Sowore’s petition to free Akinlabi hits over 1,000 signatories as NYSC queries corper, who proposed to female soldier Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and the Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development Law, NBA-SPIDEL, Dr. Monday Ubani have faulted the recent decision by Nigerian Military to punish two of […]

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, lamented his administration’s helplessness following the inability of security operatives to locate the hideout of bandits terrorising the state. El-Rufai spoke to journalists after his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja to brief him on the security situation in the state, where terrorists recently killed […]

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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the killing of 45 farmers following renewed hostilities in Lafia, Obi and Awe local government areas of Nasarawa State. In a statement by one of his spokesmen Garba Shehu, President Buhari said the sympathies of the entire nation were with the affected families. “I assure the people with […]

Over 2,500 Nigerians have signed petitions demanding the release of female soldier Sofiyat Akinlabi, detained by the Nigerian Army for accepting a corp member’s marriage proposal. The Army said the gesture flouted its rules and code of conduct. Army authorities had disclosed that the now-detained female officer would be punished for violating extant military laws […]

A Chief Magistrates’ court in Yaba, Lagos, has granted five Dowen College students bail after a conspiracy and homicide charge was made against them by the police. The court granted the students bail in the sum of N1 million each, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The minors have been remanded in a juvenile home […]

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has threatened to take legal actions against the Nigerian Army over what he described as the “illegal detention” of three Lagosians at the Bonny Camp in Lagos State. In a statement on Tuesday, Falana, who is the Interim Chair of the Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond, said the […]

FRSC Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi To ease travel during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Federal Road Safety Corps said it has mobilised over 30,000 personnel for its special patrol, tagged, ‘Operation Zero Tolerance to Road Traffic Crashes.’ The Corps also said it would equally deploy body cameras and ambulances in 46 points in […]