Appeal Court employees get a day break as tribunal delivers judgment on Wednesday

Following the upcoming judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on petitions challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu, the Court of Appeal, Abuja has directed its staff to stay at home on Wednesday (tomorrow). The directive is contained in a memo signed by Oluwaleye David, on behalf of the chief registrar of the court, Umar Bangari. According to the memo, this is “to create a conducive and peaceful atmosphere for the special sitting for...

UNICEF teams up with Kate Henshaw, and three others to promote children’s rights in Nigeria

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has partnered with Nigerian celebrities Kate Henshaw, Ali Nuhu, Waje and Cobhams Asuquo in its campaign to promote children’s rights to education, healthcare, security, and protection in Nigeria The four celebrities, described as UNICEF champions, were unveiled at an event in Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday. Speaking at the event, Cristian Munduate, a UNICEF representative, said the champions are “individuals with authority and strength in their arts to guarantee children’s...

Airstrikes by NAF in Borno, Rivers yield positive results

Airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) against terrorists and militants in Arina Woje in Borno State and Bille in Rivers State have yielded positive results. A press statement on Friday signed by Edward Gabkwet Air Commodore Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, noted that the air strikes against terrorists, militants and oil thieves have continued unabated across the nation in efforts to deny criminals the freedom to cause mayhem and havoc against innocent civilians, the...

NAF adopts measures to mitigate effects of climate change

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar has stated that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has adopted measures aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change, which have significantly exacerbated the various security challenges in the country. According to a press statement made available to journalists and signed by Edward Gabkwet Air Commodore Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Marshal Abubakar stated this on Tuesday, while delivering a lecture, via zoom,...

Troops Rescue 25 Hostages From Boko Haram Terrorists

The collaboration between Troops of 144 Battalion and the Hybrid Force have yielded positive result with the rescuing of 25 hostages from Boko Haram Terrorists enclave in Borno State. Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu  in a statement said 14 of the victims, comprising six women and eight children, were rescued in a clearance operation in Gobara village in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state. “The operation on Sunday, August 27, by troops...

Air Crash: NAF vows not to succumb to terrorists’ Propaganda

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has vowed not to succumb to terrorist’s propaganda irrespective of the tragedy it suffered which resulted in the death of some of its personnel in Niger State. NAF in a press statement on Wednesday signed by Edward Gabkwet Air Commodore Director of Public Relations and Information (NAF), noted that its attention has been drawn to a video circulating on social media platforms allegedly depicting the wreckage of the crashed MI-171 helicopter with...

Southern, Middle Belt leaders tell Tinubu to settle Niger crisis peacefully, urgently

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has told President Bola Tinubu to settle the Niger crisis peacefully and urgently. The Forum in a press statement on Wednesday signed by Chief Dr. E. K. Clark, Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Leader, Afenifere, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr. Pogu Bitrus, President, Middle Belt Forum and Senator Emmanuel Ibok Essien, National Chairman PANDEF, noted that it  observed that for the past two weeks, the nation and...

Court Orders Plateau State Commissioner of Police To Unseal All Local Government Secretariats

The Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka has been ordered to unseal all the 17 local government secretariats in the state. An area court sitting in Bukuru Jos South Local Government Area of the State gave the order on Monday ordered of the unsealing the secretariats following an ex parte application moved by D. P. Dusu in suit No: ACB/CV/106/2023 instituted by the Attorney-General of Plateau State against the CP, which was argued. In...

Ogun Missing Officer: Court orders police to pay N20.3m to family

Court has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to pay a sum of N20 million to the family of missing police officer, about two and a half years after he was declared missing, The court also ordered the payment of N300,000 as litigation cost, against the Police Service Commission (PSC), all payable within 30 days of judgment. Emmanuel Gene, a Police Constable of the Ogun State Police Command, Ijebu-Igbo division, was allegedly kidnapped by hoodlums during...

Massacre Of Endsars Victims: CSOs demand independent probe

A coalition of Civil Society Orgaisations (CSOs), the United Action Front of Civil Society Organisations considers the leak of the mass burial of 103 #EndSARS victims by the Lagos State Government as a confirmation of the reckless killings of unarmed civilian protesters and citizens at the Lekki Tollgate and various locations in Nigeria in October 2020. The group in a press statement on Tuesday signed by Olawale Okunniyi, noted that the latest revelation, coming almost...

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