Human Interest

The Economic Community of West African States’ Court has pronounced the suspension of Twitter by the Federal Government as unlawful. The court also directed the Buhari-led administration never to repeat it again. This followed a suit by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and 176 concerned Nigerians, according to SERAP’s Deputy …

MultiChoice, a South African company, has been ordered by the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt to sublicense some of its channels to Metro Digital. Metro Digital sued the operators of DStv and Gotv in Nigeria, citing the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) code. Co-defendants were the NBC and the Federal …

Tein Jack-Rich, a  presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the last National Convention of the party, says only an economic liberalisation strategy will help Nigeria overcome its current challenges. Jack-Rich said to achieve this, policymakers must award deep tax cuts, and promote sectoral economic stimulus through soft …

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, said, the state is considering employing more forest guards apart of measures to make forests in uninhabitable for kidnappers and bandits and as well check illegal logging activities. The governor said “as part of our strategies, we are giving license to loggers to fell …

Upon the effluxion of the amnesty provided by the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Joint Tax Board (JTB) in collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) would immediately commence a “full scale …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, a civil rights advocacy group, has urged President Major General Muhammadu Buhari to resign immediately if the job is difficult for him. In a statement released on Tuesday, HURIWA urged the President to step down in order to lessen the harm his “gross incompetence and …

Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has approved the appointment of Dr. Ali Bappayo Adamu as his Special Assistant, Business Community for the North-East zone. Mr Atiku made the announcement through a press statement signed by …

Ishaku Abbo, the senator representing Adamawa North, has decried the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu to pick a Muslim as his running mate. Tinubu, on Sunday, announced Kashim Shettima, a serving senator representing Borno central and ex-Borno governor, as APC vice-presidential candidate Abbo said it …

The management of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Kware, Sokoto State has stated that the hospital renders specialised services that are cheaper, patient-friendly and affordable to citizens. This was made known on Monday in Sokoto by the medical director of the hospital, Prof. Shehu Sale in an interview with newsmen. He …

THE Nigeria Correctional Services (NCoS) has among its officials an ex-Boko Haram fighter, fresh information regarding the country’s prison recruitment history has shown. The Ex-Boko official known as Wilberforce Yohanna was posted to a correctional centre in Adamawa State. Yohanna was reportedly recruited as a staff of the Yola New …