The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company which provides electricity to the Federal Capital Territory, Kogi, Niger and Nasarawa states has laid off 800 employees, following months of internal restructuring at the company. Sources in the company said the layoff was after the proposed sack of 1,800 members of staff, which was resisted by unions. One of the sources, who is an AEDC employee, said the management had initially planned to sack 1,800 workers but reduced the...

The Adamawa State leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the general public to disregard the fake news circulating on social media claiming that the state CAN Chairman was beheaded. In a statement issued Saturday titled  “I Am Safe and Alive”, the Christian umbrella body described the news as fake and baseless, adding that the authors are agents of the underworld who are out to smear the image of the government,...

All the 25 chairmanship positions in the recent local government elections in Niger State have been won by the All Progressives Congress (APC).  Similarly, APC won 271 of the 274 councillorship seats, whereas the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) obtained three, including two in Tafa and one in Rafi local government areas. The Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC) Commissioner for Operations, Mohammed Liman, who announced the results, stated that the election was conducted in all...

…Awards N448m in Damages The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, Taraba state has discharged thirteen male inmates who had been unlawfully detained for periods ranging from one to six years without trial.  have regained their freedom. The landmark judgment delivered on Monday, followed the intervention of human rights lawyer, Barrister John Okezie, who represented them pro bono. Okezie had filed separate fundamental rights enforcement suits against the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and the Department...

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended Samuel Anyanwu, the national secretary, and Kamaldeen Ajibade, the national legal adviser. Debo Ologunagba, the PDP spokesperson, announced the suspension during a press conference on Saturday, stating that the decision followed an emergency meeting of the NWC in Abuja. He added that the party also suspended Okechukwu Osuoha, Deputy Legal Adviser, and Umaru Bature, National Organising Secretary.