The Jigawa State and Local Governments Contributory Pension Scheme Board has commenced paying terminal and death benefits to 728 retirees and relatives of deceased civil servants from the N1.85 billion recently released for the purpose by the state government. Dr Bilyaminu Shitu Aminu, the Executive Secretary of the board, who disclosed this during a briefing at the Pension House in Dutse, said the disbursement covered gratuities, death benefits and death pension balances. “607 retirees would...

The headquarters of the 23 Brigade of the Nigerian Army Yola, has dismissed reports by online media alleging that women protesters were shot by troops under the Brigade Commander’s escort during communal clashes in Lamurde Local Government Area, Adamawa State. Captain Olusegun Abidoye, Acting Assistant Director of Army Public Relations in a statement issued Tuesday, described the reports as “baseless, entirely misleading, and an attempt to smear the image of the Brigade and its Commander.”...

The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development in Ogun State, Adijat Adeleye, has revealed that 502 cases of Gender-Based Violence, GBV, was recorded in the year 2025. Adeleye stated that the cases cover sexual assault, domestic abuse, child molestation, digital harassment, and intimate partner violence, which underscored the urgent need for far stronger legal safeguards and coordinated institutional action from all stakeholders to protect survivors and hold perpetrators accountable. The commissioner, who spoke in...