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CDHR calls for probe into killing of citizen by Customs personnel
Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has vehemently condemned the recent extrajudicial killing of a Nigerian citizen by an official of the Nigerian Customs Service, calling for a proper probe into the matter in the interest of justice.
Mike Ozekhome calls for free, fair elections
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has called for free, fair and credible elections as Nigeria goes to polls this Saturday and on March 9.
CDHR raises the alarm over Police extortion in Delta
Members of the Committee For Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) Udu unit, in Udu Local Government Area of Delta state, have decried the growing rate of police extortion within the locality and called on the state’s Police Commissioner, CP Anthony Ogbizi, to come to their rescue in tackling the situation.
Full List: INEC names 116 domestic groups, 28 foreign bodies as election observers
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday announced the names of 144 observers that will monitor the 2019 general elections.
CDHR backs NLC’s rejection of N27,000 minimum wage
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has stated that it is vehemently opposed to the N27, 000 minimum wage approved by the National Council of State on Tuesday.
Gboyega Isiaka: Why I’m seeking for election as Ogun governor
Ogun gubernatorial candidate of Africa Democratic Congress, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka (GNI) ON Sunday highlighted why he should be elected as the next governor of the state.
Femi Falana, others ask federal government to end Zamfara killings
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Femi Falana; Transition Monitoring Group (TMG); Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), and other rights activists have tasked the federal government to end the incessant killings in Zamfara State.
Group, CSOs reiterate calls for release of abducted girls
Catalyst for Global Peace Initiative (CPI) in partnership with Realm of Glory International church and other civil society organisations (CSOs) yesterday reiterated its call for the release of the remaining girls who are still in Boko Haram captivity.
Group decries victims’ silence in rape cases
A group, the Concerned Nigerians Against Rape and Defilement (CONARD), has identified fears of stigmatisation which often prompts rape victims to want to conceal crime against them or accept to settle out of court as a major impediment to curbing the dastardly act in the society.
Man arrested for allegedly defiling house-help
Ogun state Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested one Abiodun Amosu, 42, for allegedly defiling his 16-year-old house-help.
SARS overhaul: Delta CDHR demands holistic Police reform
The Delta State branch of Committee for Defense of Human Rights (CDHR), has applauded the acting President Yemi Osinbajo for the directive to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, to overhaul the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), describing it as a ‘step in the right direction’.
Governor Okowa solicits community support for effective policing
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa Of Delta State has stressed the need for immediate communities support, calling on the organised private sector, to join hands with police operatives in their localities to improve the security of their domains.
President Buhari urged to obey court ruling on ex-NSA Dasuki
Following Monday, July 2 ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordering the release of Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) on bail, lawyers have called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to obey the order.
ERM: Ex-President Obasanjo, others betrayed Nigerians by refusing to honour MKO Abiola
A group under the auspices of Ekiti Recovery Movement (ERM), has described the widely acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Kashimaawo Olawale Abiola (MKO), as the pillar of Nigeria democracy.
SERAP, CACOL, CDHR back Wole Soyinka on Hall of Shame for looters
Three civil society organisations have supported Soyinka’s call on the President to set up a Hall of Shame for corrupt past leaders and politicians.
ADC: We’ll shutdown Aso Rock if ex-President Obasanjo is touched
The African Democratic Congress, which has been adopted by Obasanjo, has warned the Federal Government that it will shut down the Presidential Villa if Obasanjo is harmed.
Policemen detained for ‘shooting two men‘ in Delta hotel
Two trigger-happy policemen who shot at a 33-year-old man, Blessing Obaro Ozoka, and his cousin at popular hotel along the DSC expressway in Udu local government area of Delta state last weekend have been detained at the Command headquarters in Asaba.
Looters’ list: Federal government should release names of ex-PDP chieftains in APC – CDHR
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, has described the controversial list of treasury looters released by the Federal Government as an insult to Nigerians.
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Elections: Rivers APC kicks as INEC chairman claims every judgment has been obeyed
The Director of Strategic Communications for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, Prince Tonye Princewill, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood, over the claim that all court judgments have been obeyed by the electoral umpire as regards the state.
Elections: Police summon APC Reps member over Kano violence
The police in Kano on Friday ‘invited’ a member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, over his alleged role in a bloody clash between members of the PDP and APC in Bebeji Local Government Area.
Elections: Liberia’s Ellen Sirleaf urges politicians to maintain peace, adhere to rule of law
Head of the ECOWAS Election Observetion Mission (EOM), former Liberia’s President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has urged Nigerians, particularly the political class, to sustain the peace that characterised the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections and also conduct themselves according to the laws of the land as they go to the polls Saturday.
Policeman, thugs arrested for branding private vehicles in police colours
An unidentified police inspector was arrested on Thursday at a hotel in Ewet Housing Estate for aiding some people to brand two private vehicles in police colour.
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China central bank announces bill swaps to support banks’ perpetual issuance
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MFM’s Kabir Adeniji credits Fidelis Ilechukwu for improved form
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Nigeria records 37 new Lassa fever cases as death toll rises
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Former Ekiti commissioner escapes assassination
A former commissioner in the first term of Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti State, Mrs Funke Owoseeni, on Thursday escaped death by a whisker as suspected assassins besieged her house located at Ijesa Isu in Ikole Local Government area of the state.