CDHR Demands Prosecution Of Officer Over Killing Of Unarmed Suspect

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCDHR Demands Prosecution Of Officer Over Killing Of Unarmed Suspect

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 30, 2026

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), has condemned the alleged extrajudicial killing of an unarmed and handcuffed suspect in Delta State, and demands immediate investigation and prosecution of the police who perpetrated the crime. CDHR in a statement on Wednesday jointly signed by its National President, Comrade ‘Yinka Folarin and General Secretary, Comrade Idris Afees Olayinka, recalled that a viral video circulating on social media captures the disturbing incident, showing the officer...

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Court Stops INEC From Recognising Mark-led ADC Congresses

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt Stops INEC From Recognising Mark-led ADC Congresses

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 30, 2026

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or participating in any congress organised by committees appointed by the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The court, in the judgment on Wednesday delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, also restrained the Mark-led group from interfering with the tenure and functions of elected state executives of the party. The court held that the responsibility...

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Taskforce Recovers Over 60 Government Assets In Plateau 

NewsNigeriaTaskforce Recovers Over 60 Government Assets In Plateau 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 30, 2026

The Taskforce constituted by Plateau State Government to recover government property has reclaimed more than 60 buildings, construction equipment, and vehicles in over a year of operations, the chairman, retired General Nash Yakubu, said. General Yakubu made the disclosure while submitting an interim report to the Chief of Staff, Hon. Jerry Satmak, said the team is driven by the principle of “see something, say something.” “Recovered assets that could not be moved to Jos are...

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NGO, UNICEF Donates 45 Motorcycles To Boost Health Care Services In Bauchi 

NewsNigeriaNGO, UNICEF Donates 45 Motorcycles To Boost Health Care Services In Bauchi 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 30, 2026

To strengthen immunization and maternal health services in hard-to-reach communities in Bauchi State, Global Affairs Canada (GAC), in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Monday donated 45 Boxer motorcycles to the Bauchi State Government. Dr. Nuzhat Rafique, Chief of Bauchi Field Office (UNICEF), while presenting the motorcycles to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, said the support from Global Affairs Canada targets adolescent reproductive health in Bauchi State, with a focus...

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Adeoye Condemns Endorsements Of Hamzat, Says APC Plotting To Perpetuate Fiefdom

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAdeoye Condemns Endorsements Of Hamzat, Says APC Plotting To Perpetuate Fiefdom

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 29, 2026

A leading aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State gubernatorial race, Prince Laja Adeoye, has condemned the of endorsements of Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains. Adeoye, in a statement issued on Tuesday, described the move as nothing short of a “coronation ceremony” designed to perpetuate a political fiefdom that has held Lagosians in bondage for over two decades. The gubernatorial hopeful,...

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Governor Mbah Receives EIMC 19 Officers On Study Tour In Enugu

NewsNigeriaPoliticsGovernor Mbah Receives EIMC 19 Officers On Study Tour In Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 29, 2026

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has advised the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 19 of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) Abuja to examine the concept of tragedy of the commons as the real bane of resource optimization in Nigeria. Addressing the officers on a study tour to Enugu State, Governor Mbah praised the nation as highly endowed with resources but, unfortunately, not utilized appropriately or optimally for the good of...

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Enugu Lawmakers Direct Suspension of College of Education Staff’s Salary

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Lawmakers Direct Suspension of College of Education Staff’s Salary

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)April 29, 2026

The Enugu State House of Assembly has directed the Provost, Enugu State College of Education to suspend the salary of her staff, Dr. Kate Okolo as a punitive measure. The directive was a resolution reached by the House of Assembly’s Special Committee on Land Conflicts. In a press release signed by the House’s Public Relations Officer, Uzoamaka Agbo, the Enugu State House of Assembly waded into the decade-long land fraud scheme wherein Dr. Okolo was...

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There’s No Faction In Our Party – PRP

NewsNigeriaPoliticsThere’s No Faction In Our Party – PRP

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 29, 2026

The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) on Tuesday debunked claims of internal division, saying that the party doesn’t have any faction. The party also warned against what it described as attempts by external forces to infiltrate and destabilise the party at a time it is gaining political traction nationwide. Muhammed Ishaq, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, strongly debunking reports of a factional group operating under...

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Mark-led ADC Writes CJN, Seeks Urgent Supreme Court Judgment

NewsNigeriaPoliticsMark-led ADC Writes CJN, Seeks Urgent Supreme Court Judgment

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)April 29, 2026

Senator David Mark-led African Democratic Congress (ADC), has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, seeking the Supreme Court to urgently deliver judgment in a pending appeal involving the party’s leadership crisis. ADC, in a letter dated April 28 to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and signed by its legal counsel, Shuaibu E. Aruwa (SAN), warned that any further delay could threaten its participation in the 2027 general elections. Mark’s legal...

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Colonel Arrested Over Alleged Foiled Coup Sues FG for ‘Unlawful Detention’

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaColonel Arrested Over Alleged Foiled Coup Sues FG for ‘Unlawful Detention’

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)April 28, 2026

A serving officer of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Mohammed Alhassan Ma’aji, has taken the Federal Government to court, challenging what he describes as his prolonged and unlawful detention without trial. The suit, filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja under the Fundamental Rights (Enforcement Procedure) Rules 2009, seeks his immediate release and ₦500 million in damages for the alleged violation of his fundamental rights. Named as respondents in the case are the Attorney General...

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