fate unknown 24 hours after
January 24, 2022 The fate of Mr Ogidi Ben Bara, a journalist and publisher of Tracknews based in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State is still unknown 24 hours after the invasion of…
Court adjourns El-Zakzaky, wife’s N4bn suit until March 9 for definite hearing
Jan. 20, 2022 A Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned two separate suits filed by Leader of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife,…
You’re idiots, cannibals, Uzodimma rages at arrested kidnappers
December 14, 2021 An angry Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has described kidnappers arrested in the state as “idiots, criminals and cannibals” even as he commended security agencies for arresting…
5G deployment will further support development of Nigeria’s digital economy efforts — Pantami assures
Dec. 13, 2021 The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, has assured that by 2022, Nigeria would have the largest Fifth Generation (5G) coverage in Africa. Pantami…