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July 17, 2024

ActionAid urges revival of Nasarawa Youth Development Commission bill

ActionAid Nigeria has called for the immediate revival and passage of the Nasarawa State Youth Development Commission bill by the parliament.

ActionAid Nigeria
July 17, 2024

Birth registration is child legal identity: UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that e-birth registration provides children in Nigeria the right to a legal identity.

Celine Lafoucriere
July 16, 2024

Binance executive Gambaryan arrives courtroom in wheelchair

The detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, was brought to the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court in a wheelchair on Tuesday.

Tigran Gambaryan
July 16, 2024

Nasarawa assembly hails Supreme Court over judgment on LG autonomy

The Nasarawa House of Assembly has commended the Supreme Court over its judgment granting financial autonomy to the 774 LGAs in Nigeria.

Nasarawa House of Assembly
July 15, 2024

Anambra judiciary workers begin indefinite strike

There were no magistrates, judges or staff seen around the court premises except security personnel on duty.

JUSUN PROTEST
July 14, 2024

Officer who allegedly raped Lagos teenager in police station at gunpoint arrested

The police in Lagos said it had detained one of its officers who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl at the Area H Command, Ogudu.

SP Benjamin Hundeyin
July 12, 2024

Lagos: Court remands man for defiling teenage niece

The prosecutor alleged that the defendant sexually defiled his niece, who lives with him.

Court room
July 12, 2024

Bribe-collecting Nigerian officials making life more difficult for people with disabilities: NBS

Despite several challenges faced by people living with disabilities in Nigeria, they are just as likely to be asked for bribes by corrupt public officials, says NBS.

Disabled people and senior citizens
July 12, 2024

Pressure mounts on Tinubu, Biden to release Binance’s Tigran Gambaryan

The resolution, published on the U.S. Congress website, stated, “The government of Nigeria must immediately release Tigran Gambaryan from imprisonment.”

American President Joe Biden and Nigerian President Bola Tinubu
July 12, 2024

Tinubu’s government warns journalists against taking freedom for granted, promises press liberty

“But you can’t carry out freedom itself and leave responsibilities. They have to go together for media freedom to be entrenched,” said Mr Tinubu.

Information minister Mohammed Idris