PLATEAU State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has raised concerns over the rising number of school dropouts in mining communities, attributing the crisis to the growing menace of illegal mining. The Governor reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to tackling the issue, emphasizing its…
Renowned human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has filed a $5 million lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, for allegedly invading his privacy. Naija News gathered that the suit, lodged before a Lagos High Court,…
FORMER Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Ari, has reaffirmed his claim that Senator Aisha Binani, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the 2023 gubernatorial election, was the legitimate winner of the contest. In a press…
NIGERIA and the Kingdom of Bahrain on Sunday signed a Joint Communiqué to officially establish diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday by Alkasim Abdulkadir, Special…
SOCIO-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Bola Tinubu over “the failure to direct the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Olawale Edun to name and ensure the prosecution of the contractors…
A First Prosecution Witness, PW1, in the trial of one Xiao Hong Will, a Chinese, over an alleged cyber terrorism and internet fraud , on Friday, February 7, 2025, told Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in…
THE Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has hailed the Federal High Court ruling over the Commission’s authority to regulate competition and consumer protection across all sectors, including telecommunications. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the…
UGBOWO community leaders led by Elder Benjamin Iyase have condemned in strong terms the illegal and criminal conversion of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital land allocated to the then-defunct Bendel State Government in 1969 into private use. In a…
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has approved the appointment of 109 substantive directors to strengthen the bureaucratic structure in the civil service. This is contained in a statement by his Media Aide, Ismaila Uba-Misili, on Saturday in Gombe. The…
THE Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted haziness from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet’s Weather outlook released on Saturday in Abuja, envisaged moderate dust haze on Sunday with horizontal visibility range of 2km to 5km over the…
