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Two petitioners have been awarded N10 million each as compensation by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Restitution and Inquiry set up to investigate cases of police brutality especially involving officers of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad. The two petitioners, Kudirat Abayomi and Hannah Olugbodi were
The market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed in red on Friday, dropping ten point eight nine billion naira. All the indicators, the equity capitalization, All-Share Index, the volume, the value and the total number of deals closed in the negative. Equity capitalization dipped by
63 residents of Obigbo in Rivers State detained in three facilities belonging to the Nigerian Army, Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police in Abuja have been granted bail by a Nigerian court. Human rights and advocacy research group, the International Society for Civil
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lifted the suspension placed on seven of its members in the House of Representatives. In a statement released on Thursday, February 18, by the National Publicity Secretary of the party Kola Ologbondiyan, it was gathered that the suspension placed on
An FCT High Court in Kubwa on Friday ordered the remand of four persons in a correctional centre for alleged armed robbery. The defendants – Usman Diko, Segun Adigun, Sunday Haruna and Okafor Chimezie – were charged with criminal conspiracy and armed robbery. Justice Bello Kawu gave
Kwara on Friday directed an immediate, but temporary closure of some grant-aided schools in Ilorin pending the resolution of a Hijab controversy in the schools. Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, said in a statement that affected schools are the Cherubim
Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka beat Czech pair Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova 6-2 6-3 to win the Australian Open women’s doubles title on Friday for their second Grand Slam trophy together. Seeded second at Melbourne Park, the pair won their maiden major at the 2019
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has alleged that there is a “strange incestuous relationship between government and abductors.” Ezekwesili who wrote on Twitter said the relationship had enabled the industry of abduction to flourish. She lamented that friendship with abductors is being thrown in the face of citizens
Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Bello, has described as ‘rumour’, the purported release of abducted students and members of staff of Government Science College, Kagara. Bello spoke on Friday at the Government House in Minna, the state capital, shortly after meeting renowned Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Abubakar