FG abolishes payment of overstay fees by Nigerians With Dual Citizenship
The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to with immediate effect, put an end to the payment of fines by Nigerians holding dual citizenship at the nation’s…
CDD releases Preliminary Reports on Osun State 2018 Gubernatorial Election
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in partnership with the Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) deployed 180 trained and accredited observers for the Osun State Governorship election…
NCDC releases 10 ways To Prevent Infectious Disease Outbreaks During Flooding!
TEN MESSAGES TO PREVENT INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS DURING FLOODING The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have recently issued a warning alert of flooding,…
US-Based Nigerian Group Offers To Pay Leah Sharibu’s Ransom
Remember Leah Sharibu? One of the 100 abducted Dapchi girls, who has refused to compromise her faith in the Den of Boko Haram…. A United States, US-based Nigerian group has…
‘Account for spending on LUTH, other hospitals”- SERAP writes Health Minister
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, urging him to “urgently provide information about details of…
Ministry of Defence Inuagurate 25 Man Committee for 2019 Armed Forces Day
Nigeria’s Ministry of Defence has already inaugurated a 25- man National planning committee in readiness to mark the 2019 Armed Forces Remembrance Day scheduled for 15th January 2019. Nuratu Batagarawa,…
ONE in Nigeria celebrates advocacy milestone, #MakeNaijaStronger
ONE campaign in Nigeria has celebrated the advocacy milestone of #MakeNaijaStronger, an advocacy campaign geared towards the provision of adequate and improved healthcare service delivery particularly for the marginalised communities,…
UN human rights expert urges NAPTIP to ensure timely prosecution, access to justice for trafficking victims
United Nations Special Rapporteur, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro who has been on a week visit to Nigeria to assess the issue of trafficking in persons has urged the National Agency for…
Beat up any SARS who tries to check your Facebook or account details, you have my backing – IGP tell Nigerians
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has told the operatives of the reformed Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, to desist from checking citizens’ bank account details. The IGP also…
‘No Plan to Islamise Nigeria’, Buhari tells Catholic Bishops
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that there is no plan whatsoever to Islamise Nigeria, contrary to the propaganda and narrative that has taken root in some quarters and churches across…